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[h=1]Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson launches attack on referees and NRL bunker[/h]                   Date                                  April 25, 2016 - 7:38PM                               
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Roosters coach Trent Robinson has launched an extraordinary  attack on the NRL's multi-million bunker and referee Ben Cummins,  labelling the whistleblower as "disrespectful" and claiming the review  process is making rugby league "soft".
Despite all clubs and  coaches being threatened with heavy sanctions for criticising the  bunker, Robinson was flanked by Roosters supremo Nick Politis and chief  executive John Lee and provided a scathing critique of the game's  officialdom. His main objection was a late penalty against Roosters prop  Dylan Napa for a high shot on Dragons debutant Taane Milne, with the  rookie and Boyd Cordner helped from the field with concussion.
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     Robinson laughed at suggestions Napa's shot could be worthy of a  charge, claiming the decision cost his side a chance to win the game,  and is bracing himself for a massive fine after the Anzac Day post-match  spray. "The bunker has decided to be the on-field ref today and they  jumped in at every occasion," Robinson fumed. "They're not the match  review committee.
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 "We're on Anzac Day and we want to play a tough game and they were  just soft calls coming from a bunker. Ben has been horrible and  disrespectful to our players for many years. We've had good high  percentage win rate up until this year and with Ben Cummins we've won  two games under him. He speaks poorly to our players and he won't look  them in the eye. The way he spoke to Jake during the game was  unacceptable.
"Two guys had a head clash — big play in the game — I  don't know if we would have won. St George [Illawarra] might have  defended well and held on. That was a big play."
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Politis  seemed incensed in the back row during the press conference as his  premiership-winning coach teed off, with Robinson fully expecting to be  censured over his comments.
Asked if he would ring referees boss  Tony Archer on Tuesday morning, Robinson said: "I'd say [NRL chief  executive] Todd [Greenberg] might be ringing me. That might be a start.  [But] you have to create change.
"It's not something we like in  our game. I'm not saying we should have won today ... I'm saying we  should have had a chance to win. You don't want to walk in here and make  excuses about today's game. We lost it in the first half because we  didn't play well enough. But I'm also not going to sit here and allow  poor decisions to go by because of a rule and not allow referees to talk  to players the way they should over years."
Friend said he challenged Cummins on a number of calls, but couldn't get any appropriate response for the referee. 
"He  won't talk to me," Friend said. "As a captain I've got the utmost  respect for referees and for the opposition. I know every call is not  going to be the right one but I should at least be able to talk to Ben  about that or let mw know why he came up with that decision."
Sam  Moa and Eloni Vunakece were placed on report for a shoulder charge and  crusher tackle respectively, heightening the Roosters' concerns with the  match review committee.

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