Referees boss Daniel Anderson defends crucial call in Gold Coast verses Warriors match All the highlights from the Gold Coast as the Titans take on the Warriors. Gold Coast Titans and the New Zealand Warriors at Skilled Park. The NRL's new referees boss Daniel Anderson. Picture: Phil Hillyard Source: The Australian REFEREES boss Daniel Anderson has defended a crucial decision the Gold Coast believe cost them the game against the Warriors by claiming his men cant penalise someone for missing. Titans coach John Cartwright slammed the referees after his men were beaten 24-22 by the Warriors, upset that Thomas Leuluai was not penalised for leading with his feet when Kevin Gordon almost scored a match-winner in the dying seconds. The Titans claim Gordon was knocked out by the incident, but video referees Steve Chiddy and Neil Wharton refused to rule a penalty that could have at least given the Gold Coast a chance to send the game into extra time. Anderson said the video referees made the right call as Leuluai was within his rights to use his feet in an attempt to boot the ball out because the players were contesting the possession. While sliding in with your feet is illegal to stop a player from scoring a try, the Warriors playmaker was entitled to attempt to boot the ball clear until Gordon had taken clean possession. But Anderson insisted Leuluai's feet did not make contact with Gordon's head anyway. "There was no contact," Anderson said. I've got to have a look to see if it is even sliding. The chances are the ball was still available so Thomas Leuluai was in the process of kicking the ball out of play. As soon as Kevin Gordon grabs it he can't make contact with his boot on him, but there is no contact and that is why there is no penalty. It's the same as any action in the game, if you miss there is no adjudication on missing. Anderson said there was just "inches" in the referees ruling it a try or a penalty, but ultimately made the right call in a high-pressure moment. "It was on the line and it was very close to being a try," he said. There is a lot at stake at the moment in regard to the decisions by the officials and they've been pretty solid this weekend. I thought that process there with the Titans was a very good process and they followed it to the letter and made the correct adjudication as well. Anderson's explanation only compounds a disastrous aftermath to the loss for the Titans with veteran forwards Ashley Harrison (broken hand) and Mark Minichiello (fractured cheekbone) expected to miss the final two NRL games of the season because of injury.