In game 250<\/a>, the Dragons hooker chanced his hand right before the break, putting in a chip kick behind the Panthers\u2019 line.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779017096_680_poster-fallback.png\"\/)
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Winger Brian To\u2019o was there to dive on it, but he misread the bounce of the ball which opened the door for Cook.<\/p>\n
To\u2019o reached out and placed his hands on the ball, but just as he did that, Cook kicked it off the ground and regathered it to score. <\/p>\n
The try was awarded, but it was then sent to the Bunker, who overturned the four pointer, ruling that To\u2019o had possession of the ball before Cook kicked it.<\/p>\n
\u201cBrian has possession. Then you come through and kick the hand. It\u2019s classed as dangerous play,\u201d referee Jarrod Cole told Cook.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou kicked the hand and it\u2019s a penalty.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cook was incredulous.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo way. No it\u2019s not (a penalty),\u201d the Dragons captain replied. <\/p>\n
Controversy as Cook try overturned | 00:43<\/p>\n
It was a big moment in the game. <\/p>\n
At the time, Penrith led 12-0, but had the try been awarded, the Dragons would\u2019ve trimmed the margin to six at half time. <\/p>\n
Penrith ran out 28-6 winners in the end, extending the Dragons\u2019 winless streak to 14.<\/p>\n
Speaking in the post-game press conference, Dragons coach Dean Young said the \u201c50-50s\u201d are not going in his team\u2019s favour.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt would have been nice to go in at half time 12-6 against the best team in the comp,\u201d Young said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey certainly don\u2019t need any help because they\u2019ve been the best team for the last five years but I can\u2019t control that.<\/p>\n
‘Made it hard for us!’ – Ivan Cleary | 05:48<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels like there\u2019s been some calls early in the season that could have went our way that might have made a difference. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not walking away from the responsibility that we\u2019re sitting where we\u2019re sitting. That\u2019s on us, but we\u2019re not getting the 50-50s at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cook, meanwhile, said he thought it was a try and that it was a \u201cmassive\u201d call in the context of the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a bit biased but I thought it was a try… some other people in the way in here said it was a try as well so just give the fans what they want,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s massive. That first half we go in 12-6 against the best team in the competition, I feel like we deserve that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Milestone man Damien Cook was cruelly denied one of the tries of Magic Round after his epic individual…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676731,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,326161,102408,326159,4420,11096,326160,64413,7801,85],"class_list":["post-676730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-chip-kick","tag-controversial-call","tag-controversial-fashion","tag-damien-cook","tag-daniel-nuttall","tag-jarrod-cole","tag-milestone-man","tag-milestone-match","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676730","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=676730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}