Moylan was deemed to have been held up, with Mansour ruled to have bobbled the ball while trying to ground it in a key decision that denied the Panthers the chance to set up a grandstand finish.
Making matters worse was the fact the video referees earlier overturned Cecchin's decision not to immediately award Cowboys fullback Lachlan Coote a first-half four-pointer.
The series of decisions against the home side had livid Panthers fans chanting "bullshit, bullshit, bullshit ... "
Eager to avoid a repeat of the ugly post-match scenes that marred the Good Friday showdown at ANZ Stadium between South Sydney and Canterbury, officials ensured Cecchin was flanked by several security guards on his way to the sheds after the match.
Cleary admitted he had issues with the three overrules but, wary of drawing a breach notice for speaking about match officials, he tried to bite his lip and said he didn't see the point in sounding out referees boss Tony Archer on Tuesday.
Cleary, though, couldn't help but publicly voice what most others were thinking.
"If there are an enormous amount of replays being done, there must be some doubt," he said.
"I would have thought if you gain sufficient evidence [to overrule the decision] watching it from the video, it will happen in the first few shots, or a particular shot.
"If you're looking at the same shots, I would suggest you're not quite sure."
Cleary didn't believe the Panthers were a 20-point worse side than the Cowboys, but admitted many of their problems were their own doing.
"A lot of our young guys are going through a patch at the moment finding out it's not all beer and skittles," he said.
"We've just got to fight through this little patch and all of a sudden things can change for us."
- AAP
