{"id":837148,"date":"2026-08-01T05:25:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T05:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/837148\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T05:25:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T05:25:17","slug":"four-players-slapped-with-charges-by-mrc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/837148\/","title":{"rendered":"Four players slapped with charges by MRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NRL&#8217;s Match Review Committee have charged four players out of Friday night&#8217;s double header in Round 22, but none will face a suspension.<\/p>\n<p>Seven players were placed on report during the two games, which saw the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/dolphins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dolphins<\/a> clinch a narrow win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/st-george-illawarra-dragons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">St George Illawarra Dragons<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/rugby-league\/teams\/canterbury-bankstown-bulldogs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canterbury Bulldogs<\/a> all but end the Melbourne Storm&#8217;s slim finals hopes in the Victorian capital.<\/p>\n<p>Of the seven, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/dolphins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dolphins<\/a> spine duo Jeremy Marshall King and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/isaiya-katoa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Isaiya Katoa<\/a> have both avoided a charge, while Dragons prop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/emre-guler\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emre Guler<\/a> has also not been sanctioned.<\/p>\n<p>The only charge to come out of the first game was against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/setu-tu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Setu Tu<\/a> who was ruled to have made dangerous contact on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/selwyn-cobbo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Selwyn Cobbo<\/a> during the first half of the game.<\/p>\n<p>A high kick saw him wipe Cobbo&#8217;s legs out, and while Tu stayed on the field by virtue of having an eye on the football, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/rugby-league\/teams\/qld-maroons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Queensland Maroons<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/state-of-origin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">State of Origin<\/a> winger wound up in an exceptionally dangerous position.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"NRL Pre-Season Rd 2 \u2013 Dragons v Rabbitohs\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"size-full wp-image-230829\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2261592470-scaled.jpg.webp\"\/>WOLLONGONG, AUSTRALIA &#8211; FEBRUARY 14: Setu Tu of the Dragons is tackled during the NRL pre-season Charity Shield match between St George Illawarra Dragons and South Sydney Rabbitohs at WIN Stadium on February 14, 2026 in Wollongong, Australia. (Photo by Jason McCawley\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>In the later game, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/max-king\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Max King<\/a> was the first to be put on report for a careless high tackle on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/moses-leo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Moses Leo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/oryn-keeley\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oryn Keeley<\/a> has been charged for dangerous contact during the first half on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/stephen-crichton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Crichton<\/a>, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/trent-toelau\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trent Toelau<\/a> has been hit with a careless high tackle charge for a shot on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/enari-tuala\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enari Tuala<\/a> during the second half.<\/p>\n<p>All four players have received Grade 1 charges so are eligible for fines.<\/p>\n<p>Of those, Tu and Toelau have no prior offences on their records so will pay $1000 with an early guilty plea, or $1500 if they fight and lose, while King and Keeley both have one prior offence on their record, leading to $1800 fines with an early guilty plea, or $2500 if they are found guilty at panel.<\/p>\n<p>All four players must make a plea decision by midday (AEST) on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NRL&#8217;s Match Review Committee have charged four players out of Friday night&#8217;s double header in Round 22,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":837149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-837148","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\/837148","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=837148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}