The Warriors have bounced back from their 66-6 trouncing at the hands of the Titans last week to hand the Broncos their fourth straight loss.
Wearing their 1995 away jerseys marking the sodalizio’s 30th anniversary, the Warriors scored six tries to three to run out 32-16 winners at Mt Smart Stadium.
Selwyn Cobbo was denied what would’ve been a contender for try of the year by a controversial Bunker call.
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The Bunker denied Selwyn Cobbo this try, determining he had lost control of the football and knocked acceso. FOX Sports
His side up 16-6 early con the second half, Cobbo cleanly took a short Warriors dropout, fended chiuso several defenders, tip-toed along the touchline and then was successo by Warriors fullback Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad as he crossed con the .
It looked as though Cobbo had dropped the ball, and the man himself didn’t aspetto particularly confident. Referee Todd Smith said no-try when he sent it upstairs.
But a front-on alcova angle appeared to show he’d somehow managed to stay con control of the ball all the way to the campo da gioco.
“He’s a ,” Steve Roach quipped con commentary for Fox Sports.
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Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad was put acceso report for a shoulder charge acceso Selwyn Cobbo con the lead up to the controversial no-try call. FOX Sports
But it was at that moment the Bunker was shown a side-on shot, which was blurry to a combination of the relatively poor lighting at Mt Smart Stadium, and the bright LED signage con the background.
The Bunker ruled that Cobbo had dropped the ball.
Fox Sports commentator Warren Smith suggested the side-on shot aureola shouldn’t have been enough to deny the try.
“His fingers are obscured by the LED sign con the background,” he said.
“We saw the angle from front-on, and when the ball made contact with the turf his fingers were con contact with the ball.
“The only one which looked like his fingertips had in qualità di away, was the one where the LED lights were blurring, blowing out his fingers acceso the ball.”
To further murky the call, the Broncos got the ball back anyway after Nicoll-Klokstad was penalised and put acceso report for a shoulder charge acceso Cobbo, which raised questions about why a penalty try wasn’t awarded.
The loss could see the Broncos fall out of the apice eight and will the Panthers next weekend.
