NRL head of football elite competitions Graham Annesley has defended the match officials and put the blame for the record seven sin bins in Souths’ win over the Roosters squarely on the players.
Annesley stood by the match officials, who he believes were given no choice but to keep sending players to the sin bin, as they players repeatedly crossed the line of acceptable standards.
“Clearly a lack of discipline by the players,” Annesley said when asked what he put the sin bins down to.