Paul Kent going off on NRL360 last night (I saw a clip in the below news article - I am officially on a self imposed 360 ban). The angry midget is p*ssed that Cameron Smith was not sin binned in the GF.
The flog is so upset that Melbourne won and I love it
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https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-pr ... 9d29889ad3
Smith ‘should have been sin binned’ but Kent says ref ‘second guessed himself’
Paul Kent believes Melbourne captain Cameron Smith should have been sin binned for questioning the integrity of the referee during Sunday’s NRL grand final.
But Kent also wasn’t overly impressed with the performance of match official Gerard Sutton, who he accused of “keeping the whistle in his pocket” during a tense second half.
Sutton made the bold, yet correct, decision to sin bin two Storm players in the last 10 minutes of the game when Penrith was on the comeback path.
Jahrome Hughes was binned with 10 minutes left, and then Brandon Smith was marched in the final minute, just before Nathan Cleary scored to make it 26-20 with one play remaining.
It was when Hughes was binned that captain Smith spoke to Sutton.
“The last three or four penalties they have got is little very picky stuff and we have got nothing mate,” Smith said.
“I get it, everyone wants an exciting finish. But we are just the same as them. Stop trying to pick little things out of our game to make an exciting finish.”
During the 2000 State of Origin series, experienced referee Bill Harrigan famously sent Gorden Tallis off the field for calling him a cheat.
Kent says Smith could have gone the same way.
“He is very luck he didn’t get sin binned,” Kent said of Smith.
“Gorden Tallis called Bill Harrigan a cheat - that’s just the more diplomatic way of saying it.
“He was that close (to being binned), and the difference between what he said and what Gordie said is the difference between him and Gorden, but they both meant the same thing.”
Kent said overall he wasn’t impressed with Sutton during the grand final.
Sutton sent nine calls upstairs to the Bunker, which made one howler to gift Penrith their first try of the night.
“I was really disappointed with Gerard Sutton’s performance,” Kent said on NRL 360.
“He didn’t show the courage of his convictions, he second guessed himself the whole night.
“This is what I’ve had a gutful with the NRL... all year we’ve waxed on about how good (the) six-again (rule) is, how it’s been great for the game.
“As soon as we get to the finals, they think it’s good refereeing to put the whistle in the pocket and no longer calling it.”