The NRL has admitted that it wasn’t just the Canberra Raiders, who were dudded in the 2019 grand final.

Yes, that’s right, the NRL have conceded that the Sydney Roosters were also on the wrong end of a trio of calls in their 14-8 triumph.

The #sixagain decision from referee Ben Cummins and a charged-down ball hitting Roosters trainer Travis Touma three minutes into the game dominated headlines in the aftermath of the game.

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To his credit, Canberra coach Ricky Stuart refused to criticise the officials, but plenty of other experts weighed in and demanded that the referees department underwent a significant overhaul.

But the Sydney Morning Herald reports that the NRL have apologised to the Roosters over a series of blunders made in their back-to-back premiership win.

The report details how Roosters coach Trent Robinson sent an email to referees boss Bernard Sutton on the Wednesday after the game.

The email contained half a dozen incidents which angered the Chooks coach.

In response, Sutton conceded that there were three decisions which were incorrect.

The first was that Cooper Cronk should not have been sin binned for a tackle on Josh Papalii when the Green Machine prop didn’t have the ball.

He said it was harsh, and the call could have had a huge bearing on the result.

Sutton also conceded that in the lead-up to Jack Wighton’s try for Canberra, there was an in-air contest between Elliott Whitehead and Roosters fullback James Tedesco.



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James Tedesco and Elliott Whitehead contest the ball Source: FOX SPORTS

Cummins awarded, yes wait for it, six again to Canberra, after he deemed Tedesco had knocked on.

Wighton then scored in the following set, with Sutton saying that Cummins got that call wrong, too.

The third and final concession was that the tackle on Luke Keary from Sia Soliola which led to the ball hitting Touma.

Sia Soliola tackles Luke Keary Source: FOX SPORTS

He argued that the Roosters should have received a penalty for the hit.

So when you’re discussing how the Raiders were robbed by referees, don’t forget that the Roosters were too.