Time for captain’s call in NRL: Noddy

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FOX Sports NRL commentator Brett Kimmorley reviews all the NRL round five action, declaring it is time the NRL look at introducing a captains call to the NRL following Melbourne's controversial loss to the Gold Coast.

Bulldogs 9 d Roosters 8

The biggest mistake from this game was one team made the wrong choice. The Roosters decision to not go for goal after being awarded a penalty at the back end of the match was strange.

After declining the shot at goal, Mitchell Pearce missed an attempted field goal on the fifth tackle. That is proof that you have to take your opportunities when they are presented to you. It was nice to see Josh Reynolds kick the winning field goal with a lot of people accusing him of underperforming in recent weeks.

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Trent Hodkinson steered the team around well and kicked wonderfully. It was a great gritty arm wrestle, end-to-end with more than 20 minutes of play where a point wasn't scored. The Roosters lost their way a little bit without Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and Bulldogs big men challenged in the middle and forced James Maloney to do a lot of tackling. It was a smart ploy. The Bulldogs may have kicked their year off to a bad start but they are starting to find form off the back of their athletic forward pack.

Parramatta's Jarryd Hayne looks to be enjoying his football again. Source: Getty Images

Eels 25 d Broncos 18

Chris Sandow showed great composure throughout the game. There was a period of time where Brisbane had Parramatta on their tryline and placed under extreme pressure. It might seem strange that Sandow kicked the ball out on halfway but what it did was slow the momentum of the football game down and the Eels were able to reassess and defend the next set.

We can genuinely see that Brad Arthur is going to be a good coach. Having come out of the Melbourne system he has helped the Eels a lot defensively. Hayne looks extremely happy, which is a good thing for the Eels as some of the plays he came up with on Friday were brilliant.

With Corey Norman in the side acting as the senior ball player, Sandow has a less dominant role but Nathan Peats has been the most important person to join that club. He controls the ruck similarly to Cameron Smith and is defensively tough.

The Eels are travelling well and while Brisbane were tough they were unable to come up with the points. The positive for the Broncos was the return of Justin Hodges, who will be better for the run.

Jeff Robson's return gave Cronulla more balance. Source: News Corp Australia

Sharks 37 d Warriors 6

With Jeff Robson back in the team, Todd Carney wasn't left with the pressure of trying to do it all.

Last week he was trying to be part of every play and come up with some errors trying to do too much. Robson is that calming influence; he plays nice and straight and brings composure, which allows Carney to pick and choose when he wants to come into the game.

The Sharks are slowly getting players back and Shane Flanagan re-signed so there was some small bit of closure outside the on-field football environment. The Sharks made the finals last year and should be expected to challenge again this year — despite their slow start I wouldn't write them off yet.

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If you are a fan or coach of the Warriors, however, they can break your heart to the nth degree. They won two good games and looked like they had their heads down — then they explode on the weekend. Matt Elliott would have to be under pressure. The team struggles to travel; they are great at home but outside Auckland they are horrible.

Jamie Soward's experience told for the Panthers. Source: Getty Images

Panthers 12 d Raiders 6

It was a grinding style football game but Jamie Soward showed why he was brought to Penrith; he showed his experience.

The modern game is all about dictating where you hand the football back and your kicking game and which set allows some individual brilliance to win you a football game, and Jamie Soward handled that pretty well.

The forwards battle was intense, typified by the fact not many points were scored. But young Penrith winger Dallin Watene-Zelezniak scored two tries on debut and looked very exciting, which is a credit to their talent pool. Penrith are developing a very good football squad, as opposed to having just four or five great players.

Anthony Milford was almost able to come up with some brilliance but the Panthers were brilliant at the end of the game defensively. It was a gritty win but a nice win for the mountain men.

Joel Edwards from the Raiders will come under what the concussion law has to look like with back-to-back concussions.

Rabbitohs 26 d Dragons 6

It was timely for South Sydney to return to their homeland the way they were expected to perform. The Burgess Brothers were outstanding and while Michael Maguire probably won't admit it, the John Sutton move out of the halves probably didn't work. Sutton in the six added more space and class and allows an extra forward to go forward while Dylan Walker belongs in the centres.

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The Rabbitohs returned to their best and GI was running the ball back with authority. It's a daunting thing when the Bunnies run hard, which they haven't done for the last three weeks when they looked lethargic and slow. But Sutton was able to spark them back at five-eighth.

The difference in size showed. I don't know if the Dragons are quite big enough to compete with some of the big sides and they were found out on Saturday. The Dragons have fallen off the wagon a little so now it's up to Steve Price to get his side responding. Jack De belin was very good for the Dragons but unfortunately he can't do it all on his own.

Greg Bird kicks the winning goal after a contentious decision. Source: News Corp Australia

Titans 28 d Storm 26

Let me set the scene for you. Locked at 26-all, the Titans receive a penalty for what the referee believed to be a strip. It was a big call. The Titans were 30 metres away from the Storm's tryline with full-time only a minute away. The Titans took the shot for penalty goal, which Greg Bird kicked for the victory.

Craig Bellamy was extremely unhappy with the decision labelling it a "disgraceful decision".

I would love to see a 'captains challenge' come into play for this exact reason.

Despite the contentious call, you can't take anything away from the Titans. They were gutsy. They faced some challenges but showed they can fight. Trailing by six after seven minutes, they then kicked the ball out on the full from the restart.

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While they aren't doing anything overly pretty, they unsettled the storm with a lot of offloads and now they are now leading the competition. Bird, Nate Myles and Albert Kelly were great on Sunday while Melbourne are still well below their best. Following a big loss to Canterbury last week I expected them to respond but now they have a fight on their hands to return to form.

The Sea Eagles gang up on Tigers forward James Gavet. Source: News Corp Australia

Tigers 34 d Sea Eagles 18

I thought Manly have been the best team in the competition over the first month but they were brought back to reality on Sunday.

With no Glenn Stewart, there is a lot of drama surrounding him and his contract. It was good news that Brett Stewart made his return from injury; however he came up with a few costly errors.

Defensively Manly are normally a good side but after some of the poor choices they made on Sunday you have to wonder is that a reflection of their dramas off the field? The best thing they can do is offer G Stewart a contract and I would imagine that would help settle things on field.

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For the Tigers, Robbie Farah made a comment a few weeks ago that they were not shown enough respect when they beat South Sydney in round two and they backed that up.

Aaron Woods reportedly turned down an offer to join Manly previously and on Sunday he rubbed it in their faces with a great game and scoring a try. Woods and Farah led the charge, while Brooks is starting to bring in some composure in his kicking game.

It was a great victory to the Tigers and shows anyone can win if they turn up with the right attitude.

There was an interesting moment involving the referees at half-time with Robbie Farah complaining that the siren had sounded but the referee claimed to not hear it. Where is the technology in our game? The video ref can interfere any time he likes but yet can't tip off the referee to when the siren has sounded? We need our game to be better than that.

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