Rabbitohs coach Wayne Bennett has called for the Bunker to be abolished after his side copped two tough calls against Manly.

Souths winger Edward Kosi was denied a spectacular diving try in his side’s 28-14 loss against the Sea Eagles and it wasn’t the only decision that caused drama.

Edward Kosi was denied a try by the Bunker. Nine

With Manly leading 10-8 in the second half, Kosi finished an exchange of passes to put South Sydney in front.

The winger’s put-down was close to the line although on first look it appeared the belly of the ball had hit the grass before the white line.

“They got a big piece of turf there,” Cameron Smith said on Nine.

“That’s a try,” Smith continued when Andrew Johns replied “you reckon?”

Referee Adam Gee then sent the decision to the Bunker.

Wyatt Raymond in the Bunker ruled the ball was up when the commentators thought it’d hit the turf before then landing on the line.

“50/50 that one, I thought that one was a try,” Smith said while Brad Fittler said “it definitely touched the green before the white” and thought it was a try.

Minutes later, the Sea Eagles advanced the ball into attacking territory with Clayton Faulalo scoring.

However, the replay showed in the play the ball before the try, Ben Trbojevic had bobbled the ball.

“Too much (sticky) spray,” Smith said.

But the try was confirmed by the Bunker.

“Sorry?,” Smith responded. “That’s a knock-on, that is a knock-on every single day of the week except for Thursday night at Foz Pines Park.”Only a minute later, caller Mat Thompson noted Smith looked like he was in a state of shock.

“I can’t get over that knock-on, really,” he responded.

Post-match, Bennett started the press conference in his usual short tone, lamenting the errors from his team.

He wasn’t asked about the Kosi no try, instead the Trbojevic knock-on was the focus.

Wayne Bennett in his press conference. NRL

When he was first asked he said, “he didn’t play it properly, simple as that”.

“We pay all this money for the Bunker and still don’t get it right,” he continued.

“We weren’t playing well, so I’m not going to use that as an excuse, but the bottom line is that’s what they’re there for. They’ve got to go back to the play the ball when the try’s scored and that was all in the one movement. If that’s an acceptable play the ball then the game’s going to change enormously very quickly.”

Bennett then said he wasn’t going to carry on about it because the game’s finished but couldn’t help himself when prodded more on the topic.

“I’ll come back to the point, we’ve got a Bunker, it’s supposed to be perfect because they expect us to be perfect. They have the opportunity to make a decision, to see it, and they still get it wrong,” he said.

“I’m a fan of no Bunker, I can tell you. I’d rather the game play, get on with life and accept (decisions) like we always accept it, because they don’t get it right all the time and they should because they’ve got the benefit of hindsight and there’s no time limit on their decision making.

“A month ago at the St George and Roosters game, the same thing happened.”

Bennett clarified he’s not frustrated but angry that the Bunker keeps getting decisions wrong.

“I’d rather have the try, and don’t worry about whether the Bunker is involved again … we played for over 100 years without the Bunker,” he said.

The Bunker wasn’t the only thing to cop it from Bennett, who said his side is going backwards at the wrong time of the season. The super coach put the performances on players with 150 games plus.

“The older players are better than that, they’ve got to take some ownership on what their jobs are out there, they get well paid to do it,” he said.