{"id":812102,"date":"2026-10-24T05:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T05:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/812102\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T05:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T05:06:15","slug":"former-castleford-boss-fined-over-abusive-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/812102\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Castleford boss fined over &#8216;abusive incident&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AM2_0625-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"Castleford Tigers\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Former Castleford Tigers boss Ryan Carr has been fined by the RFL over an \u201cabusive accusation\u201d about referee Liam Rush during the dramatic 36-34 Super League win over Leeds Rhinos at OneBore Stadium three months ago.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Sky Sports issued an on-air apology after their microphone picked up Carr\u2019s angry reaction in the first half of the Sunday afternoon derby on July 19.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Australian, who was watching from a gantry position close to the television commentary team, was heard shouting \u201cf****** cheat\u201d after Tigers were denied a quick tap restart in the first half.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He moved to pitchside after half-time as Castleford hit back from 20-4 and 30-16 behind.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The RFL contacted Tigers after the game asking for the club\u2019s comments and their verdict has now been announced.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Carr is back in Australia after leaving Tigers in August. He had been away from work for the previous two weeks.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">An RFL statement said: \u201cRyan Carr has been fined \u00a33,000, with \u00a31,500 suspended until the end of the 2028 season, following an incident when he was head coach at Castleford Tigers and during the Betfred Super League fixture against Leeds Rhinos on 19 July 2026.<\/p>\n<p>    Most Read on Serious About Rugby League<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cCarr, who left the club in August due to personal reasons, was heard on the Sky Sports broadcast directing an abusive accusation at the referee.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAlthough the comment was not intended to be heard outside the club\u2019s staff, it was picked up during the broadcast\u00a0 and prompted an on-air apology.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe RFL found Carr in breach of Operational Rules D1.1(b), C2:6 and C2:10, covering improper conduct, adherence to RFL policies and the behaviour standards expected of senior personnel.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe sanction also reflects that this was not his first breach of the Operational Rules during the season. \u201c<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Workington Town \u2013 and coach Jonty Gorley \u2013 are also in hot water, over conduct towards the match doctor during and after a Championship fixture at Midlands Hurricanes in August.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The club and team boss accepted their behaviour towards the medic \u2013 who decided to remove Town player Tana Featherstone from the field after he was judged to have displayed category one concussion symptoms \u2013 fell below expected standards, both during the match and, in Gorley\u2019s case, in a post-game interview.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Workington have been fined \u00a32,000, suspended until the end of the 2028 season.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Gorley\u2019s previous suspended two-match touchline ban and \u00a3500 fine have been activated.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He has received an additional \u00a31,000 fine and four-match stadium exclusion, both suspended until the end of 2028.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792818375_43_srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Castleford Tigers boss Ryan Carr has been fined by the RFL over an \u201cabusive accusation\u201d about referee&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":812103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-812102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}