{"id":523416,"date":"2026-03-06T22:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T22:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/523416\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T22:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T22:49:09","slug":"roosters-denounce-death-threats-towards-players-what-was-said-social-media-warriors-defeat-roosters-news-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/523416\/","title":{"rendered":"Roosters denounce death threats towards players, what was said, social media, Warriors defeat Roosters, news, reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an sad postscript, the Roosters have called out some of their fans for posting \u201cdeath threats\u201d towards players on social media following their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2026-live-updates-sydney-roosters-vs-new-zealand-warriors-score-daly-cherryevans-tanah-boyd-debut-how-to-watch\/news-story\/297c8b1429d8bbaadf82171f0f0712da\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">42-18 loss to the Warriors.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch every game of every round of the Premiership Season LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports |<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"> New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the comments section of a score graphic posted by the Roosters\u2019 official Instagram page, the page\u2019s admin wrote a message in response to several negative and nasty comments from fans. <\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we appreciate the love and the passion that comes with sport we will not tolerate death threats towards our players. Rugby League is a game that we all love and at the end of the day don\u2019t let it ruin your day. Peace and Love,\u201d the post read.<\/p>\n<p>Some Roosters fans were displeased with what they saw in the club\u2019s season opener and the debut of Daly Cherry-Evans in the Tricolours.<\/p>\n<p>While disappointed by the result, coach Trent Robinson isn\u2019t panicking just yet. <\/p>\n<p>He did comment on the lopsided 11-2 penalty count though, believing that was a contributing factor to the loss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings will go against you. I think 11-2. The opposition apply a lot of pressure. It depends on the referee about how they determine those and 11-2 is quite incredible in our game,\u201d Robinson said.<\/p>\n<p>The Roosters will get the chance to right the ship when they resume their epic rivalry against the Rabbitohs at Allianz Stadium next Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Webster admits &#8216;lots to tidy up&#8217; | 10:29<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In an sad postscript, the Roosters have called out some of their fans for posting \u201cdeath threats\u201d towards&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-523416","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\/523416","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=523416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}