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NRL Match Review & Judiciary Charges: 2024 Round 21 and NRLW Round 1
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
| Player | Club | Penalty |
| 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 Morrin | Bulldogs | $3000 |
| Michael Jennings Toby Couchman | Roosters Dragons | 2 matches |
| Sitili Tupouniua Erin Clark | Roosters Titans | $750 |
| Matt Timoko | Raiders | $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
| 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.
NRLW Round 1
| Player | Club | Penalty |
| Jess Sergis Harata Butler Keilee Joseph | Roosters Cowboys Bronocs | Warning |
| Lavinia Gould | Broncos | 1 match |
| Annetta Nuuasuala | Broncos | 4 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.
| Offence | Grade | 1st Offence (early plea in bracket) | 2nd & Subsequent Offence |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Tackle - Careless | 1 | Warning | 2 matches (1)* |
| 2 | 2 matches (1) | 3 matches (2) | |
| 3 | 3 matches (2) | Referred to Judiciary | |
| High Tackle - Reckless | 1 (4) # | Referred to Judiciary | Referred to Judiciary |
| 2 (5) | Referred to Judiciary | Referred to Judiciary | |
| 3 (6) | Referred to Judiciary | Referred to Judiciary | |
| Dangerous Contact | 1 | Warning | 2 matches (1)* |
| 2 | 2 matches (1) | 3 matches (2) | |
| 3 | 3 matches (2) | Referred to Judiciary | |
| Dangerous Throw | 1 | Warning | 2 matches (1)* |
| 2 | 3 matches (2) | Referred to Judiciary | |
| 3 | Referred to Judiciary | Referred to Judiciary | |
| Striking | 1 | 2 matches (1)* | 3 matches (2) |
| 2 | 3 matches (2) | Referred to Judiciary | |
| 3 | Referred to Judiciary | Referred to Judiciary | |
| Crusher Tackle | 1 | 2 matches (1)* | 3 matches (2) |
| 2 | 3 matches (2) | Referred to Judiciary | |
| 3 | Referred to Judiciary | Referred to Judiciary | |
| Contrary Conduct | 1 | Warning | 2 matches (1)* |
| 2 | 2 matches (1) | 3 matches (2) | |
| 3 | 3 matches (2) | Referred to Judiciary | |
| Shoulder Charge | 1 | 2 matches (1)* | 3 matches (2) |
| 2 | 3 matches (2) | Referred to Judiciary | |
| 3 | Referred to Judiciary | Referred to Judiciary |