NRL reveals course of action for under-fire officials

NRL head of football Graham Annesley has revealed the course of action awaiting the , conceding "changes will be made".

The talk of the game has been almost exclusively fixated on a series of in the space of a few minutes.

In the dying stages of the first half, Drew Hutchison copped a nasty shot to the ribs from Eels' Dylan Brown, who led with his knees while Hutchison dived in for a try that was later waved off by the Bunker.

The same play also saw star fullback James Tedesco cop a nasty high shot due to a shoulder charge from Eels centre Marata Niukore. The Parramatta back, who had escaped sanction for a high shot on Sam Williams moments earlier, was placed on report for the shot on Tedesco, with the Roosters receiving a penalty that resulted in two points as the half-time siren sounded.

Drew Hutchison denied the try in chaotic end to first half

The Bunker missed Brown's shot on Hutchison which could have resulted in a sin-bin, while Niukore's hit on Tedesco could have also seen the Parramatta centre start the second half on the sideline.

The Roosters should have been allowed to have an 18th man enter the game under the new rules straight away, but the Tricolours were denied because Brown wasn't cited for the hit immediately.

The Roosters were only informed of the citing, and the free interchange that comes when a player is forced off due to foul play, moments before the second half began.

Roosters coach Trent Robinson was left fuming after the match, labelling the officiating "incompetent". And following the blow-back, the NRL made the decision to drop Bunker official Steve Chiddy from his scheduled Dragons-Bulldogs appointment on Sunday.

Speaking at his weekly briefing earlier today, Annesley revealed changes would be coming - and it will start with a face-to-face meeting to ensure every official is clear on the game's directives.

"There will be some changes made to prevent that from happening again," Annesley said. "We'll be talking directly to them.

"They discussed this last week, yes they got it in writing so there could be no misunderstanding of what the instructions were. They discussed it as a group.

"But as I said earlier, there's a mismatch between the intention of the letter and the output that they took from that. We just want to make sure that there is no misunderstanding about what the expectation is.

Graham Annesley

"We'll talk to them and probably show them some videos as well, to give them a better understanding of what's expected so we're all on the same page.

"Bearing in mind, every incident is different.

"But we all need to be at an understanding about where that line in the sand is.

"They didn't take the action that should have been taken."

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