{"id":633174,"date":"2026-04-27T02:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T02:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/633174\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T02:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T02:15:12","slug":"olakauatu-charged-twice-eel-sanctioned-panther-avoids-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/633174\/","title":{"rendered":"Olakau&#8217;atu charged twice, Eel sanctioned, Panther avoids charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/manly-sea-eagles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manly Sea Eagles<\/a> star second-rower <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/haumole-olakauatu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Haumole Olakau&#8217;atu<\/a> has been slapped with two charges from the club&#8217;s win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/parramatta-eels\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Parramatta Eels<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> rules, both will be viewed as second offences as they came in the same games, and a pair of Grade 1 charges means he will escape without a suspension.<\/p>\n<p>The star second-rower was pinged for a first half careless high tackle on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/ronald-volkman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ronald Volkman<\/a>, and a second half offence of the same nature on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/sean-russell\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Russell<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He will pay $1800 per offence, or risk $2500 if he heads to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> judiciary for either offence with a plea of not guilty.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/parramatta-eels\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Parramatta Eels<\/a> hooker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/tallyn-da-silva\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tallyn Da Silva<\/a> has also been charged with a Grade 1 offence for a dangerous throw on Manly hooker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/jake-simpkin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Simpkin<\/a>. He will pay $1000 with an early guilty plea, or $1500 if he fights and loses.<\/p>\n<p>The only player placed on report during the course of Sunday&#8217;s games without a sanction was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/penrith-panthers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Penrith Panthers<\/a> second-rower <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/isaiah-papalii\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Isaiah Papali&#8217;i<\/a>, who was placed on report for a dangerous tackle during the first half of what turned into a big win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/newcastle-knights\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newcastle Knights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Olakau&#8217;atu and Da Silva have until midday (AEST) on Tuesday to determine their pleas, with any potential hearings to be heard on Tuesday evening at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> HQ in Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; Manly Sea Eagles star second-rower Haumole Olakau&#8217;atu has been slapped with two charges from the club&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-633174","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\/633174","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=633174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}