NRL Match Review & Judiciary Charges: 2024 Round 21 and NRLW Round 1

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As charge sheets come to hand, see who's been charged by the Match Review Committee across NRL Round 21 and NRLW Round 1.

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

NRL Round 21

PlayerClubPenalty
Alex Seyfarth
Jaydn Su'A
Izack Tago
Taane Milne
Tigers
Dragons
Panthers
Rabbitohs
$1800
Kobe Hetherington
Blake Mozer
Corey Waddell
Broncos
Broncos
Sea Eagles
$1000
Kurtis MorrinBulldogs$3000
Michael Jennings
Toby Couchman
Roosters
Dragons
2 matches
Sitili Tupouniua
Erin Clark
Roosters
Titans
$750
Matt TimokoRaiders$1500

Charge details:

Friday

Warriors v Wests Tigers

Alex Seyfarth (Wests Tigers)

  • Grade 1 Dangerous Contact on Te Maire Martin (61 min)
  • Base penalty $1500
  • His options:
    Early plea - $1800
    Guilty at panel / no contest - $2500
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $2500

Parramatta v Melbourne

No players charged

Saturday

Brisbane v Canterbury

Kobe Hetherington (Brisbane)

  • Grade 1 Dangerous Contact on Kurtis Morrin (42 min)
  • Base penalty $1500
  • His options:
    Early plea: $1000 fine
    Guilty at panel / no contest - $1500 fine
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1000

Blake Mozer (Broncos)

  • Grade 1 Dangerous Contact on Josh Curran (72 min)
  • Base penalty $1500
  • His options:
    Early plea: $1000 fine
    Guilty at panel / no contest - $1500 fine
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1000

Kurtis Morrin (Canterbury)

  • Grade 1 Dangerous Contact on Blake Mozer (74 min)
  • Base penalty $1500
  • Third or subsequent offence
  • His options:
    Early plea: $3000 fine
    Guilty at panel / no contest - 3 matches
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $3000

North Qld v Cronulla

No Players Charged

Sydney v Manly

Michael Jennings (Sydney)

  • Grade 2 High Tackle - Careless on Jason Saab (30 min)
  • Base penalty 2 matches
  • Second offence
  • His options:
    Early plea: 2 matches
    Guilty at panel / no contest - 3 matches
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. 2 matches

Corey Waddell (Manly)

  • Grade 1 High Tackle - Careless on Joseph-Aukuso Sua'alli'i (46 min)
  • Base penalty $1500 fine
  • His options:
    Early plea: $1000 fine
    Guilty at panel / no contest - $1500 fine
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1000

Siltili Tupouniua (Sydney)

  • Grade 1 High Tackle - Careless on Corey Waddell (54 min)
  • Base penalty: $1500 fine
  • 3 Year Incident Free
  • His options:
    Early plea: $750 fine
    Guilty at panel / no contest - $1000
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $750

Sunday

St George Illawarra v Penrith

Jaydn Su'A (St George Illawarra)

  • Grade 1 High Tackle - Careless on Lindsay Smith (23 min)
  • Base penalty: $1500 fine
  • 2nd offence last 12 months
  • His options:
    Early plea - $1800
    Guilty at panel / no contest - $2500
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1800

Izack Tago (Penrith)

  • Grade 1 Dangerous Contact on Moses Suli (30 min)
  • Base penalty: $1500 fine
  • 2nd offence last 12 months
  • His options:
    Early plea - $1800
    Guilty at panel / no contest - $2500
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1800

Toby Couchman (St George Illawarra)

  • Grade 2 Crusher Tackle on Mav Geyer (37 min)
  • Base penalty: 3 matches
  • His options:
    Early plea - 2 matches
    Guilty at panel / no contest - 3 matches
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. 2 matches

Dolphins v Gold Coast

Erin Clark (Gold Coast)

  • Grade 1 Dangerous Contact on Mark Nicholls (42 min)
  • Base penalty: $1500 fine
  • 3 Year Incident Free
  • His options:
    Early plea - $750
    Guilty at panel / no contest - $1000
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $750

Canberra v South Sydney

Matt Timoko (Canberra)

  • Grade 1 Shoulder Charge on Jacob Host (29 min)
  • Base penalty: $2000
  • His options:
    Early plea - $1500
    Guilty at panel / no contest - $2000
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1500

Taane Milne (South Sydney)

  • Grade 1 High Tackle - Careless on Xavier Savage (34 min)
  • Base penalty: $1500
  • 2nd offence last 12 months
  • His options:
    Early plea - $1800
    Guilty at panel / no contest - $2500
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1800

Return dates

All currently suspended players' return dates are as follows:

Round 22

Fetalaiga Pauga (Sydney)

Kurt Donoghoe (Dolphins)

Cameron Murray (South Sydney)

Jaeman Salmon (Canterbury)

Will Kennedy (Cronulla - bye in Round 20)

Round 23

Haumole Olakau'atu (Manly - bye in Round 22)

Joe Chan (Melbourne)

Aidan Sezer (Wests Tigers)

Round 24

Toby Couchman (St George Illawarra)

Round 25

Michael Jennings, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (Sydney - bye in Round 23)


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.


NRLW Round 1

PlayerClubPenalty
Jess Sergis
Harata Butler
Keilee Joseph
Roosters
Cowboys
Bronocs
Warning
Lavinia GouldBroncos 1  match
Annetta NuuasualaBroncos4 matches
(2 x 2 matches)

Kennedy Cherrington
Tazmin Rapana
Eels
Broncos
$400

Charge details:

Thursday

NRLW: Newcastle v Sydney

Jessica Sergis (Sydney)

  • Grade 1 Careless High Tackle on Georgia Roche (66 min)
  • Base penalty 1 match
  • Her options:
    Early plea - Warning
    Guilty at panel / no contest - 1 match
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. Warning

Saturday

NRLW: Cronulla v North Qld

Harata Butler (North Qld)

  • Grade 1 High Tackle - Careless on Annessa Biddle (50 min)
  • Base penalty 1 match
  • Her options
    Early plea - Warning
    Guilty at panel / no contest - 1 match
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. Warning

NRLW: Brisbane v Parramatta

Keilee Joseph (Brisbane)

  • Grade 1 High Tackle - Careless on Abbi Church (19 min)
  • Base penalty 1 match
  • Her options:
    Early plea - Warning
    Guilty at panel / no contest - 1 match
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. Warning

Lavinia Gould (Brisbane)

  • Grade 2 Dangerous Contact on Mahalia Murphy (24 min)
  • Base penalty 2 matches
  • Her options:
    Early plea - 1 Match
    Guilty at panel / no contest - 2 matches
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. 1 match

Annetta-Claudia Nuuausala (Brisbane)

  • Grade 2 Dangerous Contact on Reuben Cherrington (61 min)
  • Base penalty 2 matches
  • Second or subsequent offence
  • Her options:
    Early plea - 2 matches
    Guilty at panel / no contest - 3 matches
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea - 2 matches

Kennedy Cherrington (Parramatta)

  • Grade 1 Contrary Conduct on Annetta-Claudia Nuuausala (61 min)
  • Base Penalty 1 match
  • Second or subsequent offence
  • Her options:
    Early plea: - 1 match*
    (* can elect to pay a $400 fine upon early guilty plea under rule 39A)
    Guilty at panel / no contest - 2 matches
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea 39A. $400

Annetta-Claudia Nuuausala (Brisbane)

  • Grade 1 Striking on Kennedy Cherrington (61 min)
  • Base penalty 2 matches
  • Second of subsequent offence
  • Her options:
    Early plea: 2 matches
    Guilty at panel / no contest - 3 matches.
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea. 2 matches

Tazmin Rapana (Brisbane)

  • Grade 1 Contrary Conduct on Kennedy Cherrington (61 min)\
  • Base penalty 1 match
  • Second or subsequent offence
  • Her options:
    Early plea: 1 match*
    (* can elect to pay a $400 fine upon early guilty plea under rule 39A)
    Guilty at panel / no contest - 2 matches
  • PLEA: Guilty - early plea 39A. $400

Sunday

NRLW: St George Illawarra v Gold Coast

No players charged

NRLW: Wests Tigers v Canberra

No players charged


NRLW judiciary code table

Source for NRLW judiciary code table.

OffenceGrade1st Offence
(early plea in bracket)
2nd & Subsequent Offence
High Tackle - Careless1Warning2 matches (1)*
 22 matches (1)3 matches (2)
 33 matches (2)Referred to Judiciary
High Tackle - Reckless1 (4) #Referred to JudiciaryReferred to Judiciary
 2 (5)Referred to JudiciaryReferred to Judiciary
 3 (6)Referred to JudiciaryReferred to Judiciary
Dangerous Contact1Warning2 matches (1)*
 22 matches (1)3 matches (2)
 33 matches (2)Referred to Judiciary
Dangerous Throw1Warning2 matches (1)*
 23 matches (2)Referred to Judiciary
 3Referred to JudiciaryReferred to Judiciary
Striking12 matches (1)*3 matches (2)
 23 matches (2)Referred to Judiciary
 3Referred to JudiciaryReferred to Judiciary
Crusher Tackle12 matches (1)*3 matches (2)
 23 matches (2)Referred to Judiciary
 3Referred to JudiciaryReferred to Judiciary
Contrary Conduct1Warning2 matches (1)*
 22 matches (1)3 matches (2)
 33 matches (2)Referred to Judiciary
Shoulder Charge12 matches (1)*3 matches (2)
 23 matches (2)Referred to Judiciary
 3Referred to JudiciaryReferred to Judiciary