{"id":542004,"date":"2026-03-15T13:16:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T13:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/542004\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T13:16:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T13:16:34","slug":"nsw-request-please-explain-over-triston-reilly-no-try-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/542004\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW request ‘please explain’ over Triston Reilly no-try decision"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few minutes before midnight on Saturday, the NSW Waratahs made no secret on social media of their frustration at a controversial refereeing decision that went against them at Suncorp Stadium.<\/p>\n

The post, which remained live on Sunday, featured a photo of NSW winger Triston Reilly diving near the corner post alongside a screenshot showing a ball appearing to touch the grass \u2013 not the sideline \u2013 accompanied by a shrugging emoji.<\/p>\n

\"Waratahs<\/p>\n

Waratahs winger Triston Reilly dives for the corner. The try was later disallowed by the TMO. Credit: Stan Sport<\/p>\n

Trailing 19-17 with a little more than seven minutes remaining, the Waratahs thought they had clawed their way back into the lead against the Queensland Reds when referee Ben O\u2019Keeffe awarded the try.<\/p>\n

Enter television match official (TMO) Richard Kelly, who told O\u2019Keeffe, with absolute conviction, that the ball had made contact with the line and the five-pointer could not stand.<\/p>\n

Dan McKellar\u2019s stunned reaction in the Waratahs coaching box was priceless \u2013 his mood not helped by the eventual 26-17 scoreline \u2013 and after the match he invited reporters to share their view of the decision, clearly mindful of not wanting to attract a fine.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you speak to how they\u2019re refereeing and using the TMO, if the referee awards the try, unless it\u2019s clear and obvious, it stays a try. Is that not right?\u201d McKellar asked.<\/p>\n

\"Dan<\/p>\n

Dan McKellar couldn\u2019t believe Triston Reilly\u2019s try was disallowed.Credit: Stan Sport<\/p>\n

On Sunday, figures at the franchise, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Waratahs remained \u201cbaffled\u201d by the call in a clash between Australian rugby\u2019s longest-running rivals.<\/p>\n

The photo shared by the Waratahs \u2013 and confirmed with vision provided by Stan Sport \u2013 represents the clearest evidence that NSW may have been hard done by. These are small margins, of course, but the TMO on this occasion did not take a great deal of time coming to a decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A few minutes before midnight on Saturday, the NSW Waratahs made no secret on social media of their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-542004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542004","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=542004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}