Iafeta said:
Yeah. No idea what Clark was on. Fair dinkum he's a bad ref, like blowing time off on Hannay, pfft, what a hero.
You keep raising that... But he also turned time off on the Hicks kick at goal prior to that... Christ he didn't even let Hicks get back onside.
The thing that sh*ts me about that call to kick off before Hicks is back in position is that if it was a tap taken on a penalty he would have said you can't take it until the defenders are in position, onside and he is standing 10m away. It's an absolute dud call.
I think most Manly fans don't have any angst against the Cowboys. They played to the whistle and kicked to Hicks gap... But Clarke should be dealt with for his impatient behaviour at the end of the game. He shouldn't have stopped the clock on either kick early and the kick off should have waited even if he did blow time off.
I have felt Clarke has been getting worse and worse. Some of the talk between both captains (and other players) and Clarke was appauling. Sure Mona's stepped over the line (as bloody usual) but Clarke was quite rude in general to both sides. He is an arrogant prick.