I don't think any ref is deliberately biast or have an agenda, some are just easily influenced by home crowds, big name players and an underling leaning towards the teams expected to win. South's were whinging at the ref every bloody tackle.
Onto Latrell. He is an incredible player and pretty much saved the game for the bunnies. But so grubby. There were at least 10 unsportsman like incidents. Some small some big, but all dirty. Anyone notice him sliding into noffa with his knees after the intercept i think it was. Constantly grabbing the markers ankles in the play the ball. Right up there with Slater and Smith.
Agree with all this except for the first sentence.
IMHO certain referees are biased for sure. Have been for a while now. Certain teams getting massive leg-ups every single week can't just be dumb coincidence. And certain teams being on the receiving end (us and the Bulldogs come to mind) every single week reeks of ref bias.
Fair. Bias was a poor choice of words. That's exactly what they are? But not deliberately imo.