I said before the last Raiders game that not much separates these teams and I stand up that assessment. Whereas a team like the Roosters are an order of magnitude better than us, the Raiders play to 100% of their ability every week and have benefited from a healthy dose of favourable officiating...
The escort is almost as perplexing. If the attacking player isolates and runs into one defender, he's awarded a penalty, yet forming a wall of players to protect the catcher is not deemed an infringement. Parramatta has ade a mockery of this interpretation recently.
Disgraceful decision. It went up as a try and there was insufficient evidence to overturn. The nrl officials don't even follow their own rules. It's a farce.