{"id":18644,"date":"2025-09-12T20:07:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T20:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/18644\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T20:07:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T20:07:09","slug":"cameron-ciraldo-disappointed-with-refereeing-decisions-what-did-he-say-bulldogs-press-conference-storm-defeat-bulldogs-rugby-league-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/18644\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameron Ciraldo disappointed with refereeing decisions, what did he say, Bulldogs press conference, Storm defeat Bulldogs, rugby league news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bulldogs coach Cameron Ciraldo has attempted to remain tight-lipped when asked about some crucial refereeing decisions during his side\u2019s qualifying final loss to the Storm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Already dealing with the loss of skipper Stephen Crichton to an ankle injury, Ciraldo said the Bulldogs were on the wrong end of a few calls in a match officiated by Adam Gee, believing \u201cnot much\u201d went his side\u2019s way.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou need a bit of luck but we got none tonight,\u201d Ciraldo said in his post-match press conference. <\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s one of the bravest performances I\u2019ve seen or been involved in. We lost Kiks (Kikau) early for a bit there and then we lost Critta and then we lost Enari (Tuala) later on.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot much was going our way but geez they were brave. I\u2019m just incredibly proud of how they prepared and how they played. A lot has been said on how we\u2019ve been playing but we came down here full of belief and played like it.\u201d<\/p>\n

A journalist then asked about some decisions which went against the Bulldogs when the two sides were in the midst of a tight, back-and-forth battle. <\/p>\n

It was clear the Bulldogs coach had a bit to get off his chest, but he kept his cool, although he did list three of the refereeing decisions he disagreed with. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was probably hoping you\u2019d ask me that question ten minutes ago and then I calmed down and thought about not getting myself in trouble,\u201d Ciraldo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe come down here three weeks ago and you sort of, you know, the rules of engagement after that. Yeah, I\u2019ll just shut me mouth. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think before half time it was a half a second slower in the play of the ball and we were the ones getting penalised for slow ruck. So, I wasn\u2019t happy with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ciraldo then referenced a penalty the Storm received in the first half when Viliame Kikau was pinged for a high tackle on Josh King.<\/p>\n

The Storm added two points from the penalty to edge ahead 8-6. <\/p>\n

Fox League\u2019s Michael Ennis slammed the call, labelling it as \u201cembarrassing\u201d. <\/p>\n

Ciraldo called it \u201cdisappointing\u201d before pointing to another pressure relieving penalty called against his side later in the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe two points, high tackle penalty in the first half, I was disappointed in that,\u201d Ciraldo said. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then when we gained some ascendancy there in the second half, there was a crusher penalty coming off their own try line. I was even more unhappy with that. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo, you know, as I said before, you need a bit of luck in these games and we got zero tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

A journalist then asked Ciraldo to elaborate on what he meant by the \u201crules of engagement\u201d comment, but the Bulldogs coach left it alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah I\u2019ll probably just leave it there. I\u2019ve probably said too much,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

The Bulldogs face the prospect of potentially being bounced in straight sets. Next week, they\u2019ll take on the loser of Saturday\u2019s Panthers v Warriors clash.<\/p>\n

However, despite the loss, Ciraldo is looking at the silver lining with a home final awaiting the proud club. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe go home next week in front of our home fans. Like I just said to the boys, if I told you at the start of pre-season we\u2019ll be in week two of the finals in front of our home fans and an opportunity to go to a prelim, you\u2019d take it. So that\u2019s the opportunity ahead of us,\u201d the Bulldogs coach told reporters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bulldogs coach Cameron Ciraldo has attempted to remain tight-lipped when asked about some crucial refereeing decisions during his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[20174,20179,20180,20178,20177,19546,2647,20170,20182,20175,9492,20183,111,139,69,20181,346,20171,20185,20172,213,20184,20176,20173],"class_list":{"0":"post-18644","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-cameron-ciraldo","9":"tag-cameron-ciraldo-press","10":"tag-conference-grab","11":"tag-crucial-refereeing-decisions","12":"tag-crusher-penalty","13":"tag-daniel-nuttall","14":"tag-fox-league","15":"tag-home-fans","16":"tag-home-final","17":"tag-josh-king","18":"tag-melbourne-storm","19":"tag-michael-ennis","20":"tag-new-zealand","21":"tag-newzealand","22":"tag-nz","23":"tag-post-match-press-conference","24":"tag-press-conference","25":"tag-qualifying-final-loss","26":"tag-refereeing-decisions","27":"tag-silver-lining","28":"tag-sports","29":"tag-stephen-crichton","30":"tag-tackle-penalty","31":"tag-try-line"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}