HEAD Coach Sam Burgess says Warrington Wolves don’t deserve to be in the Grand Final despite losing out to a narrow 10-8 defeat at Hull KR due to a controversial try.
While Burgess was aggrieved by the nature of Rovers’ second try, when his namesake Joe Burgess piled over just before half-time, in a melee that was sent up to the video referee as a try and duly awarded, he says the Wolves don’t deserve to be in the Grand Final.
Burgess questioned the use of the on-field decision – which can only be overturned on clear evidence – and insisted the review had no way to overturn the try, such was the nature of the scramble.
“I don’t know how he (the referee) can send it up as a try when he doesn’t know,” said Burgess. “He had 10 looks at it but once it is sent up as a try, how do you overturn it?
“We’re all fans of the game and we all want to see a fair contest. I don’t know how you can leave it to the technology. If you can’t make a decision, you can’t make a decision – it’s too big.
“(But) it was soft, so we don’t deserve to be in the Grand Final. It’s not Premiership-winning stuff, and that’s the end of the story really. It’s not going to win us the comp so we’ve got to fix that up.”
Despite being outplayed in the first half to trail 10-0 Wire clawed back the deficit through two Matty Ashton tries to come within inches of snatching victory with Dufty briefly thinking he had won it in the final stages only for his effort to be ruled out by the video referee.
