Overview

• Corey Bocking has been suspended for five regular-season matches and the Panthers fined $50,000 following his sideline interference with Jayden Campbell’s conversion attempt.
• The NRL’s breach notice factored in a pattern of six trainer indiscretions by Penrith personnel, spanning from Peter Green’s 2021 game stoppage to earlier water-squirting incidents.
• Panthers coach Ivan Cleary and club officials maintain that Bocking’s misstep was an honest error caused by confusion over a late interchange and will accept the sanction.
• Former Bulldogs official Phil Gould criticized the decision as an overreaction driven by social media pressure and questioned treating accidental errors like deliberate gamesmanship.
• Chief executive Andrew Abdo said on-field trainer conduct will be strictly enforced and undergo a season-end review, signaling possible rule refinements.