Klein’s blunders set to cost him grand final as NRL vows to appoint ‘in form’ referees
Ashley Klein refereed last year’s grand final but could miss out on the role after a couple of crucial mistakes. Picture; Cameron Spencer/Getty Images“That decision hasn’t been made yet,” NRL head of football Graham Annesley replied when asked if Klein would keep his job.
“No matter who is appointed to those games, there can never be a guarantee that there won’t be more errors.“In the first incident there were consequences we all would rather didn’t take place. There were a couple of tackles, a penalty and a try. The veteran referee apologised to Roosters skipper James Tedesco afterwards and was the victim of online trolls who sprayed him for the mistake.
“He’s one of our most experienced referees. He took us right through Origin, he’s refereed grand finals, he’s refereed hundreds of NRL games and he’s refereed dozens of finals so he’s not an inexperienced referee.” Some people blamed the Bunker for not intervening, but Annesley said they can only get involved if the tackle is a reportable offence, which this one wasn’t.
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