The controversial moment came after Walsh became involved in a scuffle between players from the Broncos and Newcastle Knights<\/a>.<\/p>\n WHAT’S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n Referee Grant Atkins explained the decision to Walsh after sending the Broncos star to the sin-bin.<\/p>\n \u201cIt has nothing to do with you. You go in and deliberately pull his hair. He\u2019s on the report for the hair pull,\u201d Atkins said.<\/p>\n Walsh immediately challenged the ruling, but his protest fell on deaf ears as he was marched from the field.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d Walsh replied.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s grabbed my teammate and hit him in the jersey. How\u2019s that got nothing to do with ya?\u201d<\/p>\n Reece Walsh hair pull.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n The incident left the Fox League commentary team stunned, with Dan Ginnane questioning whether the game had witnessed a first.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is crazy! This is crazy!\u201d Ginnane exclaimed.<\/p>\n \u201cIs that a first? <\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve had penalties for hair pulls (but) is that the first sin-bin for a hair pull? <\/p>\n Former NRL halfback Greg Alexander agreed with the decision, believing the circumstances surrounding the incident warranted the sin-bin.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s got himself involved in a scuffle and then hair-pulled,\u201d Alexander said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not like you\u2019ve tried to make a tackle and grabbed someone\u2019s hair. It\u2019s a little bit more to that one.\u201d<\/p>\n Knights back-rower Jermaine McEwen was also sent to the sin-bin for escalating the situation.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought it had settled down and then Jermaine McEwen comes rushing in. He could be in some trouble,\u201d Alexander continued.<\/p>\n Reece Walsh speaks to the referee.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n While it is the first time a player has been sent to the sin-bin for a hair pull, Canberra Raiders star Hudson Young was previously penalised for a similar incident involving Dominic Young earlier in the year.<\/p>\n Young was hit with a Grade One Contrary Conduct charge and was forced to pay a $1000 fine.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know what he was really thinking,\u201d former NRL enforcer Jared Waerea-Hargreaves said on Fox League\u2019s Super Saturday.<\/p>\n \u201cHe obviously thought he could get away with something cheeky. <\/p>\n \u201cObviously it was a bit of a brain snap but he got it wrong there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brisbane Broncos star Reece Walsh has found himself at the centre of controversy after becoming the unlikely recipient…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":837686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-837685","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\/837685","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=837685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/poster-fallback.png\"\/)
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