Penrith Panthers and Melbourne Storm, last year’s Grand Final rematch, possibly a preview for this year’s decider has so much spice ahead of their much anticipated Round 24 encounter.
And Panthers head coach Ivan Cleary and his opponent Storm boss Craig Bellamy have entered into a bit of a war of words as the former took issue with officials last weekend.
Danny Weidler had the latest on Triple M NRL’s The Journos!
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St George Illawarra winger Tyrell Sloan was adjudged for tackling Cronulla Shark Teig Wilton in the air, giving up a penalty try.
The call garnered much controversy as fans, pundits and Dragons coach Shane Flanagan disagreed, claiming Sloan was contesting the ball.
It reminded many of what happened in the State of Origin decider as NSW Blues Brian To’o was sin-binned for a similar offence against Xavier Coates.
A winger match-up that will play out this weekend, which has Ivan Cleary concerned as To’o will likely be targeted in the air against Storm’s Coates.
Listen to the podcast in the clip above for the full fallout between Cleary & Bellamy!