Refs boss confirms Bunnies were robbed

An already angry Rabbitohs coach Michael Maguire will be fuming after the NRL referees' boss confirmed a key try to the Broncos should not have stood.

The normally controlled Maguire let fly after his side were on the wrong end of several contentious decisions including Anthony Milford's match-winning field goal in the 78th minute.

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But it was Tautau Moga's 69th minute try that saw Brisbane draw level with the Rabbitohs that referees' boss Tony Archer admits his troops got wrong.

Souths defenders prevented Milford from getting the ball down over the line, before it popped out the back of the ruck for Moga to scoop up and score.

Maguire argued that when Milford hit the ground with the ball, the tackle was complete and the play was dead.

In his post-match analysis of the contentious incident Archer agreed with the Rabbitohs coach, while explaining how the Bunker decision was made.

"The referee played on and allowed the grounding of Moga to take place," Archer said.

"He then stopped play, blew his whistle and sent the decision to the bunker for review.

"He started with a live decision of try and requested bunker review whether or not Milford grounded the ball.

"The Bunker then reviewed the angles and were unable to be satisfied that the ball had been grounded.

"Due to the fact that the on field referee had played on, the Bunker reviewed whether or not Milford had knocked on.

"They had insufficient evidence to determine that. Moga picked up the ball cleanly.

"After viewing all the angles – I am of the opinion that at the point where the ball is lost backwards by Milford that the tackle was complete and that play should not have continued."

Maguire held his tongue on several occasions during an extraordinary post-match press conference but made his feelings well known that his side copped the raw end of the decisions.

"We're spending a lot of money areas in our games, we've got to get them right," Maguire said of the NRL's $2 million bunker.

"Those games change your season. Those two points are what every team is fighting for. We've got a multi-million system in place and everyone in this room saw it."