NRL live<\/a><\/p>\nRoosters halfback Sam Walker will go for scans after sustaining a concerning ankle injury in his side’s 26-12 loss to the Dolphins, while North Queensland lock in a finals spot with a 24-10 victory over Wests.<\/p>\n
Tigers five-eighth Jarome Luai had his length-of-the-field try chalked off in the first half because of a rake in the lead-up, and prop Terrell May’s was also denied by the bunker after Cowboys fullback Scott Drinkwater was impeded, despite standing metres away from the ball.<\/p>\n
“The level of some of the refereeing decisions today was honestly outrageous, and I thought we copped the raw end of the stick all night,” Tigers coach Marshall said.<\/p>\n
“We’ll be sending in a few questions and asking for a please explain.<\/p>\n
“We get penalised for contesting. They go down, take Jock Madden out [the] same thing. We get no penalty. They score.<\/p>\n
“I feel like I need to stand up for my players because the way they’re fighting, it’s just not right.”<\/p>\n
To make matters worse, the joint venture (8-15) will sweat on Luai, who hobbled off the field in the second half and was also placed on report in his penultimate game for the club.<\/p>\n
North Queensland (13-10) will not worry about the contentious calls after becoming the last team to seal their top-eight spot, after South Sydney secured their finals place with a 42-22 victory over Gold Coast earlier on Saturday.<\/p>\n
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