Cement trucks, defamation and investigations: The best NRL coaching blow-ups | app85 & dan_walsh64
Before the introduction of post-match press conferences, ‘Bozo’ conducted his own in the tunnel of Endeavour Field, to an audience of one.Bill Harrigan sends Des Hasler to the sin bin at Endeavour Field in 1987 ... to the chagrin of Bob Fulton.
“Let’s talk about the no-try, Steve Matai held up,” he said. “Unless I’m blind, I can see the ball on the ground, so what was the decision? Can someone answer me that? There’s got to be an investigation into this. Someone has to be accountable for this.”Let’s be honest, we could have a whole catalogue of press conference blow-ups dedicated to the Raiders coach. But there’s one which largely flies under the radar.
And so it was when Roosters coach Trent Robinson launched off the top turnbuckle after his side’s Anzac Day loss to the Dragons, in which he accused rival players of lying down for penalties. His main beef? Referee Ben Cummins. He didn’t miss. An honourable mention must also go to Robinson’s savage spray in the wake of the Latrell Mitchell-Joseph Manu incident last year, in which he said the officiating was a “farce” and said he had visions of “circus music and streamers” in the bunker.The Storm was slugged a then-record $50,000 fine for going nuclear following Melbourne’s 2008 preliminary final win over Cronulla, with skipper Cameron Smith suspended for two games earlier that week and forced to sit out the grand final.
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