Newcastle second-rower Tyson Frizell has suggested Jarome Luai to spend money on a hair tie after he conceded a pricey penalty for pulling the Penrith five-eighth’s locks.
Luai recoiled in ache when the stand-in Knights captain pulled his hair at McDonald Jones Stadium in Saturday night time’s sport and with the following penalty, Penrith moved into place to attain the attempt that leveled the scores.
WATCH IN THE VIDEO ABOVE: Frizell penalized for pulling Luai’s hair.
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From there, the Panthers sealed their 16-15 win in golden factors and the Knights drew the pricey penalty in opposition to Frizell, who insisted his hair pull had not been deliberate.
“When his hair’s hanging midway down his again and I’ll make a deal with, it is incidental, I suppose, if I do pull his hair,” Frizell stated.
“It is labeled as a penalty however it wasn’t intentional.
“I might like for him to tie his hair up.”
Newcastle coach Adam O’Brien contemplated whether or not gamers with lengthy hair had an edge if such penalties would proceed to be paid.
“It is ridiculous,” he stated.
“In any other case I will advise all of them to begin rising their hair lengthy to try to get a bonus.
“I feel gamers get a little bit of credit score, they’re truly simply making an attempt to make tackles and get folks on the bottom, take them to the bottom.
“I suppose there have to be lots of innuendo that gamers on the market to insult one another and pull hair … it isn’t the case.”
The hair-pull got here after the Panthers parlayed an earlier penalty into their first attempt.
Referee Peter Gough penalized Dane Gagai for back-chat within the first half, permitting Penrith to grab possession and rating via winger Brian To’o.
“It wasn’t directed immediately at (Gough), which he thought it was,” Frizell stated of Gagai’s remark.
“That is the best way he took it and a penalty got here from it. In saying that, he understood as soon as I defined it to him the place ‘Gags’ was coming from.”
Panthers coach Ivan Cleary wouldn’t be drawn on the hair-pull name, nor on the referee’s choice to miss Lachlan Fitzgibbon’s late contact on Nathan Cleary as he kicked the primary of two Penrith area targets.
“We have all received views however we do not wish to flip right into a headline. Blissful to get the win and transfer on,” Cleary stated.
O’Brien understood the frustration of the Panthers enjoying group after Cleary was taken out.
“If it occurred to us, we might be interesting for it too so I am not blaming Penrith,” he stated.
“(However) we had penalties for unhealthy language and one other penalty for hair-pulling tonight. What number of can we wish to have?”
