NRL Match Review & Judiciary Charges: 2024 Round 7

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As charge sheets come to hand, see who's been charged by the Match Review Committee across the NRL Round 7.

Sydney v Melbourne

Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (Sydney)

  • Grade 1 Dangerous Contact on Christian Welch (8 min)
  • Base penalty $1500
  • 2nd offence last 12 months
  • His options
    $2500: plea of no contest / guilty at judiciary
    $1800: guilty - early plea
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1800

James Tedesco (Sydney)

  • Grade 1 Dangerous Contact (trip) on Ryan Papenhuyzen (70 min)
  • Base penalty $1500
  • 3 year no incident discount
  • His options
    $1000: plea of no contest / guilty at judiciary
    $750: guilty - early plea
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $750

St George Illawarra v Warriors

No players charged

Parramatta v Dolphins

Bryce Cartwright (Parramatta)

  • Grade 1 Dangerous Contact on Mark Nicholls (9 min)
  • Base penalty $1500
  • 2nd offence last 12 months
  • His options
    $2500: plea of no contest / guilty at judiciary
    $1800: guilty - early plea
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1800

Penrith v Wests Tigers

Aidan Sezer (Wests Tigers)

  • Grade 1 Dangerous Contact on Brad Schneider (9 min)
  • Base penalty $1500
  • 3rd+ offence last 12 months
  • His options
    2 matches: plea of no contest / guilty at judiciary
    $3000: guilty - early plea
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $3000

Gold Coast v Manly

Jaimin Jolliffe (Gold Coast)

  • Grade 1 Dangerous Contact on Taniela Paseka (75 min)
  • Base penalty $1500
  • 2nd offence last 12 months
  • His options
    $2500: plea of no contest / guilty at judiciary
    $1800: guilty - early plea
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $18000

Brisbane v Canberra

No players charged

Canterbury v Newcastle

Drew Hutchison (Canterbury)

  • Grade 1 Dangerous Contact (trip) on Kai Pearce-Paul (31 min)
  • Base penalty $1500
  • 3 year incident free discount
  • His options
    $1000: plea of no contest / guilty at judiciary
    $750: guilty - early plea
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $750

Jaeman Salmon (Canterbury)

  • Grade 1 Crusher Tackle on Jackson Hastings (77 min)
  • Base penalty $2000
  • His options
    $2000: plea of no contest / guilty at judiciary
    $1500: guilty - early plea
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1500

Reed Mahoney (Canterbury)

  • Grade 1 Contrary Conduct on Jack Hetherington (77 min)
  • Base penalty $1500
  • His options
    $1500: plea of no contest / guilty at judiciary
    $1000: guilty - early plea
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1000

Jack Hetherington (Newcastle)

  • Grade 2 Contrary Conduct on Reed Mahoney (77 min)
  • Base penalty 2 matches
  • His options
    2 matches: plea of no contest / guilty at judiciary
    1 match: guilty - early plea
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. 1 match suspension.

Cronulla v North Queensland

No players charged


Return dates

All currently suspended players' return dates are as follows:

Round 8

Dom Young (Sydney)

Kurt Donoghoe (Dolphins)

Round 9

Latrell Mitchell (South Sydney)

Siona Katoa (Cronulla)

Josh Aloiai (Manly)

Round 10

Spencer Leniu (Sydney)

Anthony Milford (Dolphins)


Refresher: NRL judiciary code table

OFFENCEGRADE1ST OFFENCE (Early plea in brackets)2ND OFFENCE (Early plea in brackets)3RD OFFENCE (Early plea in brackets)
High Tackle - Careless1$1500 ($1000)$2500 ($1800)2 matches ($3000)
 22 matches (1)3 matches (2)4 matches (3)
 33 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 Contact1$1500 ($1000)$2500 ($1800)2 matches ($3000)
 22 matches (1)3 matches (2)4 matches (3)
 33 matches (2)4 matches (3)5 matches (4)
Dangerous Throw1$1500 ($1000)2 matches ($2500)3 matches (2)
 23 matches (2)4 matches (3)5 matches (4)
 35 matches (4)6 matches (5)7 matches (6)
Striking1$2000 ($1500)2 matches ($3000)4 matches (3)
 23 matches (2)4 matches (3)5 matches (4)
 34 matches (3)5 matches (4)6 matches (5)
Crusher Tackle1$2000 ($1500)2 matches ($3000)4 matches (3)
 23 matches (2)4 matches (3)5 matches (4)
 34 matches (3)5 matches (4)6 matches (5)
Contrary Conduct1$1500 ($1000)$2500 ($1800)2 matches ($3000)
 22 matches (1)3 matches (2)4 matches (3)
 33 matches (2)4 matches (3)5 matches (4)
Shoulder Charge1$2000 ($;1500)2 matches ($3000)4 matches (3)
 23 matches (2)4 matches (3)5 matches (4)
 34 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.