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Gold Coast coach John Cartwright has been fined $10,000 by the NRL for approaching match officials at half-time of Saturday night's second qualifying final in Robina.
While Cartwright slammed the refereeing in the Titans' 40-32 loss to Brisbane as "disgraceful" in his post-match media conference and claimed they cost his side a chance at victory, it was his physical presence at half-time that concerned the NRL.
NRL rules state that under no circumstances are match officials to be approached, questioned, or harassed in any way by club officials either during or after a match.
"Coaches have ample opportunity to give reasonable opinions on refereeing decisions to the media and, in the days following, to the referees' coaching staff but it is unacceptable for them to approach the referee at the game," NRL chief executive David Gallop said in a statement
"The rules governing this have been in place for a considerable time and all coaches are aware of them.
"The NRL has taken no action over comments made in the post-match press conference."
While Cartwright slammed the refereeing in the Titans' 40-32 loss to Brisbane as "disgraceful" in his post-match media conference and claimed they cost his side a chance at victory, it was his physical presence at half-time that concerned the NRL.
NRL rules state that under no circumstances are match officials to be approached, questioned, or harassed in any way by club officials either during or after a match.
"Coaches have ample opportunity to give reasonable opinions on refereeing decisions to the media and, in the days following, to the referees' coaching staff but it is unacceptable for them to approach the referee at the game," NRL chief executive David Gallop said in a statement
"The rules governing this have been in place for a considerable time and all coaches are aware of them.
"The NRL has taken no action over comments made in the post-match press conference."
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