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So the bunker ruled a mutual infringement – where neither side was to blame for the incident- and the game restarted from the previous play-the-ball. But the NRL rules state that the ref must make the call on the field if he believes a mutual infringement occurred.

“The referee is the sole judge of what constitutes a mutual infringement and whether or not play has been irregularly affected,” the NRL rulebook states. “Contact between a defender and referee may not constitute a mutual infringement.”

NRL’s head of football Graham Annesley was unhappy with Przeklasa-Adamski’s decision, stating that the try shouldn’t have been overturned. “I don’t believe this try should have been overturned. The referee has to be somewhere on the field. He can’t just disappear,” he said.