Everyone’s saying the same thing about the Rugby League World Cup final referee

 

For England's Rugby League players, Saturday was an enormous occasion.

Having never won a World Cup, this was the opportunity to write history as they faced Australia in the final in Brisbane. Obviously, overcoming the Aussie team was never going to be straightforward for Wayne Bennett's side. The reigning world champions, The Kangaroos were the pre-tournament favourites. There was no doubt about it that England would have to be at their best. With all those factors considered, many of those tuning in for the BBC One coverage of the game on Saturday morning - be it fans of the sport or not - expressed their surprise that a game of such magnitude was being refereed by Gerard Sutton, an Australian. Some even went as far as suggesting that this might have had an influence on some of his decision making... https://twitter.com/BenwyneJones/status/936889477393391616 https://twitter.com/Joey7Barton/status/936901191925035009 https://twitter.com/nickgregson13/status/936895861371502592 https://twitter.com/LaurensRage/status/936892626820669440 https://twitter.com/AndyBurnhamGM/status/936889416605241344 https://twitter.com/Dyso86/status/936891879534206976 https://twitter.com/watts_steven/status/936891438469595136 https://twitter.com/millsjim44/status/936889744612409345 https://twitter.com/rjsh11/status/936889883070627840