{"id":123401,"date":"2025-09-06T15:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T15:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/123401\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T15:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T15:04:10","slug":"cronulla-sharks-star-nicho-hynes-placed-on-report-hip-drop-tackle-on-marcelo-montoya-news-videos-match-review-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/123401\/","title":{"rendered":"Cronulla Sharks star Nicho Hynes placed on report, hip drop tackle on Marcelo Montoya, news, videos, match review committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sharks and Nicho Hynes are facing a nervous wait after the star playmaker was placed on report for a hip drop tackle on Bulldogs flyer Marcelo Montoya.<\/p>\n<p>The Canterbury winger was unable to continue and was in a \u201cfair bit of pain\u201d with his season set to be cut short after the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Hynes, meanwhile, could be set for a stint on the sidelines, potentially missing Cronulla\u2019s clash with the Roosters in the first week of finals.<\/p>\n<p>FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every game of every round in the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership, LIVE with no ad-breaks during play. 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For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be looked at, there\u2019s no doubt and the result of an injury will come into play,\u201d Cooper Cronk said when analysing the tackle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you think about what a typical hip drop is, it\u2019s losing your legs and your hip dropping on the back of the legs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe loses his legs here Nicho Hynes, but it\u2019s actually his knee that does the damage to the ankle&#8230; his knee comes through and twists that ankle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For league legend Braith Anasta, he believes the tackle was \u201cdangerous\u201d and the fact Montoya left the field injured will be a factor in the Match Review Committee\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>Rabbitohs playmaker Jamie Humphreys was handed a two-game suspension for a hip drop tackle on Roosters gun Siua Wong in Friday night\u2019s cross-town derby. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Panthers centre Izack Tago was handed a one-game ban for a moment that was initially missed in his side\u2019s win over the Eels in Round 19.<\/p>\n<p>Ciro provided injury update on Montoya | 04:35<\/p>\n<p>MORE NRL NEWS<\/p>\n<p>\u2018LACK OF CLASS\u2019: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2025-shane-flanagan-concedes-side-lacks-class-press-conference-st-george-illawarra-dragons-vs-penrith-panthers-round-27\/news-story\/efccf3c9e2e93994453b10c29d2dda02\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Stoic Flanno concedes Dragons key issue after season fade-out<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018BEST IN THE GAME\u2019: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2025-trent-robinson-on-james-tedesco-form-mark-nawaqanitawase-press-conference-sydney-roosters-vs-south-sydney-rabbitohs-round-27\/news-story\/199d7698663a8717810be73d7bd522a7\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Robbo marvels at Teddy\u2019s evolution as Roosters answer critics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TRACKING TEAM\u2019S EXITS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2025-each-teams-player-departures-lists-roster-moves-retirement-which-players-arent-offered-new-deals-transactions-rugby-league-news\/news-story\/4a330e21d18010a758a560431787e314\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Manly farewell five stars; Cowboys\u2019 seven man clean-out<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe concern Nicho Hynes has here, you can see he lands right on the back ankle&#8230; it\u2019s dangerous,\u201d Anasta said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an accident&#8230; it is hard, but the injury does come into play. It looks like (Montoya\u2019s) season could be over, and that does come into play with suspensions like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for Hynes\u2019 suspension, Cronk was of the belief the MRC face a tough call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I\u2019m being put on the spot here, maybe one game, maybe it sits beneath that. But it\u2019s a balancing act,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sharks and Nicho Hynes are facing a nervous wait after the star playmaker was placed on report&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-123401","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-national-rugby-league","11":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","12":"tag-nrl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}