Cowboys vs Tigers

Fired up Wests Tigers officials have told the NRL they will “explore all options” after they were denied victory in the dying seconds of Sunday's game ...

It was a moment of deflation, that’s for sure.” Even back in round one, Hamiso [Tabuai-Fidow] got a try taken off him with a couple of minutes to go which cost us a game,” Payten said. My understanding is we caught the ball, the game was over, and that’s where it should have ended. I felt I wasn’t quite sure on why the decision was made,” Gardiner said after standing in for COVID-hit Tigers coach Brett Kimmorley on game day. North Queensland called for a captain’s challenge, believing Feldt had impeded by Kepaoa. Klein told referee Chris Butler to award a penalty to the Cowboys, leaving Tigers players and commentators in disbelief. The Wests Tigers were privately fuming over the series of decisions that cost them the game, with the club now looking at their legal options.

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He’s probably thinking we have been whacked you know where by a rainbow. Where was the stoppage? The referee didn’t. You can’t challenge when play is flowing. “What I was trying to say before, Daine Laurie caught the ball. only to have the victory stolen from them.

Valentine Holmes raises both hands as Cowboys teammate Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow runs to him smiling. Valentine Holmes slotted the high-pressure, post-siren penalty ...

That's something we've got to fix up," said Holbrook. Matt Burton and Josh Addo-Carr were the chief architects in Sunday's win, which looks to have consigned Gold Coast to a battle with Wests Tigers to avoid the wooden spoon. Laurie also made the crucial line break 50 metres from home and threw the final pass for To'a to score in the 78th minute, with Doueihi letting as much time as possible run off the clock as he lined up his conversion. The second-placed Cowboys seemed to have victory sewn up when a Valentine Holmes field goal gave them a seven-point lead with six minutes left, but Brent Naden and Starford To'a touched down in the final five to give the Tigers a 26-25 lead. As the clock ticked down, Adam Doueihi hit the post with his conversion attempt, giving the Cowboys one chance to regather the kick-off and pull off a miracle. North Queensland has moved into outright second place with a controversial 27-26 win over the last-placed Tigers, who scored two tries in the final five minutes to lead by a point when the siren sounded in Townsville.

Wests Tigers have fallen agonisingly short of an upset victory in James Tamou's 300th match, losing 27-26 to the North Queensland Cowboys in Townsville.

With five minutes remaining in the first half, Luke Brooks sent Asu Kepaoa on a tip-toeing run to the line and the winger acrobatically finished the play to give his side a ten point lead. The Cowboys jumped out to a fast start as Reece Robson made a break in their first set and passed to Tom Dearden for the opening try of the afternoon. The visitors led for much of the match and rallied from a late deficit to lead with less than a minute on the clock, only to have the win stolen by a dubious decision after the siren.

A Valentine Holmes penalty goal after the siren has snatched victory from the jaws of defeat for North Queensland, who edged Wests Tigers 27-26.

The Cowboys led 25-18 after Holmes kicked a field goal to increase their buffer before a late surge by the Tigers brought tries to Brent Naden and Starford To'a to stun the home crowd with 90 seconds remaining. Holmes slotted the goal to give the Cowboys 27 points on his 27th birthday and sink a Tigers outfit that looked set for a monumental upset after a manic last 10 minutes. Valentine Holmes kicked a controversial penalty goal after the full time siren to steal a 27-26 victory for North Queensland over Wests Tigers in Townsville on Sunday.

A controversial last-second penalty has helped the North Queensland Cowboys defeat the Wests Tigers 27-26 after the siren on Sunday.

Why was the game stopped? AAP’s Scott Bailey tweeted: “Escort or not, you literally cannot challenge something that hasn’t been called. “Where was the stoppage? You can’t challenge when the game is flowing. Otherwise players could challenge at every play-the-ball, something the NRL have been adamant all season cannot be done. “Asu Kepaoa is running towards the ball, is running sideways to block Kyle Feldt’s path, which denies Kyle Feldt,” the bunker said.

Last-placWests Tigers took the fight to the Cowboys in Townsville but were denied a deserved victory by a bunker clanger.

The halfback missed a costly tackle soon after with Cowboys forward Jeremiah Nanai palming off Brooks to notch his 13th try of the season and square the ledger at 18-18 after 55 minutes. My understanding is that whenthe bunker comes into play or when there’s a challenge made it has to be when there’s an indiscretion in the play or that there’s a breakdown of the play. He asked me what I was challenging, I said the escort. And probably the Cowboys’ worst. He’s had a shocker in the box today, Ashley Klein. An absolute shocker.” “I wasn’t quite sure on why the decision was made.

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Like ‘BG’ said, we tested one of the top sides of the game and it seems to be a trend here each week the last month. “I saw the escort so went over to the ref straight away. “My understanding is we caught the ball, the game was over and that’s where it should have ended. We’ve got a big occasion for Jimmy here, his 300th game and we couldn’t have played better really. I was not quite sure why the decision was made. He was promoted to NRL assistant this year, but foxsports.com.au understands he has been informed his services won’t be needed next season.

The penalty that led to the Cowboys stealing victory from Wests Tigers after the siren has left the NRL wor...

"My understanding is that when the Bunker comes into play, or when there's a challenge made, it has to be when there's an indiscretion in the play, or there's a breakdown of the play," Gardiner added. Gardiner described the ending "a moment of elation and a moment of deflation". The Tigers looked to have secured the upset of the season when they held a 26-25 lead in the dying seconds, but a captain's challenge from the Cowboys turned the match on its head.

Wests Tigers officials have not ruled out appealing the result of Sunday's game against North Queensland and have told the NRL they are 'exploring all ...

It was a moment of deflation, that’s for sure.' I felt I wasn’t quite sure on why the decision was made,' he said. 'My understanding is when the Bunker comes into play when there is a challenge made, it has to be when there is an indiscretion in the play, when there is a breakdown in the play. Referee Chris Butler awarded a controversial late penalty to the Cowboys after the Bunker intervened and deemed Asu Kepaoa had taken out Kyle Feldt But it was not to be for Wests, who conceded a penalty after the Cowboys kicked off with one second on the clock when Asu Kepaoa was judged to have taken out Kyle Feldt after the restart. - Bunker intervened to award the Cowboys a penalty, which Holmes slotted

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Wow, that’s a massive call from the bunker. The Tigers looked to have secured one of the upsets of the season, before a shocking penalty with one second on the clock gave the Cowboys a penalty goal to steal the win. However, with the game in the bag, the Tigers were penalised for an escort by Kepaoa on Feldt off the kick-off, with Holmes given a penalty goal after the siren to win the game and he slotted it through in one of the craziest finishes to a rugby league game ever. He then produced an intercept pass for Nanai to race away and give the Cowboys a 24-18 lead with 10 minutes to play. The Tigers looked gone at 25-18 when Valentine Holmes iced a field goal with six minutes to play, but tries to Brent Naden in the 75th minute and Starford To’a in the 79th looked to have stolen a famous win. Valentine Holmes got the Cowboys back in the contest with a strong individual try to cut the deficit to six points. Brooks produced a poor pass to allow Nanai to intercept and race away for his double to give the Cowboys their first lead since the 12th minute. Adam Doueihi extended the Tigers lead to 12 points with a penalty goal after a tough stripping penalty against the Cowboys. Luke Brooks produced a brilliant cutout pass to put Kepaoa over in the corner to extend the Tigers lead. Brent Naden got the Tigers back in the contest after diving over in the corner to lock up the scores. The Cowboys beat the Tigers 27-26 thanks to a controversial last-second penalty that allowed Valentine Holmes to win the game after the siren. The Tigers were winning 26-25 with five seconds to go, before they were penalised for a dubious escort from Asu Kepaoa on Kyle Feldt that allowed Holmes to kick the match winning penalty goal in wild scenes.

With Wests Tigers officials reportedly considering legal options, the NRL insists the correct process was followed, ahead of a full review on Monday of The ...

"I wasn't quite sure on why the decision was made. My understanding is that when The Bunker comes into play, or when there's a challenge made, it has to be when there's an indiscretion in the play, or there's a breakdown of the play. The NRL also claimed that while the escort penalty was not blown on field, the call of stopping play for the end of the match was able to be challenged by the Cowboys if they believed there had been foul play.

The NRL is copping it from all corners after one of the most baffling decisions seen on a footy field as the North Queensland Cowboys claimed a 27-26 win ...

“I felt I wasn’t quite sure on why the decision was made. “If I look back at the season gone so far, we had a try taken off us last week which was huge. Where was the stoppage? Alexander had no idea how there could even be a review, and was even more stunned when Klein ruled against the Tigers. You can’t challenge when play is flowing.” “Butler blew a ‘short whistle’ to stop the game but full-time hadn’t been called at that point,” the report stated. “What I was trying to say before, Daine Laurie caught the ball. Don’t agree with yesterday’s call or challenge at all but the short whistle is legitimate. The referee didn’t. What do you mean the short whistle?” “That’s a greater smother than Norman Gunston’s hair.” I’ve never heard of a short whistle,” he said.

Wests Tigers chair Lee Hagipantelis is so furious over the bunker blunder which robbed his team of victory against the Cowboys that he has not ruled out ...

My understanding is that when the bunker comes into play or when there’s a challenge made it has to be when there’s an indiscretion in the play or that there’s a breakdown of the play. The halfback missed a costly tackle soon after with Cowboys forward Jeremiah Nanai palming off Brooks to notch his 13th try of the season and square the ledger at 18-18 after 55 minutes. And probably the Cowboys’ worst. He asked me what I was challenging, I said the escort. To not do so would effectively deny a team the right to have an officiating error corrected on the last play of a game just because time had expired. “I wasn’t quite sure on why the decision was made. Feldty was on the ground, I thought he [Kepaoa] changed his line. “That is garbage,” fumed Greg Alexander in Fox League commentary as the play unfolded. He’s had a shocker in the box today, Ashley Klein. An absolute shocker.” “I know officials also work hard to get it right, but this in our opinion was just so wrong. Townsend thought the full-time siren sounding constituted a stoppage in play: “I just saw the escort, went over to the ref straight away and I think the touchie was agreeing. An NRL spokesman has issued a statement in response to the outcry over the decision to penalise Kepaoa for supposedly impeding Feldt in challenging for the ball on the final kick-off of the game.