A frustrated Andrew Webster was of the belief there was not \u201cenough evidence to overturn\u201d a crucial try that would have handed the Warriors the lead, and a top four boost.<\/p>\n
With five minutes remaining in the clash, and the scores sitting at 26-22 to the Eels, Adam Pompey scored what looked to be a match-defining four-pointer.<\/p>\n
But instead, Demitric Vaimauga was deemed to have knocked the ball on in an aerial contest with Isaiah Iongi in a controversial Bunker call that left Webster puzzled.<\/p>\n
FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every game of every round in the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership, LIVE with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited-time offer ><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know if there\u2019s enough evidence to overturn it that he touched it,\u201d Webster said.<\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t tell if he touched it or not, but I\u2019m pretty biased with four minutes to go, so I\u2019m gonna have to rely on everyone else there for now and watch it slow mo.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I can promise you right now, we should not have been in that situation through the way we played.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking to Fox League post-match, Vaimauga himself did admit he touched the ball \u2014 but claimed it went back.<\/p>\n \u201cI did touch it, I thought I was facing my own goal line and touched it back. I don\u2019t think it was the defining moment in the game,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cBut it is what it is, we will go back to the drawing board.\u201d<\/p>\n However, rugby league legend Cooper Cronk had other ideas, giving a damning assessment: \u201cHe touched it, the ball went forward, no try\u201d.<\/p>\n Eels coach Jason Ryles also pointed to Vaimauga\u2019s admission in his own post-match press conference, claiming reports were \u201cbarking up the wrong tree\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThe kid thought it was (a no try), there was no disputing that,\u201d he said, but was later pressed on the matter further.<\/p>\n Moses makes penalty count argument | 07:09<\/p>\n \u201cThe referee tonight and the Bunker had a lot of decisions to make. For me, that\u2019s a knock on every day of the week.<\/p>\n \u201cBut who am I to say? Sometimes you get the calls and sometimes you don\u2019t and we have had a lot of times where we haven\u2019t got the calls, that\u2019s the reality.<\/p>\n \u201cThey are human in the middle and they are human in the Bunker, but if you\u2019re asking my pure opinion? That went forward, every day of the week.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t even know why you are asking the question…. I know you need to ask the questions and that, but at the end of the day, the referees are out there to do a job and it is not easy.<\/p>\n \u201cIf it\u2019s going to come down to one finger touch that went forward, you\u2019re barking up the wrong tree.\u201d<\/p>\n Eels skipper Mitchell Moses also chimed in, saying: \u201cThey had a 12-4 penalty count… not going off one play bruz (sic)… looking in the wrong area\u201d.<\/p>\n Regardless of the controversial moment, Webster explained his side didn\u2019t deserve to be in the fight due to lapses in concentration.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not frustrated with the way we were trying, and the way we prepare and everything like that. It\u2019s just unbelievable,\u201d Webster said.<\/p>\n \u201cConcentration, we got a no try down on their try line at the start of the game, the next thing they pick it up and run 100 (metres).<\/p>\n \u201cThat happened like three times to us, our last plays ended up being a weapon for them… we are trying really hard and there\u2019s poor concentration and execution off the back of it.\u201d<\/p>\n Bunker buds in to deny Wahs late winner | 00:54<\/p>\n MORE NRL NEWS<\/p>\n RUN HOME: Resting chaos not over as top four decided; who gets last finals spot<\/a><\/p>\n