{"id":430141,"date":"2026-05-16T05:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T05:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/430141\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T05:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T05:50:09","slug":"murray-learns-origin-fate-as-mrc-hands-out-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/430141\/","title":{"rendered":"Murray learns Origin fate as MRC hands out ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>South Sydney captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/cameron-murray\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cameron Murray<\/a> has avoided suspension after being placed on report for a dangerous tackle during the Rabbitohs&#8217; clash against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/dolphins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dolphins<\/a>, with the MRC opting not to issue any charge.<\/p>\n<p>Murray was penalised in-game after chopping out the legs of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/dolphins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dolphins<\/a> second-rower <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/kulikefu-finefeuiaki\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kulikefu Finefeuiaki<\/a> as the third man into the tackle.<\/p>\n<p>The contact came from behind and was deemed dangerous enough to see the Rabbitohs skipper placed on report, but Finefeuiaki was not injured, and the incident ultimately did not escalate to any further sanction.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s understood that the timing of the tackle worked in Murray&#8217;s favour, with Finefeuiaki simultaneously turning his body as contact was made.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling means Murray remains in contention for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/rugby-league\/teams\/nsw-blues\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NSW Blues<\/a> jersey ahead of Game 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the same fixture, South&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/campbell-graham\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Campbell Graham<\/a> was fined $750 after tripping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/dolphins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dolphins<\/a> centre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/herbie-farnworth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herbie Farnworth<\/a>, with the penalty set to increase to $1,000 if he is found guilty at the judiciary panel.<\/p>\n<p>Bulldogs fullback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/connor-tracey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Connor Tracey<\/a> was also fined $750 following a Grade 1 high tackle on Sharks winger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/ronaldo-mulitalo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ronaldo Mulitalo<\/a> during their loss to Cronulla.<\/p>\n<p>The incident resulted in an attempted eight-point try, and like Graham&#8217;s sanction, the fine could rise to $1,000 if found guilty at the panel.\u00a0<\/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; South Sydney captain Cameron Murray has avoided suspension after being placed on report for a dangerous&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-430141","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\/430141","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=430141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}