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Footy world divided by controversial Josh Addo-Carr call in Dragons' win
Footy world divided by controversial Josh Addo-Carr call in Dragons' win

News.com.au

time3 hours ago

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  • News.com.au

Footy world divided by controversial Josh Addo-Carr call in Dragons' win

Parramatta was denied a try after a hugely controversial call in the second half of their 34-20 loss to St George-Illawarra on Saturday night. The Dragons led 26-4 at halftime after a dominant opening 40 minutes and appeared ready to coast to victory at WIN Stadium. FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every game of every round in the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership, LIVE with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited-time offer. But the Eels had other ideas, scoring three tries in an 11-minute stretch to roar back into the contest at 26-20. Then came the moment that will have plenty of people talking. The Eels moved the ball to the left side of the field with just over 17 minutes remaining, when Sean Russell found Josh Addo-Carr on the left wing. The man known as the Foxx broke a Corey Allan tackle and passed back inside to Russell, who had clear air in front of him to stroll to the line and give Parra the chance to tie the game at 26-26. But the touch judge had other ideas, lifting his flag and ruling Addo-Carr had touched the sideline to stun the Eels fans watching on. When the replay was shown, it was one of the tightest calls you could see on the footy field and far from convincing. 'Addo-Carr is away, it might be 26-26 in a moment,' Andrew Voss yelled on Fox League. 'No the flag is up, a foot over the sideline. Our man is standing by his decision. 'Addo-Carr, left leg down and then the right, where is it? Could be this one. I don't know. 'If it's not, it's as close as you can go. Oh boy.' Steve Roach added: 'I don't know about that. How could naked eye make a call? 'He had a player down in front of him, how could he see it?' Voss then clarified the ruling, stating: 'That is incredible that moment, but once the sideline official's flag goes up, the protocol is you don't go to the Bunker. It was going to be 26-all. 'Send some Panadol to the Dragons' box.' Fans were deeply divided by the incident on social media. Lui Zacher tweeted: 'Touchie has X ray vision to see through a Dragons player, and CSI: Enhance technology to call Addo-Carr's boot on the line 15 metres away, but someone chucks a forward pass right in front and it's 'I didn't see nuffin'.' @aotesam wrote: 'I think his foot *just* went into touch … but there is absolutely no way you can call it with confidence.' Jack Holdsworth said: 'The first time a useless touch judge has ever made a live call and he reckons he's seen 1mm of Addo-Carrs foot on the sideline. Give me a f**king spell.' Mr_Ives wrote: 'That Dragons Eels touchie could see Uranus without a telescope.' Gemma Rogers suggested: 'I thought the touchie got that right. Looked like his foot was just on the line.' LJ declared: 'Parra have been screwed big time there, that was never in touch!' The Dragons eventually scored another try through Valentine Holmes with five minutes remaining to establish a match-winning lead. Voss was left hoping Addo-Carr's moment wouldn't be the biggest talking point of a great game of footy. 'There's been so much happening in this game,' he said. 'I know people are going to go back to the Addo-Carr foot on the line. 'If he's in, it's the closest to being out anyway there's ever been and that would be 26-all at that point. 'But I'd rather savour the game at the moment, rather than the controversy.'

NRL live updates: Broncos vs Warriors, Dragons vs Eels, Dolphins vs Rabbitohs — blog, scores and stats
NRL live updates: Broncos vs Warriors, Dragons vs Eels, Dolphins vs Rabbitohs — blog, scores and stats

ABC News

time9 hours ago

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NRL live updates: Broncos vs Warriors, Dragons vs Eels, Dolphins vs Rabbitohs — blog, scores and stats

Brisbane is showing glimpses of its very best following two impressive wins, but faces a stern test against the Warriors, who are hunting redemption following last week's loss. Later, St George Illawarra Dragons will host the Parramatta Eels, then the Dolphins host the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Follow the live blog below, keep up to date with all the latest stats in our ScoreCentre, and tune in to our live radio coverage.

'Needs to go now': Parker calls for premiership-winning NRL coach to stand down
'Needs to go now': Parker calls for premiership-winning NRL coach to stand down

Yahoo

time4 days ago

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  • Yahoo

'Needs to go now': Parker calls for premiership-winning NRL coach to stand down

NRL great Corey Parker has claimed the Titans might need to look to the future as soon as possible with coach Des Hasler shutting down speculation over a future career decision after his side's latest loss. Hasler has been under plenty of pressure in 2025 to turn around the form of the Titans with their loss to an injury-hit Parramatta Eels side seeing them drop to last on 12 points. While injuries to Keano Kini, David Fifita and most recently Jayden Campbell haven't helped his cause, the Titans are struggling again in 2025 having struggled to string two wins together. They finished 14th last year and unless they can turn around their from it could be looking worse in 2025. Hasler's job security has been questioned after a lean run of results and speculation has emerged he could even be looking at retirement after his current contract. This appeared to frustrate the coach who denied the rumours after the game against the Eels. And former Broncos and Queensland forward Parker feels the Titans need to know if Hasler is looking to make a call on his career, which could prompt an immediate decision. 'There has been some talk about Des Hasler and that he is potentially going to retire at the end of the season,' he said on SEN Radio on Tuesday. 'If that is true, then Dezzy needs to go now. If he is going to retire, he needs to go now. Only Des and management will know if he is going to go and they bring in someone with the credentials to take over or Jim Lenihan. There is no upside if he is going to go.' Speaking after the game against the Eels, Hasler was not impressed with the speculation going around about his next move. 'No, they're just whispers, mate. It's just rumour and innuendo," Hasler said of the speculation he is going to retire. 'I don't know if there's speculation that's been reported, but obviously, sitting in last position that we don't want to be in. We thought coming in like it's very tight there at the bottom. In those sides, it's pretty congested.' A premiership-winning coach at the Manly Sea Eagles, Hasler was brought into fix the Titans with many feeling they have been underperforming with their current roster. Up to six players in the squad have played State of Origin at some point with two representatives currently in the team. There is plenty of depth at the club, despite No.1 fullback Kini being ruled out for the season. And The Courier Mail reporter Travis Head agreed with Parker and felt the Titans could be better of making a call sooner in a bid to turn their playing group around. Although he didn't blame Hasler for all the results going against them in recent years. 'Maybe they should just cut ties,' he said. 'The noise is getting louder and louder. If they're planning to move him out at the end of the year just cut him out, it's another failed experiment. There's a soft underbelly at the club, Des was meant to fix that but it takes more than a coach to fix that.' Earlier this year, the Daily Telegraph's Michael Carayannis reported there were clauses in Hasler's deal that stated if Gold Coast are mathematically out of finals contention later in the season, then the Titans can decide to part ways with the veteran coach then and there. 'He originally signed a three-year deal but there's clauses in his deal and one of those is a top-eight clause,' Carayannis said. 'That is if they don't make the top eight this year, the Titans are under no obligation to keep him at the club next yet. There's another element to it and that's if when they are mathematically no chance of playing finals footy, they can split immediately."

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