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More ref rage (and some praise) in top Tweets of NRL Round 9

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THE Panthers were pantsed, the Bunnies were boiled and the Storm reaffirmed their 2017 Premiership credentials.

But it was all about the referees again in round nine as punters and pundits alike voiced their wrath at the quality of the officiating.

Here are the best bits from Twitter.

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More pain for Panthers

The clock is ticking for Anthony Griffen after Penrith copped their seventh defeat of the season on Thursday night.

The loss at Brisbane leaves the Panthers second from bottom, a mere two points above Newcastle Knights in the slog for the wooden spoon.

The Broncos copped their fair share from the Twitterverse, however, after yet another controversial video review went in their favour.

Bunnies blitzed, Cowboys wrangled

Manly put on the performance of the week, smashing South Sydney to the tune of 46-8 on Friday night at the Allianz.

It would be fair to say the ‘neutrals’ on Twitter weren’t shedding too many tears over the Rabbitohs and their plight.

There was plenty of rancour over this off-the-ball hit on Daly Cherry-Evans, for which Sam Burgess somehow got off scot-free:

Meanwhile, up in Townsville, Parramatta put another dint in North Queensland’s title chances with an impressive 26-6 victory.

But the show was stolen by Kenny Edwards, who was not exactly delighted at being sin-binned for a slap on Gavin Cooper.

Titans crush Knights, Dogs upset Raiders and Sharks keep on swimming

NRL Saturday went right to script for Gold Coast, who ran out convincing winners over Newcastle thanks to a brace each from Jarryd Hayne and Konrad Hurrell.

With the Knights well on track for another wooden spoon, some are beginning to question why there isn’t more pressure on coach Nathan Brown.

Des Hasler’s Bulldogs saluted in fine fashion this weekend despite an injury to Josh Reynolds, downing the Raiders 16-10 and kicking them out of the eight in the process.

Sadly, another poor display from the match officials stole focus from what was a gutsy Canterbury comeback.

The refs also came in for a pounding over at Leichhardt Oval after Paul Gallen hoodwinked the video judges in Cronulla’s 22-16 win over Wests Tigers.

Some of the best action took place up in the stands, where Tigers supporters were making no attempts to mask their displeasure at certain members of the playing group.

Warriors win a tight one, Storm slay Dragons in tussle for top

It was a very enjoyable NRL Sunday for New Zealand Warriors, who edged out Sydney Roosters by a single point in a war of attrition in Auckland.

Again the refs stole the headlines, but this time there was plenty of praise for Ashley Klein’s controversial and decisive offside call against Mitchell Pearce.

The highlight of the round was the table-top tussle between Melbourne and St George-Illawarra, but at half-time you would not have thought these two were even in the same division.

Dragons fought back after the break to keep the scoreline respectable, but it was all about the Storm as Billy Slater broke his try drought and Cameron Smith became the greatest goalscorer in NRL history.

Yet a few St George fans could not resist the urge to have a pop at the refs – a common theme throughout round nine, if you hadn’t noticed by now.

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