{"id":491479,"date":"2026-02-20T02:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T02:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/491479\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T02:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T02:42:09","slug":"hudson-young-opens-up-on-reece-walsh-headbutt-finals-what-happened-what-did-he-say-unscripted-podcast-news-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/491479\/","title":{"rendered":"Hudson Young opens up on Reece Walsh headbutt, finals, what happened, what did he say, Unscripted podcast, news, reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Raiders star Hudson Young has opened up on his controversial finals moment with Broncos fullback Reece Walsh which led to a rare double sin bin. <\/p>\n<p>Watch the 2026 NRL Pre-season series LIVE and ad-break free during play on FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both Young and Walsh were given ten minutes in the bin during the 93-minute qualifying final epic following a fracas that was sparked when Walsh seemingly headbutted Young before pushing him to the ground.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>The Raiders back rower has since admitted that he wasn\u2019t a blameless party in the incident. <\/p>\n<p>When asked by UNSCRIPTED podcast host Josh Mansour if he had milked the fall to win a penalty, Young said he did. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, but he did lean in with his head,\u201d Young said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe did hit me but there was nothing in it, I was stirring him up and probably deserved it. I was geeing him up all game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many were left surprised when Young was also sent to the sin bin. Even more of a shock was that Walsh escaped suspension for an act that usually results in one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a player I just hope they\u2019d be consistent,\u201d Young continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it was me or another player that did the headbutt, I hope the NRL would treat it the same way, obviously with Reece they just fined him, it is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following that game, Raiders coach Ricky Stuart says the club was left \u201cstunned\u201d by the decision to sin bin Young.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen our captain Joe (Tapine) asked the referee why Hudson got 10-minutes, referee Ashley Klein told him, \u2018\u2019He stirred him up,\u2019\u2019 Stuart said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo that\u2019s the rule now, if a player \u201cstirs\u201d the opposition up, you\u2019re going to be sin binned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no rule that says you can\u2019t get under the skin of your opposition.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Raiders star Hudson Young has opened up on his controversial finals moment with Broncos fullback Reece Walsh which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":491480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[54654,64,63,4428,248256,4532,248257,97282,763,232757,609,117529,4466,761,762,158,248255,7291,8088,85,219562],"class_list":{"0":"post-491479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-ashley-klein","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-brisbane-broncos","12":"tag-broncos-rewatch","13":"tag-canberra-raiders","14":"tag-controversial-finals-moment","15":"tag-double-sin-bin","16":"tag-fox-league","17":"tag-fox-theatre-inc","18":"tag-joe","19":"tag-josh-mansour","20":"tag-melbourne-storm","21":"tag-national-rugby-league","22":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","23":"tag-nrl","24":"tag-rare-double-sin","25":"tag-ricky-stuart","26":"tag-sin-bin","27":"tag-sports","28":"tag-stunning-reveal"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491479","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=491479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}