There's some contradiction there – he wanted the on-field officials to make a decision on the spot (and that appears to be what brought them undone) but wouldn't make one himself until he watches multiple camera angles on Monday. It's safe to say Saturday was not a great day for match officials. Timely words Given the latest tragedy to befall a young rugby league player – the sudden death of Francis Winterstein – it's worth repeating these comments from Benji Marshall from an interview I did during the World Club Series. Marshall says the junior structure in rugby league is dangerous to the mental health of players. "These kids are put in a position where they're trying to prove to their families 'this is it, I've made it' and if they don't move on from that, it's like a failure and … it's like the end of the world. When reserve grade was there, some of these kids would come through and play reserve grade which was with men. And when you've got men in the team mixed with boys, the men can give advice on life experience, like coping with the pressure or 'if you're having problems come here and I'll look after you'." KISS and Chisel Rock'n'roll spies tell us the news that KISS will be in the country during grand final week has made the Cold Chisel camp somewhat nervous. No, seriously. Chisel thought they had the GF sewn up and the KISS news has them in a spin. The ageing glamsters have a show booked in Perth the night before the big one and Adelaide a couple of days later.

The NRL has heaps of money – why not hire both of them? KISS need more staging so they could go pre-match and Chisel at half-time. Or would the pyro look better in the dark? If anyone at Moore Park needs an email address for Doc McGee, KISS' manager, you know where I am. Fuelling the fire At the end of a week in which every little piece of hatred between South Sydney and Sydney Roosters was sifted over, here's one everyone missed. Souths wanted Sonny Bill Williams to appear in Issac Luke's defence before last year's grand final, when "Bully" had been placed on report for lifting him. They were under the impression he would do so – but SBW declined. The Bunnies believed, rightly or wrongly, he had been ordered by the club not to do so as part of the eternal battle between the tribes on either side of Anzac Parade. Williams was already packing has bags for Soldier Field and Twickenham at the time, so we may never know the truth. But it's fuel for a fire that's been burning for more than a century. Embrace wider audience

Parramatta want to play a trial in the US but an American journalist seemed to displease coach Brad Arthur on Friday night when he asked after the loss to Canterbury "how do you feel the team is dealing with the loss of talent with Jarryd not being here?". It was a reasonable question and to be fair, Arthur gave a reasonable answer, insisting "Jarryd had nothing to do with what happened tonight". But the coach was clearly nonplussed. Everyone in the NRL needs to realise that the rest of the world doesn't give a toss about them and when someone does – like this man from the Bleacher Report, Nick Fouriezos – we'd be well served to treat them like royalty. Some of the opportunities being presented to the sport as a result of Hayne's move may not come around for another generation. Let's forget our petty short-term grumbles and embrace the wider audience that is being opened up to us.