Canberra's Don Furner criticizes players for pressuring referees, calling it a detrimental cultural issue.
Canberra chief executive Don Furner has hit out at players attempting to "argue with and berate" referees amid relevations of a sneaky tactic where cunning players use close-talking to deceive the NRL bunker.
"Players are hoping to put psychological pressure on referees to influence their next decision," Furner said.
"To let players stand there and just argue and berate referees is a bad look for the game and we have let it go too far."
Furner was talking after reading the Bulldog's Bite column which exposed an ugly cultural problem within rugby league in which players are aggressively complaining and disputing every referee...