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Jacob Shteyman

Decision to rule out Howarth try was correct, NRL says

Melbourne will look back at a contentious bunker decision and wonder what might have been. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

The NRL was correct to chalk off a Jack Howarth try in Melbourne's grand final loss, despite replays and viral screenshots appearing to show the Storm centre scored at a crucial juncture of their grand final loss to Penrith.

Down by four points early in the second half, Storm left winger Xavier Coates batted back a towering bomb into the hands of teammate Howarth.

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