The Warriors fans probably didn'yt need to hear the news, as they desperately search for a reason behind the club's third consecutive loss.
Wing Dallin Watene-Zelezniak was taken out in the air during the team's loss to Newcastle, denying what many believe should have been a penalty try.
Coach Andrew Webster sought clarity on the ruling and he got it, when NRL referees boss Graham Annesley gave his assessment.
"The rules make it very clear," said Annesley at his weekly review. "That's a decision that either the referee - if the referee had make the decision based on what they saw live - or the bunker, on a review, have to determine whether a try would've been scored.
"Not could've, would've."
Regardless of the decision, clear issues plague the Warriors, as a former player offered a sobering assessment of a team that's well off their best.
"Just really ugly football," former Kiwi Ferns international Honey Hireme-Smiler said on Sky's post-match broadcast. "A couple of small positives to take out of there, but predominantly, we were looking for an 80-minute performance.
"We barely got a 20-minute performance, if I'm honest with you."
Defensively, the Warriors are giving away unnecessary penalties and allowing regular repeat sets, while on attack, they're lacking structure and making errors.
"At the moment, we're seeing them really deep on attack, and maybe we just move them a bit more shallow, not as deep, and then attacking the line and playing more direct," ex-Kiwis and Warriors forward Adam Blair told Newshub.
"We were very good at playing the long game last year - putting other teams under pressure and making it hard for them to come down our end. We don't have that right at the moment."
The team won't return home this week, instead choosing to stay at Sydney for Sunday's match against Sydney Roosters.
"You don't get too much time within the season to be able to get a group together and actually get the nitty gritty, or get down and dirty around how can we get out of this trouble," Blair added. "This has come at the perfect time for them."
A huge fortnight begins away with the tri-colours, before facing three-time defending champion Penrith Panthers at Brisbane.
"If they can win these next two games, with the Roosters and then Penrith in Magic Round, everyone forgets about what's happened," said Blair.
After what's happened over the last month, that's exactly what Warriors fans want to do.
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