BY STAFF WRITERS

Manly Sea Eagles legend Max Krilich has stoked the fire between his old club and former rivals Melbourne ahead of their top 5 clash this weekend.

Krilich, a former Kangaroos captain, singled out Storm skipper Cameron Smith telling The Daily Telegraph that refererees were afraid to penalise the 400 gamer.

“Melbourne lay all over the ball and the players but it’s ruled play on because it’s Cameron,” Krilich said.

“He will stand there and complain and the referees will say: ‘Oh, c’mon, Cameron’. It’s just not on. They’ve got to be tough.

“What he does isn’t in the spirit of the game — it’s not right — and he is getting away with it.

“The referees are scared to penalise him and it seems everything he does is squeaky clean. We need the referees to toughen up. I have no doubt the referees are very intimidated by him.

“They are scared of him and it’s a disgrace.”