Warriors coach Andrew Webster doesn’t blame the missed forward pass that led to a try to Jordan Riki for his team’s defeat to the Broncos on Saturday night.
The Warriors lost their Preliminary Final 42-12 at Suncorp Stadium, going down seven tries to three.
But a key moment in the game came when referee Gerard Sutton missed the forward pass thrown by Reece Walsh to Selwyn Cobbo in the build-up to Riki’s try.
It was the first try of the second half and took the score from 24-12 to 30-12, once Adam Reynolds kicked the conversion.
When asked about the forward pass after the game, Webster said the bad call wasn’t why they lost.
“Certainly not. I think that’s pretty clear to say,” Webster said.
“The forward pass was so wrong it wasn’t funny, but at the end of the day, they made a line break, we allowed the line break and the forward pass comes off the back of that.
“We weren’t defending well during that period, the forward pass was wrong, but we’re not crying over that and it certainly didn’t cost us the game.”
Webster clearly thought the better team won at Suncorp Stadium and the size of the Broncos’ victory does suggest next weekend’s Grand Final against the Panthers should be a great contest.
However, this wasn’t the Warriors at their best and even though they started well, the 18 points conceded between the 16th and 23rd minutes proved costly.
“It was different to week one against the Panthers (lost 32-6).
It made the Warriors’ chances of getting back into the game slimmer, although they didn’t play well enough to make that a possibility anyway.
