Smith said he believed the league could improve consistency greatly by returning to a one-referee system, which was changed to two in 2008. International matches still use one referee. "As a player that is the biggest thing for us – the inconsistencies between the two referees," Smith said. "We played a Test match last Friday night with one referee in Shayne Hayne and after that match I don't think anyone had any issues because there was just one guy. "I don't know whether the NRL needs to look at that and go back to one referee. I don't think either team had an issue with the refereeing in that Test match because [the ref] knows how he wants to referee the game and he views it the same for both teams.

"I found that Test match really enjoyable going back to that one referee, which is an international rule, the game flowed so much better." Morgan agreed with Smith, saying there was too many grey areas when two referees were in charge. "When you have different people making decisions with different interpretations you have different levels of experience as well," Morgan said. "They even name them in the program head referee and assistant referee. There are a lot of grey areas." The Storm looked destined to lose to the Sea Eagles when it trailed 19-10 with 20 minutes left but two brilliant kicks from Cooper Cronk set up two late tries.

The Storm will also sweat on the reports of Billy Slater (high tackle) and Ben Hampton (lift tackle). Morgan said Bellamy and the whole Storm side were fuming about the decision from the video referee to overturn a "no try" ruling on Peta Hiku's controversial first try for Manly. "I think it was plain for anyone to see," Morgan said. "Anybody, any team wants consistency and he [Bellamy] is pretty cut up at the moment. "He loves his players and wants to protect his players and to have a no-try ruling overturned by a situation which I'm not sure was overly conclusive ... he just wants consistency and we tend to sometimes get a lot of decisions that have question marks against them." Morgan said the Storm believed they were coming up on the wrong end of decisions too often.

"They [refs] have a difficult job but at the same time so does Craig and the coaching team and the players, they have a difficult job," Morgan said. "The work that goes into a game is phenomenal and sometimes to see the inconsistencies, not only from match to match but from referee to referee – sometimes it's hard to follow. "I think the NRL is coming down this week, so hopefully Craig has calmed down enough that he can get some answers from the powers that be." Meanwhile, try-scorer Kurt Mann said he still couldn't believe he had enjoyed such a memorable debut. "I knew Cooper [Cronk] was going to kick, so I just chased it like there was no tomorrow," Mann said. "I was in the right place, right time.

"He kicked it to the right spot and I just happened to be there, it fell into my hands and I couldn't believe I had the ball in my hands and I was over the line." Mann's family came down from Queensland to watch his debut at AAMI Park as the utility filled in at centre. He praised the leadership of the senior players. "They knew what we needed to do and made sure we got it done," Mann said. "I defended outside Cooper tonight and he was a massive help for me and kept me calm." The Storm plays South Sydney at ANZ Stadium on Friday night.