{"id":375517,"date":"2026-04-12T05:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T05:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/375517\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T05:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T05:26:09","slug":"trent-robinson-slams-controversial-nrl-ruling-robert-toia-disallowed-try-disruptor-rule-sydney-roosters-james-tedesco-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/375517\/","title":{"rendered":"Trent Robinson slams controversial NRL ruling, Robert Toia disallowed try, disruptor rule, Sydney Roosters, James Tedesco, nrl news"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NRL are set to address their referees today with a refresher on how to officiate the much maligned disruptor rule after a pair of controversial incidents so far this weekend.<\/p>\n

Roosters coach Trent Robinson has suggested the disruptor rule has \u201cgone too far\u201d and believes the NRL should provide a \u201cclear statement\u201d in the coming days so players and coaches can get used to the ruling.<\/p>\n

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A day after Broncos coach Michael Maguire called it out in their team\u2019s loss to the Cowboys, the NRL\u2019s most controversial rule found itself back in the spotlight on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

According to Code Sports,<\/a> because of these two decisions, the NRL will immediately remind their officials that the rule isn\u2019t designed to ping teams for incidental contact.<\/p>\n

Despite the Sydney Roosters producing a miraculous come-from-behind win against the Cronulla Sharks<\/a>, all eyes were on the disruptor rule when Robert Toia was denied a try in the opening half.<\/p>\n

Although he was contesting the ball, Toia was deemed to have interfered with opposing winger Sam Stonestreet\u2019s ability to catch the ball in mid-air.<\/p>\n

Catching the attention of fans, players and media pundits, Roosters coach Trent Robinson was surprised with the ruling and believes that the NRL\u2019s interpretation of the rule has \u201cgone too far\u201d from when it was first introduced.<\/p>\n

\u201cChoosing my words carefully on that,\u201d Robinson said post-match when asked about the ruling.<\/p>\n

The call that was overturned by the bunker.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n

\u201cThe direction that they (were) heading was right. There was too much disturbing of fullbacks, there\u2019s people that weren\u2019t competing, (but) that\u2019s gone too far.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was a clear example of two guys in a contest. Both guys looking at the ball. I mean, that\u2019s overcompensation. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf someone tries to defend that, then we\u2019re heading in the wrong direction. I think that\u2019s the most extreme.<\/p>\n

‘Feels like overkill’ Sharks sunk | 04:36<\/p>\n

\u201cI know there was a bit last night in the Brisbane game, but I don\u2019t think anybody can argue that, that was a disrupter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat wasn\u2019t the point of the rule. They\u2019ve overcompensated. Hopefully there\u2019s a clear statement within a couple of days saying that we went to far, we need to get it right.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think everyone will go, yeah cool, I can understand that.\u201d<\/p>\n

‘Are You Sure?!’ Disruptor denies Chooks | 00:29<\/p>\n

Rooster skipper and veteran fullback James Tedesco echoed Robinson\u2019s views and stated that both Toia and Stonestreet were contesting for the ball in mid-air – just like many people have done throughout the history of rugby league<\/p>\n

\u201cRobbo sort of hit the nail on the head there, they\u2019re slowing it down to the millisecond to see if there was contact before but there was a contest,\u201d Tedesco added.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo blokes looking at the ball, going for the ball. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf Bobby wasn\u2019t looking at the ball and he\u2019s disrupting the catchers ability to catch it, then that\u2019s understandable but when you\u2019ve got two guys competing for the ball, a contest is going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NRL are set to address their referees today with a refresher on how to officiate the much…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375518,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-375517","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375517","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=375517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}