Oh boy, where do I start.
- Taniela Tuiaki is clearly held TWICE, keeps going and scores. The try is awarded and the Tigers go on to win, and Robert Finch admits that the decision was incorrect.
- Krisnan Inu gathers a lost ball by the Raiders, runs 15 metres upfield, loses the ball. Referee says no advantage, awards a scrum to Parramatta.
- Luke Burt makes a break downfield, David Milne tackles and moves when told to, Burt throws himself forward without a hand on him and Milne gets sinbinned for what I can only assume was a phantom hold down. Robert Finch admits the decision was incorrect.
- Same game, Bronson Harrison, about 20 metres out from our own line, gets an offload away about 2-3 seconds after the defense get their hands on him, referee pulls it up, says he called held and orders a scrum. Parramatta score from the resulting set. Robert Finch admits the decision was incorrect.
- Luke Burt attempts to catch a kick, facing forwards, the ball hits his hand and goes forward, referee calls knocked back.
- Campese kicks downfield and is hit marginally late (shouldn't be a penalty)... Canberra chasers regather with nobody in front of them, referee calls it back for a Canberra penalty and then to compound the error, won't let Campese take the quick tap, insists on waiting for the entire Parramatta defensive line - some 30 metres downfield - getting into position first.
- Trevor Thurling is penalised for holding down, despite the tackle being far quicker than most others in the game. Parramatta score off the resulting set, and Robert Finch admits the decision was incorrect. If any of those decisions had gone Canberra's way, they would have won as the deciding margin was just two points.
- The Raiders make a break, and Luke O'Donnell commits a professional foul by holding down until his teammates can get back to defend. The exact same referee who deemed David Milne worthy of sin binning for not having a hand on the player decides that O'Donnell did nothing wrong.
- In the same game, Antonio Kaufusi falls asleep on tackles several times. Naturally the Raiders are the only ones penalised for holding down.
- On the last tackle, Campese kicks the ball hard into the ground and over the sideline. The touch judge apparently misses the massive rebound off the ground and says it went out on the full.
- Bronson Harrison and Trevor Thurling are at marker. Both are standing dead square. The Sharks have the ball, and the first receiver drops it in the tackle. The Raiders pick it up, only for a penalty against the markers for something nobody can understand.
- A Sharks player drops the ball when nobody has hands anywhere near him. The referee comically rules that it was stripped by the Raiders.
- William Zillman chases through a Scott Prince kick but is 2-3 metres offside. The on-field referee decides to check it with the video referee. Despite every angle clearly showing Zillman offside, the video ref awards the try. That ends up being the difference as the Titans win by 6.
- The Raiders score a wonderful try against the Bulldogs, which is sent to the video ref. Josh McCrone quite clearly promotes the ball back towards his own goal line (a knock back), yet quite inexplicably Phil Cooley decides that it is a knock on - quite possibly the only person who saw the game who could agree with that.
- Later in that game, it appears Hazem El Masri has scored the matchwinner off a kick put through by... I think it was Ennis. It goes to the video, where replays clearly show that Jarrod Croker was going to get to the ball... until Jamal Idris pushes him in the back and takes him out of play. But Phil Cooley decides that it's fine to take out opposition players who certainly would have prevented a try being scored, and gives the Dogs the win.
- To add insult to injury, Tom Learoyd-Lahrs is charged by the judiciary with striking for an incident where he attempted to fend Idris fairly.
- Penrith are awarded a try despite one of the most blatant knock ons you will ever see in the lead-up.
- Petero Civoniceva is penalised 3 times in 2 minutes for blatant professional fouls. He does not go to the sin bin, despite the fact that any other player would have.
- Steve Price charges for the line but clearly loses the ball over it. The video referee ignores this and awards the "touchdown" (you couldn't call it a try).
- Simon Mannering throws a pass that travels 5 metres forward, the Warriors score as a result. A Raiders pass that travelled backwards was later called forward in the same match.
- Jarrod Croker is clearly taken out of the play by Beau Champion when contesting for a bomb. The ball lands exactly where Croker would have been had he not been taken out, and Souths score. The video ref again ignores a player being blatantly taken out and awards a try.
- Trevor Thurling collides with Scott Porter simultaneously with the kick going up. Not only is an unfathomable penalty awarded, it's also put on report! Absolutely ridiculous.
- Shayne Hayne goes an a penalty rampage, absolutely slaughtering Canberra and apparently seeing things nobody else can see, whilst ignoring countless indiscretions by the Sharks.
All of this ignores the countless times the opposition gets away with holding down for what seems like up to a minute while the Raiders are penalised for staying on longer than 2 seconds, the forward passes and knock ons not called despite how blatant they are, and just general incompetence by the referees.
