{"id":751393,"date":"2026-06-21T19:15:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/751393\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T19:15:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:15:44","slug":"frustrating-fuming-payten-to-ask-nrl-for-please-explain-after-controversial-try","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/751393\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Frustrating\u2019: Fuming Payten to ask NRL for please explain after controversial try"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cowboys coach Todd Payten will be asking for a please explain from the NRL this week after a missed call led to a Warriors try in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/warriors-cocaptain-returns-from-origin-duties-for-historic-match-at-new-stadium-live\/news-story\/2cf7793e8eb11bbc8fdb0ecb2b90c39c\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">38-20 loss across the ditch.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch every game of every round of the NRL Premiership LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1 &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the Warriors leading by ten points with ten to go, the home side scored a try through Adam Pompey, who dived on a loose ball after Cowboys fullback Scott Drinkwater appeared to knock on a bomb in a contest with opposite number Taine Tuaupiki.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>However, a slow motion replay showed the Warriors fullback knock the ball on into Drinkwater, yet the try would be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat will go against the Warriors \u2026 Instead, it has been confirmed,\u201d a puzzled Matt Russell said in commentary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s off Tuaupiki,\u201d Steve Roach added.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors were lucky to hold onto a try following what appears to be a knock on by Taine Tuaupiki in the lead up.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n<p>While Payten wasn\u2019t making any excuses, he lamented the decision given it was at a crucial juncture of the game and thwarted any chance of a Cowboys comeback.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose moments, that\u2019s the difference,\u201d Payten said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m pretty certain Tuaupiki touched that ball \u2026 I don\u2019t know if it was checked, but \u2026 I was pretty certain it was touched.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe margin was ten points there at the time. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll tell you what will really be frustrating, if we get an apology email through the week or a phone call, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Payten reacts to Taumalolo Sin Bin | 04:14<\/p>\n<p>Payten said he wasn\u2019t sure how the try was overturned given the camera angles available to the Bunker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the bunker has so many angles, I understand there\u2019s going to be human error, but they\u2019re big moments. Games can turn on those types of decisions and they\u2019re getting too many wrong in the game,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dWe will make a phone call. We\u2019ll send an email, them a phone call and see how we go.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cowboys coach Todd Payten will be asking for a please explain from the NRL this week after a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":751394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-751393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751393","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=751393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/751394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}