{"id":754840,"date":"2026-06-23T10:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T10:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/754840\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T10:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T10:27:12","slug":"nrl-player-tyrone-munros-ex-feared-going-to-cops-due-to-his-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/754840\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL player Tyrone Munro\u2019s ex feared going to cops due to his fame"},"content":{"rendered":"

A woman was afraid of making a domestic violence report because her partner was a \u201cfamous NRL<\/a> player\u201d, a court has been told.<\/p>\n

South Sydney<\/a> Rabbitohs winger Tyrone Munro is fighting charges of occasioning actual bodily harm and common assault following three alleged incidents.<\/p>\n

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South Sydney Rabbitohs NRL player Tyrone Munro arrives at Burwood Local Court.\u00a0AAP Image\/Dan Himbrechts<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old faced Burwood Local Court<\/a> on Tuesday morning but the hearing was delayed by several hours after the complainant failed to show on time.<\/p>\n

Neither Munro nor his former partner gave evidence during the hours-long hearing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Instead, Constable Majd Chami told the court the complainant appeared \u201cemotionally upset\u201d when she made the initial police report.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy partner is a famous NRL player, and I want to know if I\u2019m protected if I\u2019m making a domestic violence report,\u201d the woman said in a police statement read out in court.<\/p>\n

NSW Police<\/a> were first called on April 17 by the complainant\u2019s sister, with the initial phone call played to the court.<\/p>\n

Munro is alleged to have pushed his then-partner and slapped her a number of times at his residence near Homebush in Sydney\u2019s west, resulting in a cut to her lip.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy sister is in a domestic violence relationship. She has called me crying, and her phone is off right now,\u201d the sister said on the call.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just concerned for her safety right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police were unable to visit Munro\u2019s apartment as the sister did not know his address, but they attended the residence four days later.<\/p>\n

Both Munro and his then-partner denied the assault when questioned by police officers, who observed the complainant did not appear to have injuries.<\/p>\n

The woman went to police months later, following the deterioration of her relationship with Munro.<\/p>\n

The pair were in regional NSW for Munro to play in the NRL Koori Cup tournament when his then-partner received a message from a man, sparking an argument.<\/p>\n

Munro is claimed to have pushed her off the bed and thrown her phone at her before ending the relationship and flying to Sydney alone.<\/p>\n

The complainant then made a report to police, before returning to make a second complaint, alleging in another incident Munro dragged her by the arm – causing her to become scratched and bruised.<\/p>\n

The matter will not resume until February 15, meaning a lengthy stint away from NRL action for Munro.<\/p>\n

He has not featured in the NRL this year as part of the league\u2019s no-fault stand-down policy regarding domestic violence charges.<\/p>\n

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South Sydney winger Tyrone Munro.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

Munro\u2019s lawyer Elias Tabchouri called on the NRL to reconsider their no-fault rule on the merits of individual cases.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe will now be stood down for over a year in circumstances where one might argue that the ultimate penalty would not come anywhere near that,\u201d Tabchouri said outside the court.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s innocent, and he\u2019s made it clear he\u2019s innocent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Munro has played 19 NRL matches for the Rabbitohs since making his debut in 2023 and is signed to the club until the end of 2027.<\/p>\n

1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732)<\/p>\n

Lifeline 13 11 14<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Referral Service 1300 766 491<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman was afraid of making a domestic violence report because her partner was a \u201cfamous NRL player\u201d,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":754841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-754840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754840","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=754840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/754841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=754840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=754840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=754840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}