Roosters coach rages at inflaming 'suggestion'

As Roosters manager Trent Robinson addressed the media aft his broadside was ousted from the premiership contention by the Rabbitohs connected Sunday afternoon, helium bristled astatine a reporter's "suggestion".

After a clash successful which 7 sin-bins were dealt out, 5 caput wounded assessments took spot and 15 penalties were awarded, a writer quizzed Robinson connected players staying down aft imaginable acts of foul play.

"The much players who were penalised oregon binned, the much players became alert if they stayed down oregon if the crippled stopped determination would beryllium an accidental determination for penalties," the newsman said successful the Roosters' post-match property conference.

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Trent Robinson bristled successful a back-and-forth with a newsman aft the Roosters were eliminated by the Rabbitohs. (Getty)

"Do you spot it arsenic a occupation contiguous and bash you spot it arsenic a occupation for the remainder of the finals?"

Robinson clasped his hands and sat up a small taller arsenic helium prepared to deed back.

"Are you saying connected the Roosters broadside that —," Robinson said.

"No, conscionable successful wide successful the game," the newsman replied.

"Are you saying that the Roosters lied down there?" Robinson clarified.

"No, I'm conscionable saying the crippled successful general," the newsman added.

"A batch of those sin-binnings were referees getting acquisition from the Bunker. They weren't really called successful the play."

"Yeah, sure, but I'm asking you: are you saying that the Roosters lied down for penalties successful that game?" Robinson said.

"No, conscionable successful general," the newsman confirmed.

"I can't evidently retrieve each of them due to the fact that determination were that many, but it felt arsenic though it went upstairs a lot."

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Robinson defended his side's integrity.

"I'll conscionable accidental that we didn't prevarication down for immoderate penalties," the Tricolours mentor said.

"I instrumentality umbrage to the proposition that we lied down for penalties, due to the fact that we didn't."

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"In the game, though, with Souths?" the writer prodded.

"I don't person an sentiment connected theirs," Robinson replied.

"I person an sentiment connected america and that we won't bash it. It's not going to happen.

"You tin consciousness I'm passionate astir that and that (I believe) that won't happen.

"I'll inquire you to person a look, and (I) accidental (to you), 'Where did we bash that?'.

"Just don't accidental successful general, due to the fact that that didn't hap from our end."

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Seven sin-bins is simply a caller contention record.

Victor Radley was sin-binned for punching and again for racing successful to articulation a scuffle, Taane Milne was sin-binned doubly for precocious tackles, Tom Burgess was fixed his marching orders for a precocious shot, Tevita Tatola was sin-binned for a caput propulsion and Jared Waerea-Hargreaves copped the aforesaid effect for unsafe interaction successful a tackle.

Darren Lockyer and Brad Fittler were captious of what they deemed an overuse of the misdeed bin.

"I deliberation this should beryllium refereed a spot similar an Origin. (Give the players) a spot of leeway," Lockyer said connected Nine's coverage.

"It was rather evident aboriginal however this crippled was going to beryllium played and the referees needed to person a chill caput astir it," Fittler added.

There was a bizarre infinitesimal 2 minutes into the contention erstwhile Latrell Mitchell retrieved a footwear astatine fullback and, rugby union-style, instantly rifled it backmost down the field.

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"What happened there?" Andrew Johns said.

"I haven't seen that for 30 years."

But the baffling determination was rapidly engulfed by the madness that followed.

Three of the 7 sin-bins were enforced successful the opening 20 minutes, and the drama-charged enactment didn't cease until the full-time whistle was blown, giving a assemblage of a tick nether 40,000 astatine Sydney Football Stadium a Sunday day to savour.

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