{"id":780502,"date":"2026-07-05T11:50:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T11:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/780502\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T11:50:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T11:50:30","slug":"nrlw-news-2026-wests-tigers-vs-parramatta-eels-result-video-salma-nour-bloodied-head-clash-with-sarah-togatuki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/780502\/","title":{"rendered":"NRLW news 2026: Wests Tigers vs Parramatta Eels result, video; Salma Nour bloodied, head clash with Sarah Togatuki"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wests Tigers<\/a> hooker Salma Nour was left sporting a crimson mask after a sickening head clash with teammate Sarah Togatuki<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In her side\u2019s 28-16 win over the Eels<\/a> in the opening round of the NRLW season, the dummy-half was spotted with blood pouring from her head in the first half.<\/p>\n

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Salma Nour clashes heads with Sarah Togatuki.\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

Replays showed Nour had collided heads with Togatuki in an ugly moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh wow, right on top of the noggin, friendly fire,\u201d Cameron Smith<\/a> said on Nine.<\/p>\n

Lead commentator Anthony Maroon pointed out that colliding heads with Togatuki – one of the game\u2019s best forwards – would only end one way.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re always gonna come off second best,\u201d Ruan Sims<\/a> said in reply.<\/p>\n

The incident was the only lowlight in a rampant half for the Tigers, who raced out to a 22-0 lead over Parramatta before the break.<\/p>\n

Kezie Apps was among the four try-scorers for the Tigers in a stunning display, while Faythe Manera – the player who replaced Nour – also crossed.<\/p>\n

The hosts bounced back right after half-time at CommBank Stadium, when a piece of broken play ended with Martha Mataele diving over in the corner.<\/p>\n

But any chance of a comeback was derailed when Shaylee Bent scored in her club debut for the Tigers, putting the scoreline beyond reach.<\/p>\n

To make matters worse, Eels prop Boss Kapua was sin binned in the dying stages for a high tackle and could face suspension.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wests Tigers hooker Salma Nour was left sporting a crimson mask after a sickening head clash with teammate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":780503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-780502","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\/780502","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=780502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}