{"id":590563,"date":"2026-04-07T04:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T04:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/590563\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T04:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T04:55:12","slug":"nrl-eels-mitchell-moses-warned-over-ref-conduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/590563\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL: Eels’ Mitchell Moses warned over ref conduct"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NRL<\/a> has warned Parramatta captain Mitch Moses to tone down his aggression when speaking to referees following the fiery golden-point loss to Wests Tigers<\/a> on Easter Monday.<\/p>\n

Moses said after fulltime the Eels could not blame the match officials for their 22-20 defeat but nevertheless received a concerning act notice from the league on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

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The notice is considered a formal warning to remain civil when speaking to officials and does not come with a fine or suspension.<\/p>\n

The halfback made light, non-aggressive contact with Peter Gough more than once during the match as the pair addressed officiating decisions.<\/p>\n

Moses had at other times struggled to hide his frustrations with the refereeing, especially during the first half.<\/p>\n

Eels centre Sean Russell concussed himself clashing heads with Heamasi Makasini, only to also be penalised and placed on report for rushing out of the line.<\/p>\n

The Tigers’ first try came directly after the unusual HIA-and-penalty combination as Adam Doueihi grabbed a flick pass from Kai Pearce-Paul.<\/p>\n

Mitchell Moses contests a decision during Parramatta’s golden-point loss to Wests Tigers, April 6, 2026\u00a0Darrian Traynor\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Pearce-Paul appeared to illegally strip the ball from Brian Kelly in a three-man tackle ahead of the Tigers’ next try.<\/p>\n

Down 12-10, the Eels looked set to take a lead into their sheds when makeshift centre Jack Williams charged down the right edge.<\/p>\n

He was tackled by Doueihi only centimetres from the line and then ruled to have knocked on, despite possible interference from Tigers hooker Api Koroisau.<\/p>\n

Gough warned Moses against using his captain’s challenge to query the incident as he had not called held before Williams dropped the ball.<\/p>\n

“There was no point in me challenging it because I was never going to win it,” Moses said.<\/p>\n

“He pretty much told me not to challenge it because he told me he didn’t say held.<\/p>\n

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“(The refereeing) is not why we lost … it’s got nothing to do with the ref.”<\/p>\n

Coach Jason Ryles echoed Moses’ sentiment after the Eels gave up a 10-0 lead to lose in extra time.<\/p>\n

“(The referees) have got a hard job, they get put in some pretty high-pressure situations,” he said.<\/p>\n

“If we got the back end of our first half right, we wouldn’t have had to worry about the ref.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NRL has warned Parramatta captain Mitch Moses to tone down his aggression when speaking to referees following…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-590563","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-national-rugby-league","11":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","12":"tag-nrl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590563","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=590563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}