John Morris is adamant Bronson Xerri's controversial late try to help Cronulla win Sunday's derby clash with St George Illawarra should have stood.
But the Sharks coach was honest enough to admit if he had been in Dragons coach Paul McGregor's shoes he may not have reacted the same way.
Cronulla climbed back into the NRL's top eight with three rounds remaining thanks to the tense 18-12 victory over bitter local rivals the Dragons.
The clash was the first of three consecutive home games for the Sharks in the shire, with Cronulla to host the New Zealand Warriors in another must-win match on Saturday afternoon.
The Dragons had fought back to make it 12-all at PointsBet Stadium with four minutes to play when they allowed a high Shaun Johnson kick to bounce.
The ball hit Wade Graham on the upper arm and traveled forward before falling kindly for Xerri who raced through to score untouched.
But on-field head referee Adam Gee ruled a try, with senior review official Jared Maxwell in the video referee bunker upholding the decision to seal a gritty win for Cronulla.
"[The two points] is probably the only positive, really, to take out of that one. It was a pretty dour local derby that one," Morris said.
"But like I said to the boys at least we can sit here and be a little bit disappointed with the way we played with the two points in our back pocket. Obviously very crucial where we are now and it puts us back in the hunt. Certainly not happy with the way we played but a win is a win I guess.
"Thankfully the ref thought it was a try on the field. At the end of the day I was confused looking at it in the box. I thought they'd had enough looks at it. The game is not played in slow-mo. The ref thought it was a try so we need to back the ref.
"I'm in the box thinking it was a try. The ref thought it was a try. Slow-mo after slow-mo after slow-mo couldn't confirm any different so play on."
Cronulla, who have now won three of their last four games, lost Matt Moylan to an apparent return of his hamstring injury during the second half. The fullback had only just returned to the team after a concussion problem and is now in doubt for the visit of the Warriors.
"His hamstring is tight. He had a little bit of pain in it so we just thought we better get him off," Morris said.
"We're struggling to get him going at the moment with his hamstring. It's kind of been one week in one week out and his [head injury assessment] the other week, pretty interrupted there.
"But last time he had that pain in his hammy we probably left him on the field too long and he had a bad hamstring tear. So we just had to be a bit more precautionary but we do have a short turnaround so he could be in a bit of doubt for next week.
"It is the same one that he had a pretty decent tear in earlier in the year. It's very hard to get that condition when you're getting them ready for a game. He had seven or eight weeks off with it. He probably needs a good break to let it rest. Given we're going into round 23 we just don't have that time.
"So hopefully it's just one more week and then that's it for the rest of the year. It's certainly been frustrating for him to build those combinations. I think he's only played 11 games all year."