A frustrated Wayne Bennett has renewed calls to scrap the bunker review system after Trai Fuller was denied a try in the 14-6 loss to Newcastle that ended the Dolphins’ NRL finals hopes.
Mature-age rookie Fuller darted over on the left side midway through the first half to score what appeared the opening try of Sunday’s shootout for eighth spot at McDonald Jones Stadium.
But on closer inspection, the bunker ruled Dolphins second-rower Connelly Lemuelu had impacted the outside shoulder of Knights forward Brodie Jones and prevented him from reaching Fuller.
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Newcastle ran in the next two tries and ultimately clinched the last spot in the top eight, crushing the Dolphins’ hopes of a maiden finals berth in their second season.
Lemuelu had also contacted Jack Cogger with his run but impacted only the Knights’ five-eighth’s inside shoulder – not grounds for an obstruction because his passage to the ball had not been blocked.
At full-time, Bennett suggested it was Cogger who had actually obstructed Jones and not Lemuelu, furious that the try had not stood.
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