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The Manly Sea Eagles look unlikely to lose the two competition points won in their victory over the Melbourne Storm on Saturday night despite a critical error related to the sin bin.
Two Manly players were allowed to return to the ground almost two full minutes earlier than they should have been, and Melbourne Storm officials were furious.
Melbourne Storm football manager Frank Ponissi was caught on camera letting loose at an NRL official in response to the incident.
The players – Api Koroisau and Dylan Walker – had been sent to the sin bin because of an altercation at halftime that also saw Melbourne’s Curtis Scott sent off.
Melbourne Storm boss Dave Donaghy reportedly called Brian Canavan and Todd Greenberg during the game to request an explanation for the early return of Manly’s players.
The incident prompted suggestions that Manly were potentially at risk of having their two competition points from the win docked, despite a comprehensive 24-4 scoreline.
However such an event seems unlikely to pass as Ponissi suggested that, given the game was not a particularly close one, the Storm will not look to press a case for the result to be overturned.
“It was obviously an error and he made a mistake but I personally don’t want to dwell on it,” Ponissi said.
“He made a mistake and, hopefully, it doesn’t happen again.”