{"id":521067,"date":"2026-07-11T14:49:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T14:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/521067\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T14:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T14:49:16","slug":"nrl-2026-dolphins-post-match-press-conference-66-point-loss-to-the-sharks-kristian-woolf-tom-gilbert-reaction-news-videos-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/521067\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL 2026: Dolphins post-match press conference, 66-point loss to the Sharks, Kristian Woolf, Tom Gilbert, reaction, news, videos, highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"

An \u201cembarrassed\u201d Kristian Woolf was lost for words after his side were handed a 66-point premiership reality check<\/a> on their home turf on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The Sharks piled on 11 unanswered tries as Nicho Hynes record 30 points, the most of any Cronulla player ever in a single game, with the Dolphins left searching for answers.<\/p>\n

The 17th franchise have been impressive in recent months, with many tipping them to be a genuine premiership threat as they eye off a maiden finals appearance.<\/p>\n

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However, speaking in the post-match press conference, Kristian Woolf was questioned on his team\u2019s ugly slide after losing just one of their last nine games.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s not much to say,\u201d Woolf said.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously weren\u2019t ready to play a tough game of footy tonight and that showed.\u201d<\/p>\n

When pressed on whether he could put into words how that display emerged, Woolf replied: \u201cNo I can\u2019t, to be honest. I thought our preparation was good. We\u2019ve been great for 11 weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I\u2019m not quite sure where that came from tonight… I haven\u2019t seen (fatigue), certainly didn\u2019t think that before the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As for the fans, Woolf simply offered an apology.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, look all we can do is apologise. We\u2019re a little bit embarrassed for the performance, as I said not quite sure where it came from,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I said before we have been great for 11 weeks, plenty of things to be really proud of but we don\u2019t tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 66-0 flogging was the second time the Dolphins have conceded 50 or more in a clash this season, having been handed a reality check by the Sea Eagles in Round 5.<\/p>\n

What followed the week after was a tight loss to the Panthers, then the Phins took the Warriors to the wire before downing the Storm and beginning a winning streak.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was embarrassing last time and it\u2019s probably more embarrassing now,\u201d skipper Tom Gilbert said of Round 5 and his team\u2019s most recent loss.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a real emphasis on making sure those performances don\u2019t happen again, let alone happen here. We are sorry for our fans, especially our Redcliffe fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s disappointing for them as it is disappointing for us… we will bounce back, but we have to address a few things in the short term.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike I said we are just embarrassed for that performance now and yeah, we just apologise to our fans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Dolphins were handed a big blow with Origin star Max Plath limping off the field before being ruled out due to an ankle injury.<\/p>\n

He suffered the injury after an awkward tackle that resembled a hip drop from Cameron McInnes, however he was not placed on report.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll have to get that looked at. I didn\u2019t actually sort of see how it came up, he thought someone fell on it,\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we\u2019ll have to get that looked at. He\u2019s walking okay, that\u2019s a positive sign… I didn\u2019t really see it, he felt like it was a hip drop but I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An \u201cembarrassed\u201d Kristian Woolf was lost for words after his side were handed a 66-point premiership reality check…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-521067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521067","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=521067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}