Considering two of those penalties favouring Broncos were for high shots, and another for the kick off out on the full, this is pretty much a case of haters gonna hate.
The only obviously bad decision was the strip call.
Plus I (obviously) thought they were correct decisions, but our 2nd and 3rd tries definitely had some luck and the video referee could have (and would have on another day) denied them. And Graham was definitely offside on our last try, though the whole lead up play was bizarre.
Broncos had a string of decisions/non decisions go their way that got them back in the game, and that was frustrating, but they were still mostly 50/50 decisions, there weren't really any clangers (well, the no try, but the referees will defend that one and say it was right).
The strip call was the only (other) really obvious bad call, and that shows how bad the rule is, since you get one or two terrible, inexplicable strip ball decisions every game.
The speed of the ruck complaint is a bit hard to quantify, but the Sharks have consistently slowed opposition teams all year, so whatever the level the referees are allowing, we have found the right line to walk in terms of slowing the play. Plus we make a lot of dominant tackles, so that helps. And we make a lot of offloads too, so opposition teams find slowing us a bit harder.
Again, I'm obviously biased, but I think one of our strengths this year has been our forwards getting on top in virtually every match, and it looks like we are "getting away" with slowing the play, but we are also earning it with a powerful pack.
Anyway, 8-6 as an away team and you can't be too disappointed.
