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Reports have emerged referees boss Daniel Anderson was unhappy with the performance of State of Origin 2 refs Ashley Klein and Shayne Hayne, and has said either one or both will be axed for Game 3.
Anderson might not be taking Eels coach Ricky Stewart’s phone calls at the moment, but he is definitely listening to the people.
The 10 metres and marker defense were not policed in Game 2, as was advised by the refs in the lead up, especially when it came to the Maroons, which left the blues team scratching their heads.
“Queensland played under a different set of rules to us,” a NSW insider said. “We were told what would be policed and we abided by it.
“Queensland didn’t and they got away with it. The refs just wouldn’t penalise them.
“We were squeaky clean but they jumped the gun early at marker. There seemed to be a big 10 for us but a lot less for them. They jumped there as well.
“They will have to make some refereeing changes for the decider”.
The four player send off in the second half highlighted the fact the two refs were very hesitant to make the big calls in front of the pro-Queensland crowd up at Suncorp Stadium.
Compounded with some other contentious decisions throughout the game, its left Anderson with no choice but to make some changes for State of Origin 3 in Sydney at ANZ Stadium on Wednesday 17th July.
Jared Maxwell’s name has been mentioned as a possible replacement.
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