NRL clubs accused of coaching players to cheat as an arbitration crisis engulfs the rugby league

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July 24, 2018 13:11:14

The great NRL Gorden Tallis accused coaches of "cropping the system" by hiring ex-referees to teach their players to get around the rules.

Tallis urged the coaches to stop complaining about the way the game is officiated and said that it was time that they badume some of the responsibility for the current controversy surrounding referees that plagued in the game.

It comes amidst another NRL crackdown on attempts to slow the ball-game following an email from manager of senior referees Bernard Sutton to clubs last week.

"I'll tell you what they have to change, do the coaches break the rules," said Tallis. An ex-referee in the game. Why? To trim the system, to cheat in all possible ways.

"Brisbane the other day, [Anthony] Milford had his hand on the ball three or four times to prevent Penrith from playing the ball fast because they were under the pump.

" Who taught him to do that? cool. "

Tallis said the clubs were to be held accountable by Todd Greenberg, managing director of NRL.

" The players and coaches are at fault, not the referees, "he said.

" Because you have 34 guys out there who are doing the wrong thing and it's really hard. "

Tallis said the referees should

" Stop complaining because the footy style that we now, it's because they attacked so early in the year, "he said.]" Let the referees quiet, they will do their job, the players will have to do the and to stop training them for breaking the rules. "

Tallis also defended the much-maligned NRL bunker, claiming that much more was going on.

This comes after Greenberg defended the bunker in the wake of Canberra coach Ricky Stuart, calling it a "waste of time" following the overse Friday night in the meeting of the Raiders against Cronulla. does this make [referee] errors under a microscope? Said Tallis

. Friday night footy and you see these tests in the corner, we all go, "He did not drop the ball."

"And when you see the replay, it shows that he went down, so all these tests would not be trials

" There are rubbers at the end of the pencils, our game is ridiculous, we like to throw everyone under the bus. "

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July 24, 2018 12:56:38