Eels’ Clint Gutherson motivated to have bounce-back season…

Eels skipper Clint Gutherson has revealed referee Peter Gough told him it was “unlucky” their collision stopped him from making a potentially try-saving tackle on Greg Marzhew.

On the stroke of halftime, the Knights flyer scored in the corner, with Gutherson running into the back of the on-field referee in the middle of the park.

After Marzhew’s try, Gutherson pleaded with the referee who told him it was simply “an accident”.

“He just said it was just unlucky, I was asking what was the go there, I could have got there a step earlier and maybe made the tackle,” Gutherson said in the post-match press conference.

“But I was just asking, but that’s the way it went. That’s footy… he just said it is one of those things, it’s an accident.

“I’m trying my best to get to the corner and make a tackle but that’s not what cost us the game, it’s other things at the moment.”

Elsewhere, young gun Blaize Talagi was denied a four-pointer which would have completed an impressive hattrick for the 19-year-old.

The Bunker ruled he’d rolled the ball up his forearm and in the process lost possession before the tryline.

Eels coach Trent Barrett said: “We thought that was a try”.

“There’s a few dubious decisions each week but we’re just not getting them at the moment, but we need them. It’s not a great position we’re in at the minute, and we needed that one,” he added.