Ten minutes more, came the panthers.
A grand final, which was a matter of course when Melbourne took a 26-0 lead at the beginning of the second half, suddenly had a pulse again.
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Two attempts in 16 minutes meant Penrith had hope – albeit the faintest glimmer – of a 14-point deficit as they rebounded to 26-12.
Nathan Cleary and Co. were on a roll, stopping at Melbourne’s half-time, just before the 70-minute mark, thanks to a quick ball game and a penalty. They quickly stepped on touch and stormed the field, ready to take advantage of a retreating defense in Melbourne.
But before the Panthers could tap reboot, they had to play the waiting game.
A coach had told the referee to quit the game because he had to check the welfare of Storm-Hinterrower Felise Kaufusi.
Kaufusi scored a heavy hit while completing a tackle after whistle, but the game didn’t stop until later when Penrith started moving after benefiting from a jerk offense penalty.
Kaufusi’s review stopped Penrith’s momentum and Phil Gould wasn’t impressed in the Channel 9 comments box.
“A coach is holding up the game for no reason,” said Gould. “That’s wrong.
“The coach stopped the game from the sideline and went to Kaufusi to give his team a break.”
“That’s just wrong,” Gould repeated twice.
“They stopped the game when Penrith tried to turn the tap and (the coach) ran out onto the field. They weren’t around when they stopped the game. “
Andrew Johns said there was “nothing wrong” with Kaufusi and even veteran commentator Ray Warren questioned the coach’s involvement.
“Gus is right. The coach was just leaving the sidelines, he wouldn’t know if Kaufusi had to be HIA or not, ”said Warren.
“But they abandoned the game because the coach pointed out that it was a serious situation.”
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Coaches are allowed to instruct the referee to end the game if they evaluate a player and believe he has a serious medical problem.
The problem here, however, is that – according to Gould and Warren – the coach asked to stop the game before he even got to Kaufusi to check on him.
How could he possibly have known the problem was serious enough to stop the game if he hadn’t even made it to Kaufusi?
The Melbourne forward was cleared to play and helped his team defend a late Panthers rise.
Penrith stormed back with two more attempts in the 71st and 80th minutes, but had no time to end the storm, which celebrated another premiere with his 26:20 win.
The Kaufusi incident brought back memories of the storm charged with shady delaying tactics against Parramatta in the first week of the final.
The NRL fined Melbourne $ 10,000 when a coach told the referee to stop playing the Eels just to treat winger Suliasi Vunivalu for convulsions – definitely not an injury worth the while Stop clock.
In this case, the trainer asked officers to take time off before even reaching Vunivalu. Again, this is not allowed as the coach has no way of knowing whether the player’s injury is serious enough to warrant an interruption.
Eels players complained because it ruined their swing and effectively ended any slim hope of forcing a surprise.
.
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Ten minutes more, came the panthers.
A grand final, which was a matter of course when Melbourne took a 26-0 lead at the beginning of the second half, suddenly had a pulse again.
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Two attempts in 16 minutes meant Penrith had hope – albeit the faintest glimmer – of a 14-point deficit as they rebounded to 26-12.
Nathan Cleary and Co. were on a roll, stopping at Melbourne’s half-time, just before the 70-minute mark, thanks to a quick ball game and a penalty. They quickly stepped on touch and stormed the field, ready to take advantage of a retreating defense in Melbourne.
But before the Panthers could tap reboot, they had to play the waiting game.
A coach had told the referee to quit the game because he had to check the welfare of Storm-Hinterrower Felise Kaufusi.
Kaufusi scored a heavy hit while completing a tackle after whistle, but the game didn’t stop until later when Penrith started moving after benefiting from a jerk offense penalty.
Kaufusi’s review stopped Penrith’s momentum and Phil Gould wasn’t impressed in the Channel 9 comments box.
“A coach is holding up the game for no reason,” said Gould. “That’s wrong.
“The coach stopped the game from the sideline and went to Kaufusi to give his team a break.”
“That’s just wrong,” Gould repeated twice.
“They stopped the game when Penrith tried to turn the tap and (the coach) ran out onto the field. They weren’t around when they stopped the game. “
Andrew Johns said there was “nothing wrong” with Kaufusi and even veteran commentator Ray Warren questioned the coach’s involvement.
“Gus is right. The coach was just leaving the sidelines, he wouldn’t know if Kaufusi had to be HIA or not, ”said Warren.
“But they abandoned the game because the coach pointed out that it was a serious situation.”
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Coaches are allowed to instruct the referee to end the game if they evaluate a player and believe he has a serious medical problem.
The problem here, however, is that – according to Gould and Warren – the coach asked to stop the game before he even got to Kaufusi to check on him.
How could he possibly have known the problem was serious enough to stop the game if he hadn’t even made it to Kaufusi?
The Melbourne forward was cleared to play and helped his team defend a late Panthers rise.
Penrith stormed back with two more attempts in the 71st and 80th minutes, but had no time to end the storm, which celebrated another premiere with his 26:20 win.
The Kaufusi incident brought back memories of the storm charged with shady delaying tactics against Parramatta in the first week of the final.
The NRL fined Melbourne $ 10,000 when a coach told the referee to stop playing the Eels just to treat winger Suliasi Vunivalu for convulsions – definitely not an injury worth the while Stop clock.
In this case, the trainer asked officers to take time off before even reaching Vunivalu. Again, this is not allowed as the coach has no way of knowing whether the player’s injury is serious enough to warrant an interruption.
Eels players complained because it ruined their swing and effectively ended any slim hope of forcing a surprise.
.
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