Manly coach Anthony Seibold was fuming at a rough late penalty that went against Jaxson Paulo in the Sea Eagles’ nailbiting 13-12 loss to the Broncos in Magic Round.
Paulo was penalised for a high tackle on Deine Mariner after diving on him on the ground, which gifted the Broncos field position for Jock Madden to slot the match winning field goal with four minutes to play.
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Seibold took issue with a couple of decisions in the game, including Paulo’s last ditch penalty.
“Well we haven’t lost a game this year by more than two scores, so we fought really hard and we have played some really good footy,” Seibold said.
“I thought tonight they scored a try when we had a player in the sin bin.
“I’m not sure when the last time a player was sin-binned for being off-side at marker 40 meters out from the try line.
“It was a really tough call on us particularly when you compare it or contrast it to we go from dummyhalf down the other end of the field and it becomes a six again when they’re off-side from marker.
“So I don’t quite get that. I do not quite get that because it wasn’t a try-scoring situation.
“And I thought the last penalty let’s be fair dinkum it’s one of the softest penalties ever.
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“So it’s tackle five the guy was on the floor, potentially a knock-on, I think it was Jackson Paulo who dived on him.
“I mean he stays down as he just looked around there and he wasn’t so it was tough.
“But ultimately they were too good and they were able to take their chance.”
Manly skipper Daly Cherry-Evans only realised it was a tough call when he saw the Paluo penalty on the big screen.
“At the time definitely have to back the live decision but it wasn’t until we saw it on the big screen that we thought we might have been hard done by,” Cherry-Evans said.
“But that’s footy. You get them some weeks, some weeks you don’t get them and they were good enough to ice it at the end.”
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Despite the loss Seibold was still pleased with his side for coming back from 12-0 down to nearly snatch it at the death.
“I was really proud of the guys,” Seibold said.
“I thought they were really tough. I think there was a real hard edge of how we played our game.
“And probably Tolu Koula was a classic example. He got a really nasty knock to his AC joint, but like stayed on the field kept fighting really hard.
“So he probably summed up the performance. I was really proud. Ultimately, we didn’t get the win. We come here to get the win. We thought we would win, so I was disappointed with that, but yeah, I was really proud of the group.”
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