NRL Match Review & Judiciary Charges: 2025 NRL Round 5

LeagueUnlimited Media | April 7 2025 2:05PM

As charge sheets come to hand, see who's been charged by the Match Review Committee across NRL Round 5 for 2025.

Below is a quick reference table of the players charged - scroll down past the table for detail on each player's charge.

NRL Round 5

Will Penisini Beau Fermor	PAR GLD	$750
Sebastian Kris Billy Burns Reece Robson Jaimin Jolliffe Kotoni Staggs Phoenix Crossland Adam Elliott	CAN CRO NQL GLD BRI NEW NEW	$1000
Moses Leota	PEN	$1500
Hudson Young Jacob Preston	CAN CBY	$1800
Kurt Mann	NEW	$3000
Tino Fa'asuamaleaui Ray Stone	GLD DOL	1 match
Brendan Piakua Corey Waddell	BRI MAN	2 matches

Thursday

Canberra v Cronulla

Sebastian Kris (CAN)

Grade 1 Careless High Tackle on Sam Stonestreet (35 min)
Base penalty $1500
1st offence
- Early Plea - $1000
- Guilty at panel / no contest - $1500
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1000

Hudson Young (CAN)

Grade 1 Careless High Tackle on Cam McInnes (58 min)
Base penalty $1500
2nd offence
- Early Plea - $1800
- Guilty at panel / no contest - $2500
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1800

Billy Burns (CRO)

Grade 1 Careless High Tackle on Owen Pattie (67 min)
Base penalty $1500
1st offence
- Early Plea - $1000
- Guilty at panel / no contest - $1500
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1000

Friday

Penrith v North Queensland

Reece Robson (NQL)

Grade 1 Careless High Tackle on Daine Laurie (25 min)
Base penalty $1500
1st offence
- Early Plea - $1000
- Guilty at panel / no contest - $1500
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1000

Moses Leota (PEN)

Grade 1 Crusher Tackle on Sam McIntyre (76 min)
Base penalty $2000
1st offence
- Early Plea - $1500
- Guilty at panel / no contest - $2000
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1500

South Sydney v Sydney

No charges

Saturday

Parramatta v St George Illawarra

Will Penisini (PAR)

Grade 1 Dangerous Contact on Luciano Leilua (45 min)
Base penalty $1500
1st offence
3 year incident free discount
- Early Plea - $750
- Guilty at panel / no contest - $1000
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $750

Gold Coast v Dolphins

Tino Fa'asuamaleaui (GLD)

Grade 2 Careless High Tackle on Felise Kaufusi (1 min)
Base penalty 2 matches
1st offence
- Early Plea - 1 match
- Guilty at panel / no contest - 2 matches
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. 1 match

Ray Stone (DOL)

Grade 2 Careless High Tackle on Beau Fermor (31 min)
Base penalty 2 matches
1st offence
- Early Plea - 1 match
- Guilty at panel / no contest - 2 matches
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. 1 match

Jaimin Jolliffe (GLD)

Grade 1 Careless High Tackle on Josh Kerr (55 min)
Base penalty $1500
1st offence
- Early Plea - $1000
- Guilty at panel / no contest - $1500
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1000

Beau Fermor (GLD)

Grade 1 Careless High Tackle on Isaiya Katoa (78 min)
Base penalty $1500
1st offence
3 year incident-free discount
- Early Plea - $750
- Guilty at panel / no contest - $1000
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $750

Brisbane v Wests Tigers

Brendan Piakura (BRI)

Grade 2 Careless High Tackle on Terrell May (20 min)
Base penalty 2 matches
2nd offence
- Early Plea - 2 matches
- Guilty at panel / no contest - 3 matches
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. 2 matches

Kotoni Staggs (BRI)

Grade 1 Dangerous Contact (tripping) on Luke Laulilii (80 min)
Base penalty $1500
1st offence
- Early Plea - $1000
- Guilty at panel / no contest - $1500
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1000

Sunday

Manly v Melbourne

Corey Waddell (MAN)

Grade 2 Careless High Tackle on Tyran Wishart (76 min)
Base penalty 2 matches
2nd offence
- Early Plea - 2 matches
- Guilty at panel / no contest - 3 matches
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. 2 matches

Canterbury v Newcastle

Jacob Preston (CBY)

Grade 1 Careless High Tackle on James Schiller (1 min)
Base penalty $1500
2nd offence
- Early Plea - $1800
- Guilty at panel / no contest - $2500
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1800

Phoenix Crossland (NEW)

Grade 1 Dangerous Contact (trip) on Toby Sexton (46 min)
Base penalty $1500
1st offence
- Early Plea - $1000
- Guilty at panel / no contest - $1500
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1000

Kurt Mann (CBY)

Grade 1 Crusher Tackle on Thomas Cant (55 min)
Base penalty $2000
2nd offence
- Early Plea - $3000
- Guilty at panel / no contest - 2 matches
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $3000

Adam Elliott (NEW)

Grade 1 Careless High Tackle on Marcelo Montoya (75 min)
Base penalty $1500
1st offence
- Early Plea - $1000
- Guilty at panel / no contest - $1500
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1000

Refresher: NRL judiciary code table

OFFENCE	GRADE	1ST OFFENCE (Early plea in brackets)	2ND OFFENCE (Early plea in brackets)	3RD OFFENCE (Early plea in brackets)
High Tackle - Careless	1	$1500 ($1000)	$2500 ($1800)	2 matches ($3000)
	2	2 matches (1)	3 matches (2)	4 matches (3)
	3	3 matches (2)	4 matches (3)	5 matches (4)
High Tackle - Reckless	4 (1) #	4 matches (3)	5 matches (4)	6 matches (5)
	5 (2)	5 matches (4)	6 matches (5)	7 matches (6)
	6 (3)	6 matches (5)	7 matches (6)	8 matches (7)
Dangerous Contact	1	$1500 ($1000)	$2500 ($1800)	2 matches ($3000)
	2	2 matches (1)	3 matches (2)	4 matches (3)
	3	3 matches (2)	4 matches (3)	5 matches (4)
Dangerous Throw	1	$1500 ($1000)	2 matches ($2500)	3 matches (2)
	2	3 matches (2)	4 matches (3)	5 matches (4)
	3	5 matches (4)	6 matches (5)	7 matches (6)
Striking	1	$2000 ($1500)	2 matches ($3000)	4 matches (3)
	2	3 matches (2)	4 matches (3)	5 matches (4)
	3	4 matches (3)	5 matches (4)	6 matches (5)
Crusher Tackle	1	$2000 ($1500)	2 matches ($3000)	4 matches (3)
	2	3 matches (2)	4 matches (3)	5 matches (4)
	3	4 matches (3)	5 matches (4)	6 matches (5)
Contrary Conduct	1	$1500 ($1000)	$2500 ($1800)	2 matches ($3000)
	2	2 matches (1)	3 matches (2)	4 matches (3)
;	3	3 matches (2)	4 matches (3)	5 matches (4)
Shoulder Charge	1	$2000 ($;1500)	2 matches ($3000)	4 matches (3)
	2	3 matches (2)	4 matches (3)	5 matches (4)
	3	4 matches (3)	5 matches (4)	6 matches (5)

# High Tackle Reckless is effectively treated as a grade up from High Tackle Careless.

Source for judiciary code table