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They are old friends and State of Origin and Kangaroos teammates, but there was no love lost on Sunday between Ricky Stuart and NRL coaching rival Des Hasler in an explosive showdown away from television cameras.
The Canberra great and his Gold Coast coach rival traded barbs in the aftermath of the Raiders' controversial 21-20 victory that saw a Titans field goal attempt smothered by an offside player - with no penalty blown.
Stuart said Hasler was 'on another planet' after the Titans mentor blasted the refereeing of Kasey Badger.
Hasler said her performance was 'pretty poor' after his team conceded five penalties to three, and gave away eight set restarts to the Raiders' one.
Stuart fired back and accused the Titans of 'cheating' by wrestling his players for extended periods while they attempted to play the ball, suggesting they could have received 'another 10 or 12' set restarts.
Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart was in no mood to celebrate after his side's narrow win on Sunday and blasted the Titans players as 'cheats'
Titans coach Des Hasler is old friends with Stuart and went to the dressing sheds after his media conference to tell the Raiders coach what he had said
Now it can be revealed the warring coaches had a private showdown outside of the dressing sheds.
Several witnesses confirmed the tunnel run-in that ended with Stuart allegedly saying 'f*** you' to his Gold Coast
