- Great Cronulla was working on the Roosters vs Panthers game
- He made a big mistake by interviewing a player after game.
- He joined Channel Nine before retiring from the NRL in 2019.
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Cronulla premiership hero turned Channel Nine football commentator Paul Gallen left a Roosters star shocked when he made an embarrassing mistake shortly after the Panthers won Friday night’s clash at Allianz Stadium .
Penrith ran away with a 22-16 victory to record their ninth consecutive win over the Chooks and Sharks great James Tedesco was asking James Tedesco about his team’s defeat when a surprising mix-up occurred to him live.
‘What about the great Jared Waerea-Hargreaves’ 300th game tonight? A little disappointing. What has it meant for this club? Gallen asked the Roosters captain, referring to the team’s long-serving forward.
A clearly bewildered Tedesco paused for a moment before responding: “Last week’s 300th game?” as he gently pointed out that Gallen had his wires completely crossed.
Gallen (pictured on air for Nine) had to be corrected by James Tedesco when he made a shocking mistake on Thursday night.
The Roosters captain (pictured center during the loss to Penrith) kindly reminded Gallen that he had missed teammate Jared Waerea-Hargreaves’ 300th game by a week.
“Oh, sorry, I thought it was this week, unfortunately,” Gallen said, before going on to ask: “But what has it meant for the club?”
The historic Waerea-Hargreaves match was widely publicised, with many stories written and broadcast about it before the Roosters defeated Souths 48-6 to mark the occasion.
To add to the embarrassment, some of those stories appeared on Nine, which also mentioned its 300th game several times during its broadcast.
Fortunately for Gallen, his error was overshadowed by another shocking error during the game, this time from the video referee.
Joey Manu scored what would have been the Roosters’ first try, only for decoy halfback Waerea-Hargreaves to be found guilty of obstructing Edwards in an officiating act that left fans and pundits furious.
On Friday, NRL director of football Graham Annesley said the decision was incorrect, with the prop 20 meters from where Manu grounded the ball deemed to have prevented Edwards from making a try-saving tackle.
Gallen somehow missed the widely publicized celebrations for the Roosters prop’s 300th number, which took center stage in last week’s game against Souths (pictured).
Luckily for the Sharks greats, there was an even more embarrassing mistake on Thursday night when the video referee wrongly ruled out Joey Manu’s (pictured) attempt.
Annesely took the unusual step of making the announcement early rather than waiting for her usual Tuesday news conference.
Had the right decision been made the Roosters would have only been trailing 12-6 at the 22nd minute.
“Last week I supported two Bunker obstruction rulings,” Annesley said Friday.
‘I talked about the need for the lead runner to continue across the defensive line and for the play not to be diverted through the space created by a collision with a defender.
‘None of these factors were present in last night’s decision… In my opinion, the try would have been scored anyway and the on-field decision should not have been overturned.’