As Gold Coast boss Michael Searle suggested improvements to the NRL's two referee system after a controversial loss, Titans co-captain Scott Prince conceded the officials were right to disallow what could have been a matchwinning try against Newcastle.
In the fallout over the Titans' 23-18 defeat on Sunday, Searle has suggested the NRL adopt an American football model in which the same group of officials are used each week.
Under Searle's model, the same two referees, two touch judges and video referee would be kept together for games every round like in the United States' NFL.
He believes it will eradicate refereeing inconsistencies - the main complaint from a livid Titans coach John Cartwright following the last round loss.
But Prince believes the video referee got it right by disallowing a William Zillman try that would have set up a matchwinning conversion against the Knights.
Cartwright was clearly seething that Prince was viewed to have interfered with the marker in the lead-up to Zillman's effort.
However, Prince backed the officials after viewing the footage.
"I have had a look at it earlier in the week and it doesn't look too good," he told the Titans website.
"I grabbed hold of him after I played the ball but at the time it felt like he was caught up in the tackle.
"I didn't mean to grab him, it was like a reaction sort of thing.
"At the end of the day it wasn't a try."
As Gold Coast boss Michael Searle suggested improvements to the NRL's two referee system after a controversial loss, Titans co-captain Scott Prince conceded the officials were right to disallow what could have been a matchwinning try against Newcastle.
In the fallout over the Titans' 23-18 defeat on Sunday, Searle has suggested the NRL adopt an American football model in which the same group of officials are used each week.
Under Searle's model, the same two referees, two touch judges and video referee would be kept together for games every round like in the United States' NFL.
He believes it will eradicate refereeing inconsistencies - the main complaint from a livid Titans coach John Cartwright following the last round loss.
But Prince believes the video referee got it right by disallowing a William Zillman try that would have set up a matchwinning conversion against the Knights.
Cartwright was clearly seething that Prince was viewed to have interfered with the marker in the lead-up to Zillman's effort.
However, Prince backed the officials after viewing the footage.
"I have had a look at it earlier in the week and it doesn't look too good," he told the Titans website.
"I grabbed hold of him after I played the ball but at the time it felt like he was caught up in the tackle.
"I didn't mean to grab him, it was like a reaction sort of thing.
"At the end of the day it wasn't a try."
..... fu ck you Princey 
Surprised that you're willing to keep trusting the Tigers AB. IMO they have outdone themselves over the past few weeks, and with Lawrence, Collis and Gibbs out I think they may lose this one. I like the looks of Souths with Crocker in an already aggressive forward pack, and Wing running the show in the halves.
As for the Dragons, I think their tough battles of late will catch-up with them against a rested Bulldogs side.
Surprised that you're willing to keep trusting the Tigers AB. IMO they have outdone themselves over the past few weeks, and with Lawrence, Collis and Gibbs out I think they may lose this one. I like the looks of Souths with Crocker in an already aggressive forward pack, and Wing running the show in the halves.
As for the Dragons, I think their tough battles of late will catch-up with them against a rested Bulldogs side.
Yeah, Souths worry me more with Wing at 5/8 than Sutton.
The Dragon's won't give the Dogs all the free feeds that they've been getting. Who have the Dogs beaten in their 7-1 record?
They haven't played teams two, three, four or six (STG, Bris, New and Mel) - and team five, the Gold Coast, beat them 20-12. In fact, their only victories against top 8 teams have been two point wins over teams seven and eight, Souths and Penrith.
Established in 1995,
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