{"id":70618,"date":"2025-08-15T16:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T16:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/70618\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T16:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T16:28:07","slug":"shane-flanagan-fumes-at-non-obstruction-call-marata-niukore-dragons-vs-warriors-concussions-press-conference-round-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/70618\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane Flanagan fumes at non obstruction call, Marata Niukore, Dragons vs Warriors, concussions, press conference, Round 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dragons coach Shane Flanagan was fuming at a obstruction non-call for Adam Pompey\u2019s first try that cost his side in their 14-10 loss to the Warriors in Round 24. <\/p>\n<p>FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every game of every round in the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership, LIVE with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=nrl&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkleague-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-nrl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Limited-time offer &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pompey\u2019s first try in the 63rd minute drew Flanagan\u2019s ire, as Dragons five-eighth Lyhkan King-Togia appealed for an obstruction after being impeded by lead runner Marata Niukore in the lead-up. <\/p>\n<p>Flanagan was not asked about the crucial decision post match, but chose to bring it up anyway. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know you haven\u2019t asked the question, but I am going to give an answer,\u201d Flanagan said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was really tough for us that what was an obstruction last week is not an obstruction this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started playing footy when I was four years old and I don\u2019t know the rules anymore. I deadset do not know the rules. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it is tough, but we are a tough club and this is a really connected unit and we will fight really hard for the next three weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flanagan was pressed if he thought it was a clear obstruction from Niukore. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I said last week it was an obstruction and this week it is not,\u201d Flanagan said. <\/p>\n<p>MORE NRL NEWS<\/p>\n<p>CONTROVERSY: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2025-new-zealand-warriors-vs-st-george-illawarra-dragons-live-scores-teams-videos-blog-stream-round-24-james-fisherharris-clint-gutherson\/news-story\/e52cce0555fcfaf9e2e84af1b83dbf62\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Pompey\u2019s controversial try leads Warriors to epic comeback <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018OH BOY\u2019: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2025-st-george-illawarra-dragons-head-knocks-jack-de-belin-hamish-stewart-hame-sele-knocked-out-news-videos-highlights-hia-rulings\/news-story\/ae956f15410e41291a75b6f39fc11801\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Dragons\u2019 triple blow as \u2018friendly fire\u2019 takes out host of stars in ugly scenes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>HARRY HOUDINI! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2025-penrith-panthers-vs-melbourne-storm-live-updates-score-stats-video-nathan-cleary-harry-grant-grand-final-rematch\/news-story\/bd3d958055dd678a2314eaefd3a77fca\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Storm skipper\u2019s stunner as GF rematch sealed in golden point epic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Damien Cook and Shane FlanaganSource: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe boys asked out on the field numerous times and they just got shooed away, so that is frustrating.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Despite the loss Flanagan was proud of his players after they lost three forwards Jack de Belin, Hamish Stewart and Hame Sele to category one concussions, which saw them reduced to two on the bench including 18th man Tyrell Sloan. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel a lot of pride,\u201d Flanagan said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud of the group. Their effort. Their attitude. Their commitment. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was one of the better performances I have seen for a long period of time. <\/p>\n<p>Dragons lose two players in one tackle | 00:36<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo lose three forwards so early in the game and then you lose three interchanges there as well, so we had just one forward just rotating around and we had to activate our 18th man. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t talk highly enough of the group. How hard they tried. How committed they are and how connected they are to the jersey and fighting for each other, so really proud.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Flanagan revealed the three players were doing okay, but would miss a week at least. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJack is looking okay,\u201d Flanagan said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is up and about. His 250th game, so really disappointing that happened. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHame Sele is very similar. He is feeling okay and Hamish Stewart has got a pretty nasty cut to the back of his head form the de Belin incident. <\/p>\n<p>Warriors win &#8220;ugly&#8221; but climb into top 4 | 06:07<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo they will all miss a week more than likely I would think.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Dragons skipper Damien Cook was proud of his troops after a game unlike any other he had experienced. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo I don\u2019t think I have ever been a part of a game like that,\u201d Cook said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe spoke about it at half-time this could be one of the greatest wins if we could steal it, but still the result is still a massive win for us as a team. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust the resilience and character that we showed today is a massive step in a good direction for us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dragons coach Shane Flanagan was fuming at a obstruction non-call for Adam Pompey\u2019s first try that cost his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4428,55420,55421,4420,36261,55422,53986,4431,43,4746,55423,44,55419,4583,53979,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-70618","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-brisbane-broncos","9":"tag-clear-obstruction","10":"tag-controversial-try-leads","11":"tag-damien-cook","12":"tag-dragons-coach","13":"tag-epic-comeback","14":"tag-golden-point-epic","15":"tag-hamish-stewart","16":"tag-headlines","17":"tag-mark-st-john","18":"tag-massive-step","19":"tag-news","20":"tag-non-obstruction-call","21":"tag-shane-flanagan","22":"tag-storm-skipper","23":"tag-top-news","24":"tag-top-stories","25":"tag-topnews","26":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70618","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=70618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}