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MYSTERIOUS: Broncos maguire shrugs at prelim final penalty count | Mind Blowing Facts

Michael Maguire (r), with Trent Barrett here, is not worried about how the game will be policed. (Jason O'BRIEN/AAP PHOTOS)

Brisbane coach Michael Maguire does not care if the referees turn the second NRL preliminary final into a penalty-fest after a controversially busy night for the match officials in the first.

Veteran referee Ashley Klein blew a total of 18 penalties during Melbourne's defeat of Cronulla in the first grand-final qualifier on Friday night, 10 of those coming in the first half-hour alone.

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