{"id":192756,"date":"2025-10-06T05:09:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T05:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/192756\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T05:09:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T05:09:17","slug":"reece-walsh-escapes-suspension-for-shoulder-charge-on-xavier-coates-brisbane-broncos-vs-melbourne-storm-trent-loiero-banned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/192756\/","title":{"rendered":"Reece Walsh escapes suspension for shoulder charge on Xavier Coates, Brisbane Broncos vs Melbourne Storm, Trent Loiero banned"},"content":{"rendered":"

Broncos star Reece Walsh is free to play in Australia\u2019s opening game against England later in the month after escaping with a fine for his high tackle on Xavier Coates on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Walsh survived a potential sin bin after he collected a falling Coates with a shoulder to the head, before going on to score a stunning solo try in a dramatic opening forty minutes of the grand final<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In the 21st minute with the Storm leading 12-6, Coates came down the left before cutting back on the inside and made a half break, with just Walsh ahead of him.<\/p>\n

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As the Broncos defenders closed in, Coates dropped his height in the tackle, but Walsh appeared to brace and make no attempt at a tackle. <\/p>\n

Replays showed Walsh\u2019s shoulder made direct contact with Coates\u2019 head. <\/p>\n

Queensland legend Billy Slater noted the fact that Coates was falling in the tackle might save Walsh from a sin bin. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe looked like he was buckling a little bit,\u201d Slater said on Channel 9. <\/p>\n

\u201cXavier Coates down on his knees. And Walsh gets him with the point of the shoulder.\u201d <\/p>\n

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After consultation with the Bunker, referee Grant Atkins ruled that Coates was falling, so a penalty was sufficient, but he still placed Walsh on report. <\/p>\n

Walsh was later hit with a grade one careless high tackle charge, which sees him fined $3,000 with the early plea and facing a two-game ban if he unsuccessfully fights the charge. <\/p>\n

Melbourne\u2019s Trent Loiero was not as lucky, with the Storm forward facing a two-game ban for his high shot on Brendan Piakura which saw him sent to the sin bin late in the game. <\/p>\n

He was hit with a grade two careless high tackle and will be banned three games if he unsuccessfully contests the charge. <\/p>\n

Andrew Johns was adamant the right call was made by the referees on the Walsh high shot. <\/p>\n

Walsh added insult to injury when he scored a brilliant solo try within 10 minutes of the incident to get the Broncos back in the contest at 16-12. <\/p>\n

Social media lit up with fans and pundits calling out the lack of consistency from the referees and were of the belief that Walsh was lucky to escape a sin bin. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Broncos star Reece Walsh is free to play in Australia\u2019s opening game against England later in the month…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[48257,64,63,11170,4428,763,11288,49317,120789,83670,4746,4466,761,762,158,121790,13391,8088,111535,85,121792,121791],"class_list":["post-192756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-andrew-johns","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-billy-slater","tag-brisbane-broncos","tag-fox-league","tag-grand-final","tag-grand-final-day","tag-grand-final-news","tag-grant-atkins","tag-mark-st-john","tag-melbourne-storm","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-pundits-calling","tag-reece-walsh","tag-sin-bin","tag-solo-try","tag-sports","tag-stunning-solo-try","tag-stunning-try"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192756","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=192756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}