{"id":39650,"date":"2025-08-02T09:24:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T09:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/39650\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T09:24:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T09:24:11","slug":"panthers-vs-titans-news-updates-nrl-storm-erupts-as-penrith-trainer-caught-in-disgraceful-act-as-jayden-campbell-lined-up-for-a-conversion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/39650\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers vs. Titans news, updates: NRL storm erupts as Penrith trainer caught in \u2018disgraceful\u2019 act as Jayden Campbell lined up for a conversion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Panthers trainer Corey Bocking has been slammed for a \u201cdisgraceful\u201d act in Penrith\u2019s golden point win over the Titans on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Bocking went to extreme measures to put off Titans goalkicker Jayden Campbell as he lined up for a crucial kick with just 5 minutes to go, with the Gold Coast leading 26-24.<\/p>\n<p>His effort to extend the lead to four was halted by Bocking, who ran directly in front of his conversion attempt, which left commentators and fans stunned.<\/p>\n<p>FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every game of every round in the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership, LIVE with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo?<a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=nrl&amp;extcamp=ncaeditoriallinkleague-edt-new-lnk-awr-grc-nrl-kyo&amp;channel=nca&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, the trainer has just run straight in front of Jayden Campbell,\u201d Michael Ennis said.<\/p>\n<p>While Andrew Voss added, \u201cThat is disgraceful, that is absolutely disgraceful\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t make that mistake, unbelievable. Come on. Have you ever seen that? Have you ever seen that?\u201d Voss said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he gets a second shot \u2026 that is high controversy, I don\u2019t know what action you take. That\u2019s just beyond the pale \u2026 boy, oh boy. What a moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crucially, in the context of the final scoreline, Campbell missed the conversion attempt, throwing the tee in disgust.<\/p>\n<p>The trainer apologised, but was seen with a cheeky smirk as he ran away.<\/p>\n<p>After Campbell missed the conversion, Ennis delivered a line that will stick with Titans fans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt brings a Nathan Cleary two-point field goal right into play,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>And he was right, as just moments later Penrith star Nathan Cleary was able to land a huge two-point field goal to level the scoreline 26-26 and send the match to golden point.<\/p>\n<p>From there, a Blaize Talagi try broke the hearts of the Titans in overtime.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cThey are going to win it, they have done it \u2026 Titans players strewn everywhere. Their hearts crushed,\u201d Voss said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot a field goal, not a penalty goal, but an amazing 60 metre try to win the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the end, Bocking\u2019s actions proved crucial, and it left fans calling for Penrith to be sanctioned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the NRL cares about the integrity of the game, they\u2019ll dock the Panthers two points for the actions of their trainer. It\u2019s just blatant cheating, poor sportsmanship and downright disgraceful,\u201d one fan wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlatant cheating. That\u2019s not on, and the NRL must draw a line in the sand now,\u201d another added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Titans have been absolutely duded \u2026 The Panthers\u2019 trainers are continuously bringing the game into disrepute,\u201d a third wrote.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the first time a Panthers trainer has come under fire this year, with the NRL issuing a breach notice to one staff member earlier this season for squirting water on a ball before a kick-off.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 with Fox Sports<\/p>\n<p>Originally published as <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/nrl-storm-erupts-as-panthers-trainer-caught-in-disgraceful-act\/news-story\/56aaab77ef06bc61c3b38e0f2162532c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL storm erupts as Panthers trainer caught in \u2018disgraceful\u2019 act<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Panthers trainer Corey Bocking has been slammed for a \u201cdisgraceful\u201d act in Penrith\u2019s golden point win over the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-39650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}