A FURIOUS Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson has labelled the controversial sin binning of Dylan Napa “a gross error” following his side’s narrow 28-22 loss to Brisbane on Friday night.

In an entertaining match that had just about everything, a try to Broncos winger Jamayne Isaako sealed the win for the home side in front of 29,009 fans at Suncorp Stadium.

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With the scores locked at 22-all with moments remaining, Isaako look advantage of Napa’s absence to slice through the Tricolours’ defence and send the crowd into a frenzy.

Napa was binned just minutes before after the match officials had deemed the prop had led with his dead into a tackle on Korbin Sims which left the Broncos big man seeing stars.

“It was the wrong call, pretty simple,” Robinson said post-match.

“It’s obviously come from the bunker which is disappointing.

“I’ve watched it quite a bit. Dylan’s about to make a left shoulder tackle, Korbin sees that he’s about to make that left shoulder tackle so he steps off the right (foot) and rolls out and he contacts the back of Dylan Napa’s head.

“It happens in our game and it’s unfortunate for Korbin but it’s not a penalty and it’s not a sin bin. It’s a horrible call.

“You can’t make those errors if you’ve got multiple replays.

“They’ve called that he intentionally went to knock him out with his head, it’s just wrong.

“There’s other issues there why we didn’t win the game but that’s a gross error and unacceptable at this level.”

Despite the game being billed as a showdown between Andrew McCullough and Jake Friend for the vacant Queensland No.9 jersey, the match-up was overshadowed by the intense centre battle between Latrell Mitchell and James Roberts.

Mitchell was outstanding setting up two tries to Luke Keary in the first half, while Roberts staked an irresistible case for a NSW jersey with a blistering 70-metre try to go with a try assist and six tackle busts and 121 run metres.

“Great, wonderful, elated,” Broncos coach Wayne Bennett said.

“It’s been a tough time at our club, the last couple of weeks with injuries ... it was just an outstanding effort by a group of guys that refused to be beaten.

“James did what only James can do ... beat them hands down and incredible, that try ... he just wasted them all in the end.”

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The clash didn’t start well for the home side who lost Tom Opacic to a head knock in just the third minute which brought debutant Kotoni Staggs into the game.

The rookie got stuck in straight away and just four minutes later set Corey Oates up for the Broncos’ first try of the night.

Both sides tested each other out over the next 20 minutes before Mitchell put Joseph Manu down the sideline who passed inside to Luke Keary to score.

The Broncos returned serve when a brilliant run and offload from Tevita Pangai Junior put Staggs over for his first NRL try.

But the Roosters hit back when Mitchell turned it on again to set up Keary’s second of the night and the visitors took a 12-10 lead into halftime.

The battle between Mitchell and Roberts resumed after the break and it was Jimmy the Jet who won out in the 50th minute when he evaded his Roosters counterpart to pass to an unmarked Jamayne Isaako.

Mitchell had looked to have got his name on the scoresheet in the 56th minute when he dived on a loose ball but Manu knocked on in the contest for the ball.

The Roosters took control midway through the second half with tries to Isaac Liu and Boyd Cordner in the space of four minutes, before Roberts turned on the afterburners to pull a rabbit out of the hat and run 70 metres to level the scores at 22-all.

Napa was sent to the sin bin five minutes from full-time and moments later the Broncos were able to take advantage when some stunning footwork and pace from Isaako sliced the Tricolours open to seal the match.

BRISBANE 28 (J Isaako 2 C Oates J Roberts K Staggs tries J Isaako 4 goals) bt SYDNEY ROOSTERS 22 (L Keary 2 B Cordner I Liu tries L Mitchell 3 goals) at Suncorp Stadium. Referee: Gavin Badger, Gerard Sutton. Crowd: 29,009.

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