{"id":804567,"date":"2026-07-16T19:30:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T19:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/804567\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T19:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T19:30:54","slug":"like-last-time-broncos-big-ban-sledge-as-cleary-faces-nervous-wait-after-upending-tackle-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/804567\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Like last time\u2019: Bronco\u2019s big ban sledge as Cleary faces nervous wait after \u2018upending tackle\u2019 report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Penrith Panthers star Nathan Cleary has found himself in hot water after being placed on report for a dangerous tackle on Brisbane Broncos playmaker Ezra Mam.<\/p>\n<p>Taking on the Brisbane Broncos at CommBank Stadium, the incident occurred in the opening half when the Panthers co-captain produced an \u201cupending tackle\u201d on Mam.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every game of every round of the NRL Premiership LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A Broncos player can be overheard saying after the incident: \u201cThat\u2019s like the 10 weeks he got last time\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s believed to be in reference to the five-match ban Cleary received in 2022 for his dangerous throw on Dylan Brown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNathan Cleary on report for that upending tackle on Ezra Mam,\u201d Andrew Voss said on Fox League in commentary. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s nowhere near as bad as the one a few years back on Dylan Brown. He got a four or five week ban. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just adds to what\u2019s going on in the mind of Nathan Cleary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Panthers will now await the Match Review Committee\u2019s finding on Friday morning to determine the severity of any potential charge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Penrith Panthers star Nathan Cleary has found himself in hot water after being placed on report for a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-804567","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\/804567","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=804567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}