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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n The match review committee has ruled Victor Radley\u2019s contentious tackle on Brisbane\u2019s Pat Carrigan was a case of accidental head contact.<\/p>\n Roosters hitman Radley was live on air at Fox Sports on Sunday when told he had not been charged for several incidents during the win over the Broncos the night before.<\/p>\n \u201cReally? Is this April Fools?\u201d Radley replied.<\/p>\n \u201cHappy days. I thought for sure something was coming.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s actually great news. What a place to be told that.<\/p>\n \u201cI was going to keep this suit for the judiciary, but I don\u2019t need it any more. I might keep it for the races.\u201d<\/p>\n Radley was put on report three times, including what was initially believed to be a hip-drop tackle on Josiah Karapani, who left the field with an ankle injury. A minute later, he was penalised for a high shot on Ben Talty.<\/p>\n His Carrigan hit was not mentioned at all, but had plenty of fans asking on Sunday how it was not sanctioned on the night, only to then be overlooked by the match review committee.<\/p>\n Sources with knowledge of the situation not authorised to speak publicly confirmed the match review committee believed the incident was accidental. Carrigan was not injured in the tackle.<\/p>\n Herald colleague Peter FitzSimons posted on X about the tackle: \u201cYou can smash another bloke on the chin with your head in the #NRL<\/a>, and stay on the field?? I confess surprise and alarm. If that\u2019s not a send-off, what DOES it take?\u201d<\/p>\n Radley has a reputation for being one of the toughest defenders in the game, but he has also featured regularly on the match review committee\u2019s charge sheets. He avoided being charged for a hip-drop tackle on Karapani because most of his body weight landed on the ground, not the winger\u2019s legs.<\/p>\n The only player charged from the 38-24 Roosters\u2019 victory<\/a> was Broncos centre Kotoni Staggs, who faces a two-match ban for elbowing Hugo Savala in the back of the head. Should he take the early plea, Staggs will not play again before Laurie Daley picks his squad for Origin I.<\/p>\n There were frightening scenes overnight with the Broncos confirming Deine Mariner underwent surgery in a Sydney hospital after he suffered an acute compartment syndrome injury to the right thigh.<\/p>\n Related Article Brien Sweeney, who is known as NRL Physio on social media, said of the Mariner injury: \u201cA cork is a big blow to the muscle, it causes bleeding. Usually that bleeding is relatively minor and it dissipates quite well.<\/p>\n \u201cIf the bleeding is bad enough, it can build up inside the fascia, which is like the sausage skin around the outside of the muscle. It doesn\u2019t expand that much. Then you get this pressure-cooker situation where the bleeding can actually crush the nerves and blood vessels in the area.<\/p>\n \u201c[As for the surgery] the surgeon has to go in and pop the hood of the pressure cooker, and the way to do that is cut it open.<\/p>\n \u201cIf that doesn\u2019t happen quickly, you can literally have muscle tissue dying within hours. It is something more commonly seen after brutal low leg fractures.\u201d<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n From our partners![\"Victor](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777838629_23_9e31426bfe6a45b1fd766541e333a9cc98400f9558ad5ffc322796cd33aff976.gif\")
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