For all those that defend horrid referees. Cronulla lost the game in the first half, a forward pass, a bloke kneeing the ball out of the attacker's hands in the play the ball, a penalty against the Sharks when they were in possession, there's 18 points for a start, it changes the momentum, and anything that could have gone against the Sharks in the 1st half did so. Atkins had 3 challenges go against him, that shows you he's not very good.
Last but not least, as soon as I knew this #***# was the referee I knew Cronulla would not have much chance.
Cronulla has won 10/24 when Atkins has been referee=41%, probably the lowest percentage of any referee in the NRL. He's a ****. And for good measure he disallowed Talakai's try at the end, he calls that forward, but not the Dolphins try which was a mile forward.
Sure, Cronulla did not play well, but the referee had a big part of that by what happened in the 1st half.