{"id":68621,"date":"2025-08-14T21:40:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T21:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/68621\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T21:40:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T21:40:08","slug":"moses-leota-penalty-nathan-cleary-field-goal-harry-grant-dive-bunker-ashley-klein-melbourne-storm-vs-penrith-panthers-round-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/68621\/","title":{"rendered":"Moses Leota penalty, Nathan Cleary field goal, Harry Grant dive, Bunker, Ashley Klein, Melbourne Storm vs Penrith Panthers, Round 24"},"content":{"rendered":"

Harry Grant was accused of diving as referee Ashley Klein and the Bunker denied a match winning field goal from Nathan Cleary due to an illegal block in the Storm\u2019s 22-18 golden point win. <\/p>\n

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With scores tied at 18-18 with just under three minutes to play, Cleary slotted a field goal from 27 metres out in front of the sticks. <\/p>\n

However, Klein penalised Panthers prop Moses Leota on the spot for blocking Grant\u2019s shot at a chargedown. <\/p>\n

Grant no doubt did his best Hollywood audition in selling the penalty, but it was still the right call under NRL rules and he rubbed salt into the wound by scoring the match winner in golden point<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t take up a position as a blocker,\u201d Klein said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got a penalty for a blocker, I believe Moses has taken up a position near the ball, which affected Harry Grant\u2019s run.\u201d <\/p>\n

Fox League\u2019s Cooper Cronk had no doubt the penalty was the correct decision. <\/p>\n

\u201cI agree with Ashley Klein, the rule is you cannot stand in front of someone taking a field goal,\u201d Cronk said. <\/p>\n

\u201cMoses Leota was standing there, but it is a rule that you can\u2019t stand there.\u201d <\/p>\n

The Bunker agreed with Klein and denied the Panthers\u2019 captain\u2019s challenge. <\/p>\n

However, Andrew Voss was frustrated with the decision because Grant played for the penalty. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t like it,\u201d Voss said. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe hasn\u2019t done a whole lot and Grant has played for the penalty.\u201d <\/p>\n

However, Cronk stressed that under the NRL rules the right call was reached. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou might not like it, but the rule is you cannot stand in front of anyone taking a field goal,\u201d Cronk said. <\/p>\n

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\u201cMoses Leota is standing there. Harry Grant has played for it, but that is the rule.\u201d <\/p>\n

Upon further reflection, Voss admitted Leota made a bad decision given Cleary\u2019s field goal kicking ability. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe has taken a baby step to the left,\u201d Voss said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI applaud Ash Klein for making such a big call and it has been supported by the Bunker.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd here is the crazy thing, Leota didn\u2019t need to do it. He\u2019s got the best field goal kicker in the comp. He can kick them from 50.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harry Grant was accused of diving as referee Ashley Klein and the Bunker denied a match winning field…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[19974,64,63,50661,54388,11101,53905,52527,8092,54389,54387,54391,37304,54392,54390,8095,54393,52071,52919,4746,7672,4466,4572,7868,4598,26499,85,1080,53987,52964],"class_list":{"0":"post-68621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-andrew-voss","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-brian-too","12":"tag-clutch-field-goal","13":"tag-cooper-cronk","14":"tag-crucial-field-goal","15":"tag-dave-riccio","16":"tag-field-goal","17":"tag-field-goal-kicker","18":"tag-field-goal-kicking","19":"tag-goal-kicking-ability","20":"tag-golden-point","21":"tag-golden-point-win","22":"tag-grant-dive","23":"tag-harry-grant","24":"tag-illegal-block","25":"tag-injury-complaints","26":"tag-kangaroos-bombshell","27":"tag-mark-st-john","28":"tag-match-winner","29":"tag-melbourne-storm","30":"tag-moses-leota","31":"tag-nightmare-scenario","32":"tag-penrith-panthers","33":"tag-right-call","34":"tag-sports","35":"tag-sydney-roosters","36":"tag-table-topping-dogs","37":"tag-top-spot-flips"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68621","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=68621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}