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The Penrith Panthers person recovered themselves successful blistery h2o aft a trainer was caught wetting the shot during Saturday night's heart-stopping 30-all gully against the Cowboys.
The lucifer was afloat of contention with each broadside missing tract extremity attempts successful the dying minutes astatine Queensland Country Bank Stadium successful Townsville.
Both coaches person complained astir antithetic issues, but fans look to beryllium astir upset astir a infinitesimal recorded by a spectator.
A fan-captured video circulating connected societal media shows a Penrith trainer handling and pouring h2o from a h2o vessel onto the Steeden seconds earlier Dylan Edwards kicked off.
Cowboys manager Todd Payten told News Corp, that his coaching unit had spotted the trainer doing it passim the contest.
'He did it earlier each kick-off,' Payten said.
The Penrith Panthers person recovered themselves successful blistery h2o aft a trainer was caught wetting the shot connected Saturday
The lucifer was afloat of contention with each broadside missing tract extremity attempts successful the dying minutes astatine Queensland Country Bank Stadium successful Townsville
'We noticed it successful the (coaching) box. I volition fto the NRL grip it.
'I don't cognize what they're going to bash but it was noticeable to us, definitely.
'I don't privation to accidental anymore.'
The NRL is present alert of the incident.
Wetting the shot makes it much slippery and heavier for opponents to handle.
There is nary circumstantial regularisation astir trainers being incapable to 'clean' the ball, but the determination has sparked debate.
Social media platforms, peculiarly X, person been flooded with reactions to the incident.
'He should beryllium fined and shamed. Such atrocious sportsmanship,' posted 1 fan.
Cowboys manager Todd Payten said that his coaching unit had spotted the trainer doing it passim the contest.
'That wasn't the lone clip helium did it,' replied another.
'Hopefully a large good coming for Penrith,' said a third.
Payten struggled to clasp himself backmost from swearing arsenic helium launched a stinging critique of the NRL's lucifer officials pursuing the match.
The Cowboys manager says he'll formally kick to the NRL adjacent week but claimed connected Saturday nighttime that he'd ne'er let a subordinate to get distant with arsenic galore mistakes arsenic helium feels the referees make.
'It's truthful frustrating, we privation consistency and we're not getting it. I'm confused what's a precocious changeable and what's not. I'm definite everyone other is,' helium said.
'I'll speech to the NRL done the week, spell done the close channels, but it's conscionable achromatic noise. 'Yeah, we got that wrong'. But no-one's held accountable for it.
'If it's my subordinate making mistake aft mistake oregon a mates of howlers, past there's a just accidental he's not successful the team.'
Payten took circumstantial contented with Cowboys winger Murray Taulagi being penalised for a precocious changeable connected Liam Henry, who slipped into the contact.
The Panthers scored from the acceptable that followed.
Payten was incensed that Cowboys centre Viliami Vailea was not awarded a punishment minutes aboriginal aft being flattened by Tom Jenkins successful screen defence.
The collision near Vailea sprawled connected the crushed successful pain.
'Murray Taulagi got a punishment wherever a bloke fell into his thorax and past Viliami Vailea, little than 5 minutes later, got his caput taken off,' Payten said.
'It was close successful beforehand of the interaction justice and determination was nary telephone there. That was wrong. There was besides a flop benignant connected the 40-metre line. Any aboriginal and it would've been tomorrow.'
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