It’s hard to truely get an impartial view of the refs performance when you’re a fan of one of the teams.
From our perspective it did feel like the Broncs were on the receiving end a bit, not saying it wasn’t justified it was quite possibly just their own poor discipline.
On their end I thought the AKP penalty where the second effort put him into touch (which looked like his own doing) and the Taine hold after the break were lucky calls for us. Where Walsh had to go off for an HIA whereas Egan didn’t was a bit of an inconsistency.
For us thought they were lucky to escape a bin on the hip drop, we’re pretty quick to rule out the Ford try when they took an age to try and find a reason to award that broncos one and I did feel he peeled back the penalties a bit in the second half when their discipline didn’t particularly improve.
Overall I think we had the better side of the ref this week but the Broncos fan reaction (NSWRL conspiracy, matching the team off the field etc) was over the top particularly given historically how both teams have fared with officiating.
It is a bit of an insight into how we can react as a fan base when things don’t go our way. I hope this noise doesn’t get us a ref hammering though