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Wests Tigers skipper Robbie Farah has revealed he reminded Canberra’s Jarrod Croker of his missed penalty in the 2010 NRL finals clash just before the centre spurned the opportunity to win the game for his team at Campbelltown on Saturday.
The Raiders were awarded a penalty with three minutes left in the game, but Croker sprayed his 35-metre effort to the right to hand the injury-hit Tigers a gutsy 19-18 win.
It was almost a carbon-copy of Croker’s bungled attempt to seal victory at Canberra Stadium against the Tigers four years ago and Farah revealed he made sure he had that moment in his mind when he stepped up to kick the ball.
“I sure did,” Farah said.
“It was a match-winning kick … he just smiled and nodded I just wanted to get in his ear.
“I thought it was a harsh penalty to begin with and I just walked up to him and reminded him of that finals game.”
In addition to dealing with Farah’s comments, Croker, who left the field in tears, then had to re-set his concentration after referee Matt Ceccin ran in front of him as he was running towards the ball to push back Tigers players, who weren’t back 10 metres.
Raiders coach Ricky Stuart was furious at the incident and said the actions of Ceccin were something he’d never seen before in his long career.
“It was wrong, the bloke taking a kick at goal to win the match and he jumps in as he’s about to take his first step,” Stuart said.
The former NSW coach also accused on-field referee Ceccin and his assistant Gavin Reynolds of being too reliant on the video referees.
“The game was refereed by the video refs tonight because the refs out there are too scared to make a decision,” Stuart said.
“It’s not the refs’ fault, it’s where the game has got to.
“It’s not a bitch about the loss. Milford got hit in the head at the kick-off and they get the penalty.”
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