{"id":410839,"date":"2026-05-04T06:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T06:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/410839\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T06:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T06:03:08","slug":"mrc-hands-down-final-round-9-charges-after-sunday-triple-header","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/410839\/","title":{"rendered":"MRC hands down final Round 9 charges after Sunday triple-header"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The Match Review Committee has confirmed its final charges from Sunday&#8217;s three-game Round 9 slate, with several players hit with fines and one suspension handed down.<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/dylan-brown\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dylan Brown<\/a> and Cronulla&#8217;s Tom Hazelton have both been fined $1000 for Grade 1 dangerous tackles. The penalty would rise to $1500 if either player unsuccessfully contests the charge at the judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>A further three players were issued $1800 fines for separate Grade 1 offences. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/wests-tigers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wests Tigers<\/a> forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/alex-seyfarth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Seyfarth<\/a> was charged with dangerous contact, while Manly pair <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/ben-trbojevic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Trbojevic<\/a> (high tackle) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/luke-brooks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Brooks<\/a> (tripping) were also sanctioned. Those fines could increase to $2500 if challenged and upheld.<\/p>\n<p>Penrith&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/jack-cogger\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Cogger<\/a> was the only player to receive a suspension, with the MRC deeming his tackle on Manly&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/tolutau-koula\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tolutau Koula<\/a> a Grade 2 careless high tackle. Cogger faces a ban of one to two matches.<\/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; &#13; The Match Review Committee has confirmed its final charges from Sunday&#8217;s three-game Round 9 slate, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-410839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}