{"id":626922,"date":"2026-04-24T01:57:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T01:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/626922\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T01:57:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T01:57:25","slug":"wests-tigers-captain-faces-four-weeks-on-sidelines-for-hip-drop-tackle-on-noah-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/626922\/","title":{"rendered":"Wests Tigers captain faces four weeks on sidelines for hip-drop tackle on Noah Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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April 24, 2026 \u2014 10:54am<\/p>\n

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Api Koroisau is facing up to four weeks on the sidelines after being charged with a grade two dangerous contact charge.<\/p>\n

The Wests Tigers skipper was placed on report and sin-binned for a hip-drop tackle on Canberra back-rower Noah Martin during Thursday night\u2019s 33-14 triumph<\/a> at Leichhardt Oval.<\/p>\n

\"ApiApi Koroisau talks with referee Ash Klein on Thursday night.Getty Images<\/p>\n

Koroisau was then penalised and put on report a second time for a lifting tackle on Morgan Smithies in the 53rd minute.<\/p>\n

Tigers coach Benji Marshall argued Koroisau had nowhere else to go when completing the tackle on Martin, and when it came to the lifting tackle on Smithies, said: \u201cIf it was up to me, I probably would have challenged it [the penalty]. I didn\u2019t think it was that bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martin was convinced he had just become the latest victim of a hip-drop tackle as he limped out of the inner-western Sydney venue with both ankles strapped.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a hip-drop \u2013 I haven\u2019t looked back at the tackle, but it was pretty painful,\u201d Martin told this masthead.<\/p>\n

\"ApiApi Koroisau\u2019s hip-drop tackle on Noah Martin.Nine<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not allowed hip-drop these days. He got both of them [ankles], so he did a pretty good job.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tried to play through it, but they got too sore \u2013 I tried to keep going for the boys, but it was too painful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Koroisau told this masthead about the Martin tackle as he left the ground: \u201cI wasn\u2019t trying to drop down or anything. We\u2019ll wait and see what happens. Of course, I don\u2019t [want to miss games] because we\u2019re going so well at the moment, and I\u2019d love to keep this momentum going. It is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old had been fined on three separate occasions this season for dangerous contact.<\/p>\n

If Koroisau accepts the early plea, he\u2019ll be sidelined for three weeks. But if he unsuccessfully takes his case to the judiciary, the sentence would become four weeks.<\/p>\n

The ban is also a blow for NSW coach Laurie Daley, who looks set to lose another genuine No. 9 option. Penrith\u2019s Mitch Kenny suffered a broken leg last weekend in a win over the Dolphins.<\/p>\n

Roosters pair Reece Robson and Connor Watson, as well as Cronulla\u2019s Blakye Brailey, are now the leading candidates, with Daley expected to carry at least two hookers into Origin I on May 27.<\/p>\n

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Marshall was proud of his players for bouncing back following the loss to a patched-up Broncos five nights earlier, but could not bite his tongue when it came to a few of the decisions, including the Koroisau incidents.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s probably not a good time, but who cares \u2013 the inconsistency with the refereeing is annoying me at the moment,\u201d Marshall said after the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know we won, but some of the calls \u2026 it\u2019s hard to understand. Even Api\u2019s case with the sin-bin, I don\u2019t know what he\u2019s supposed to do in that situation. He\u2019s making a cover tackle from behind, where he has to tackle his legs, and that\u2019s where he\u2019s going to end up.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think it was intentional. He did his ten minutes, surely that\u2019s enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the fans deserve some consistency around interpretations of the rules. We\u2019re not getting it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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