Broncos star Reece Walsh was lucky to avoid being sent off after he appeared to head-butt Raiders enforcer Hudson Young, which resulted in the pair being sin-binned.

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In the 53rd minute with the Broncos trailing 18-12, Young baited Walsh after an error, before the Broncos fullback lashed out with his head sparking an all-in melee.

“There is drama with Reece Walsh,” Michael Ennis said on Fox League.

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“It’s Hudson Young giving Walsh a bake and then Walsh responds,” Dan Ginnane added.

“Walsh just leading with the head. Careful Reece. And then the shove from Tapine.

“But it’s the Walsh part that is going to have the Bunker very interested.”

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Replays showed Walsh clearly led with his head with Steve Roach demanding at least a sin bin for the Broncos star.

“He has to go to the sin bin for that,” Roach said.

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Referee Ashley Klein took action on Young first by sending him for a 10-minute spell for being the instigator.

“You have run in there, which makes him react,” Klein said to Hudson Young.

Reece Walsh was sin-binned for this.Source: FOX SPORTS

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“You are going to go the bin for 10 minutes because he starts it. I’m going to deal with Reece in a minute.”

Klein then wasted no time in sending Walsh to join Young in the sin bin as the crowd called for a send-off.

“You are not going to say a word,” Klein said to Walsh.

“Obviously he came into your face, but you can control your actions, so you are in the bin as well.”

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“He has been doing it all game,” Walsh pleaded.

“I understand that, but I said to you in the first half when he scored the try.”

Walsh was captured sticking his tongue out as he ran off the field before appearing to use a money signal and a middle finger in a fiery exchange with the crowd.

“And Walsh is getting into it with the Canberra locals,” Ennis said.

“They have lost their best player.”

With Walsh in the bin, the Raiders scored two tries to Kaeo Weekes and Ethan Strange to give the Raiders a commanding lead.