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NSW Queensland Stripped Victory, Channel 9 Invisible Footage, Referee, Siren, Whistle, Penalty

The gray area around NSW’s allegations of a heist in Game 1 of the State of Origin series has been removed.

The Blues immediately objected to umpire Gerard Sutton after Queensland won 18:14 in Adelaide Wednesday night for failing to punish the Maroons for lying on James Tedesco and then blow the full-time whistle after they did believed the star defender had played the ball.

Now they have strong evidence that the incumbent mistake prevented them from playing.

Invisible footage from Channel 9, captured by the Sydney Morning Herald, shows Tedesco – after breaking free from a bunch of five Queenslanders who have incredibly escaped punishment – clearing the jolt before Sutton’s whistle sounds.

The post-game focus was mostly on Sutton finishing the game before the time reached 80 minutes – a decision explained as a result of the official clock that was a few seconds before the display of nine.

But the new vision suggests that he should have whistled.

Despite NRL soccer boss Graham Annesley’s claim that “the time was up before the ball was played,” he appears to be behind Boydes when Sutton finishes the game.

Adding to the frustration is a broader view of the field that was not shown during the broadcast but highlights a massive overload on the right flank of the blues.

Because of the maroons diving on Tedesco, the Queensland Defense was poorly exposed.

Angus Crichton, Clint Gutherson and Josh Addo-Carr licked their lips as winger Phillip Sami was the only Maroons player to stand to the right of the post.

Gutherson and Addo-Carr had already made two tries in the game, and the odds that the Queensland defense – up to eleven men after Felise Kaufusi’s departure for cynical play – is good enough to keep them from scoring appears incredibly unlikely.

The Herald revealed that the NSW Rugby League wrote to the NRL Thursday morning demanding an explanation, but Annesley was steadfast in his position in which Sutton had acted correctly.

“The way time has been kept in all games for several years is that the timekeeper has a direct audio connection to the referee’s earphone,” said Annesley.

“10 seconds before the end, the timekeeper gives the referee a 10-second warning. After five seconds, another verbal warning counts down to full time. Sutton’s whistle was not blown until the timekeeper audibly told him full time. “

Whether it was blown before Tedesco played the ball – and whether NSW would have hit if another ball had been allowed – is an entirely different question.

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