The Wests Tigers cruised to a comfortable win over the Manly Sea Eagles on Sunday afternoon but there was plenty of confusion surrounding their fourth try of the game.

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Tommy Talau burst through the line and left Manly fullback Tom Trbojevic without any hope of stopping him as the Tigers centre breezed past to extend the home team’s lead.

While not obvious at the time, replays later seemed to show Talau taking advantage of Samuela Fainu running in front of him and obscuring Trbojevic’s line of vision at his primary target.

The try was quickly confirmed by the Bunker, but both Andrew Voss and Greg Alexander questioned whether the Tigers should have been pinged for an obstruction in the lead-up.

“It left Tom with a decision to make. Does he go for Fainu? Tom was just left standing because he wasn’t sure who to take,” Alexander said.

“He’s got another attacker to think about. He angles towards Taylan May and towards Tom and then steps out of the road.

“For mine, Samuela Fainu was in front of the ball carrier.”

Voss, meanwhile, called it “obstruction 101”.

“It’s certainly not your garden variety obstruction but boy it’s a diversion. I’ve got to say that’s obstruction 101,” he said.

“Taylan May has stepped his own man and Tom has gone for that step. How is that a try? He’s not entitled to have two people running at him.”

While the decision didn’t have much of an impact on the result, it did push the Tigers’ lead out beyond two converted tries with just under 20 minutes left on the clock.

It wasn’t the first time the NRL’s interpretation of obstructions had come under the microscope this weekend, with Dragons coach Shane Flanagan declaring “I don’t know the rules anymore” after a non-call proved costly against the Warriors.