{"id":8358,"date":"2025-07-20T12:07:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T12:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/8358\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T12:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T12:07:10","slug":"controversy-erupts-over-rubbish-no-try-call-in-warriors-nail-biting-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/8358\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversy erupts over &#8216;rubbish&#8217; no-try call in Warriors nail-biting win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wayde Egan had thought he crossed the stripe in the 18th minute, but was pulled up by the bunker for a double movement.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Gould exploded in commentary, stirring up outrage over the questionable call.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rubbish, rubbish, rubbish,&#8221; said Gould.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s been a try for a hundred years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/rugby-league\/news\/dragons-coach-unleashes-officials-outrageous-bulldogs-loss\/d5efdf9e7e2572bebcb3be82\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dragons coach unleashes on match officials after &#8216;outrageous&#8217; Bulldogs loss<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Egan&#8217;s elbow clearly hit the ground, but there was minimal evidence of a second effort according to Gould.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The viewers at home are throwing rocks at the television,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s ridiculous.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re making the game too hard.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Warriors coach Andrew Webster also voiced his frustrations in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nrl.com\/watch\/matches\/telstra-premiership\/2025\/round-20\/nrl-press-conference-knights-v-warriors---round-20-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Round 20 post-match press conference.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know his elbow hit the ground, but he doesn&#8217;t promote the ball,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Webster criticised a separate ruling involving Knights winger Greg Marzhew after he threw the final pass for a Dane Gagai try.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A tough carry from Marzhew sets up Gagai! \ud83d\udcaa<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Kia. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d4n4CQB0M6\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/d4n4CQB0M6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NRL (@NRL) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NRL\/status\/1946823602596159736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Marzhew one, that looked like rugby union, not like rugby league,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought those two calls were tough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the controversy, the Warriors kept their composure. Down 15-14, young forward Leka Halasima regathered a charge-down from the Knights and streaked away for an incredible game-winning try.<\/p>\n<p>                        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wayde Egan had thought he crossed the stripe in the 18th minute, but was pulled up by the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-8358","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\/8358","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=8358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}