Raiders coach Ricky Stuart refused to comment on a controversial referees decision which led to the Roosters’ title-winning try,telling reporters he didn’t want to be accused of being"unsportsmanlike".
The Canberra boss bit his tongue on the potentially match-defining call where referee Ben Cummins signalled six again as the Raiders laid siege to the Roosters’ line with just seven minutes left in Sunday night's decider.
A split second later,Cummins reverted to a last tackle signal,but only after Clive Churchill Medal winner Jack Wighton had spotted his original signal.
Cummins was heard on the referees’ audio to yell out"last tackle"four times after he stopped signalling for six again.
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Wighton surrendered with the ball,and James Tedesco iced the match for the Roosters in the next set after Daniel Tupou’s long-range break.
Stuart insisted he didn’t want to take the gloss off the Roosters’ achievement.
Instead of me saying what I think and getting abused by everybody in regards to my[unsportsmanlike] manner,you write what you think.
Ricky Stuart
"You all saw it,"Stuart said of the decision."None of us will be commenting on that tonight. It’s not the time to be talking about it. The Roosters achieved something very special winning two grand finals in a row and I don’t want to take the spotlight off them.