Raiders will officially file a complaint regarding Sharks trainer with the NRL.
Tuesday, Canberra will formally file a complaint with the NRL on an event during the Sharks’ loss to Cronulla on Sunday night that raises concerns about the team’s sportsmanship.
The Sharks’ trainer Daniel Holdsworth cut through halfback Jamal Fogarty’s line of sight as he was coming in to try a conversion, which infuriated the Raiders. With eight minutes remaining, the two points would have cut Cronulla’s lead to six points (30–22), however Fogarty’s kick struck the upright.
The NRL will talk about whether the Sharks have a case to make during their end-of-round football review on Tuesday morning. The NRL is aware of the event.
Raiders officials, who expressed their displeasure while remaining anonymous, are wondering if Holdsworth intentionally raced a few meters ahead of Fogarty to dissuade him from moving in to attempt the kick.
The Sharks were more than a converted try ahead after the conversion attempt hit the right post, and they used that advantage to hold off the Raiders to win on Easter Sunday at PointsBet Stadium.
Authorities are anticipated to examine video from many perspectives, such as an overhead camera, and evaluate the line Holdsworth ran when he returned to Cronulla’s bench from behind the try line. This masthead does not imply that Holdsworth intentionally cut across Fogarty’s visual field.
The Raiders stated that they will reserve their comments until Tuesday after their talks with the NRL.
We have reached out to the Sharks for a response.
The NRL has previously demonstrated that it will not tolerate trainers spending undue amounts of time on the field. Parramatta was fined when an assistant coach for the Eels ran in front of the goalposts during Nathan Cleary’s sideline conversion try for Penrith.
When Cleary kicked for goal, the trainer Steve Murphy could be seen running up to the sticks on the camera. At BlueBet Stadium in 2022, the Eels prevailed by a score of two points after his effort was unsuccessful.
Initially, the NRL issued a $5,000 breach notice to the Eels and forewarned all teams against the use of trainers on the field when it wasn’t essential. There’s no indication that Murphy purposefully distracted Cleary by running in front of the goalposts.
During the news conference held on Sunday night following the game, Raiders coach Ricky Stuart expressed greater concern about his players’ surrendering of an 18-0 lead to the Sharks.
Stuart claimed, “We were winning 18-0 playing poorly,” following the match. “We were embarrassing outside of the 12 or 14 minutes that we played half-decent football. It was terrible. We put in too much work during the off-season; that’s obviously not who we are, but tonight we were.
“We started the season really well, and that was awful, so we’ve worked too hard and changed a lot of those real bad habits that crept in there tonight. That’s what I have to deal with now and get it back out of us.” I assure you that this is a night we won’t soon forget. It was extremely subpar, and it will be resolved.
The Bulldogs will also question the NRL about why Isaiah Tass of South Sydney was not sent off for tackling Kurt Mann in the final seventy seconds of the half when the side was deep in attack. This occurred shortly before halftime.
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