Wests Tigers chair Marina Go says the attention she receives – much of it negative – is because she's a woman, describing such criticism as "plain ignorance". In a Q&A on the rugbyleaguehub.com website, the former journalist also says her fellow club chairs once held a meeting from which they excluded her and Gold Coast's Rebecca Frizelle – during the Women In League Round! Asked why she receives so much media spotlight, Go answers: "Because I am a woman. Let's call it for what it is. Most of the commentary is plain ignorance." She later adds: "A small section of the media is tedious. A minority of the other chairmen are tedious. For example, in my first rugby league season during the Women In League round, a group of the club chairmen got together for a meeting and the two female chairs were excluded."

More bunkum

The NRL's justification for the decision to award Gareth Widdop his first try on Saturday against Manly was initially a classic exercise in obfuscation. It was not the Bunker's responsibility to spot Jason Nightingale holding Daly Cherry Evans as he tried to go into dummy-half, see, because it can only judge events from the play-the-ball onwards. OK, whose responsibility was it? More than half of those who saw the decision thought it was wrong. Will the protocol be changed? Did the match officials stuff up? We received the following statement on Sunday afternoon: "The NRL has no plans to alter the Bunker protocols". So basically, nothing much is being done to avoid similar situations arising again? OK.

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