Philip_Smith007
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If this isnt a clear reason we need some kind of captains call system in place to challange a refs decision.
But would Mannering have questioned it?
Basically good on you for getting it wrong with confidence!
http://www.nrl.com/harrigan-concedes-warriors-error/tabid/10874/newsid/61837/default.aspx
Harrigan said Shorthall would still be asked to explain how he came to his decision.
"I'll be saying to the referee, 'Mate, what were your thoughts?'," Harrigan added.
"And obviously he's going to say to me, 'I was a hundred per cent certain Bill'.
"And I'm going to say, 'Good, you've made the decision, it was wrong, we've got to live it'.
"But I applaud him for being in the right spot and making the decision.
"When you make decisions inevitably you're going to come up with a wrong one.
"We all do that."
Harrigan said senior referee Tony Archer was not in a position to have questioned Shorthall's call and it remained uncertain whether Mateo had grounded the ball before the dead ball line.
But he backed Shorthall to continue in the top grade next week.
"With the replay there (on the scoreboard) I would say he would have known that was an iffy one," Harrigan said.
"He may have had a look at the replay himself.
"The good thing was he kept himself together.
"You'd hate to see that he then fell apart and that affected the rest of his game.
" ... That tells me that he's a competent first grade referee."
But would Mannering have questioned it?
Basically good on you for getting it wrong with confidence!
http://www.nrl.com/harrigan-concedes-warriors-error/tabid/10874/newsid/61837/default.aspx
Harrigan said Shorthall would still be asked to explain how he came to his decision.
"I'll be saying to the referee, 'Mate, what were your thoughts?'," Harrigan added.
"And obviously he's going to say to me, 'I was a hundred per cent certain Bill'.
"And I'm going to say, 'Good, you've made the decision, it was wrong, we've got to live it'.
"But I applaud him for being in the right spot and making the decision.
"When you make decisions inevitably you're going to come up with a wrong one.
"We all do that."
Harrigan said senior referee Tony Archer was not in a position to have questioned Shorthall's call and it remained uncertain whether Mateo had grounded the ball before the dead ball line.
But he backed Shorthall to continue in the top grade next week.
"With the replay there (on the scoreboard) I would say he would have known that was an iffy one," Harrigan said.
"He may have had a look at the replay himself.
"The good thing was he kept himself together.
"You'd hate to see that he then fell apart and that affected the rest of his game.
" ... That tells me that he's a competent first grade referee."