{"id":90816,"date":"2025-08-23T20:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T20:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/90816\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T20:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T20:58:09","slug":"melbourne-storm-captain-harry-grant-cops-suspension-for-shoulder-charge-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/90816\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne Storm captain Harry Grant cops suspension for shoulder charge &#8211; NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/melbourne-storm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Melbourne Storm<\/a> skipper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/harry-grant\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Grant<\/a> will miss the rest of the 2025 regular season after being hit with a suspension over a shoulder charge tackle on Friday night against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/canterbury-bankstown-bulldogs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In what is a significant blow to the Storm, Grant has been charged with a Grade 2 Shoulder Charge on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/harry-hayes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Hayes<\/a> and has been slapped with a two-match ban from the match review committee.<\/p>\n<p>While an early guilty plea will see him miss the rest of the regular season and be absent for the matches against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/sydney-roosters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Roosters<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/brisbane-broncos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brisbane Broncos<\/a>, if Grant decides to contest the charge, it will mean he may miss the opening round of the finals series if found guilty by the judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to suspend Grant comes after he was sent to the sin-bin by referee Adam Gee.<\/p>\n<p>Utility <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/tyran-wishart\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyran Wishart<\/a> is the likely option to replace him in the dummy-half role which would see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/jonah-pezet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jonah Pezet<\/a> slot into the halves alongside five-eighth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/cameron-munster\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cameron Munster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/bronson-garlick\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bronson Garlick<\/a> is another option that could be used in the hooker role after being a late omission from the side on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/canterbury-bankstown-bulldogs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs<\/a> back-rower <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/jacob-preston\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jacob Preston<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/canberra-raiders\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canberra Raiders<\/a> forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/hudson-young\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hudson Young<\/a> have also been charged by the MRC for Dangerous Contact but only face fines of $1000 and $1800.<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; 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