NRL Match Review & Judiciary Charges: 2025 R19, NRLW R2

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As charge sheets come to hand, see who's been charged by the Match Review Committee across NRL Round 19 and NRLW Round 2.


Charges for each day's matches are normally announced between 9am and 1pm on the day following the match. A copy of the judiciary code and associated penalties can be found toward the end of this article.

NRL Round 19

PlayerClubPenalty
Tyrell SLOAN
Sione FINAU
Mark NAWAQANITAWASE
Jacob KIRAZ
Leka HALASIMA
Tyson SMOOTHY
SGI
SGI
SYD
CBY
WAR
BRI
$1000
Phoenix CROSSLANDNEW$3000
Izack TAGOPEN1 match

Friday

Cronulla v Dolphins

No Charges


Saturday

Newcastle v Melbourne

Phoenix Crossland (Newcastle)

Grade 1 Dangerous Contact on Jahrome Hughes (24th minute)
Base penalty $1,500
3rd & Subsequent Offence
-- Early Plea: $3,000
-- Guilty at Panel: 2 matches
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $3,000

St George Illawarra v Sydney

Tyrell Sloan (St Geo Illa)

Grade 1 Dangerous Contact on Lindsay Collins (34th minute)
Base penalty $1,500
1st Offence
-- Early Plea: $1,000
-- Guilty at Panel: $1,500
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1,000

Sione Finau (St Geo Illa)

Grade 1 Dangerous Contact (Tripping) on James Tedesco (38th minute)
Base penalty $1,500
1st Offence
-- Early Plea: $1,000
-- Guilty at Panel: $1,500
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1,000

Mark Nawaqanitawase (Sydney)

Grade 1 Dangerous Contact on Valentine Holmes (43rd minute)
Base penalty $1,500
1st Offence
-- Early Plea: $1,000
-- Guilty at Panel: $1,500
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1,000

North Queensland v Canterbury

Jacob Kiraz (Canterbury)

Grade 1 Shoulder Charge on Braidon Burns (66th minute)
Base penalty $2,000
Discount for 3-year incident free record
1st Offence
-- Early Plea: $1,000
-- Guilty at Panel: $1,500
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1,000

Sunday

Warriors v Wests Tigers

Leka Halasima (Warriors)

Grade 1 Careless High Tackle on Charlie Staines (53rdd minute)
Base penalty $1,500
1st Offence
-- Early Plea: $1,000
-- Guilty at Panel: $1,500
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1,000

Parramatta v Penrith

Izack Tago (Penrith)

Grade 2 Dangerous Contact on Kitione Kautoga (39th minute)
Base penalty 2 matches
1st Offence
-- Early Plea: 1 match
-- Guilty at Panel: 2 matches
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. 1 match

Gold Coast v Brisbane

Tyson Smoothy (Brisbane)

Grade 1 Crusher Tackle on Phil Sami (59th minute)
Base penalty $2,000
Discount for 3-year incident free record
1st Offence
-- Early Plea: $1,000
-- Guilty at Panel: $1,500
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. $1,000


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


2025 NRL Discipline Tracker

Following Round 19, club totals of matches suspended and fines totalled. Table is sorted by most matches suspended.

ClubMatchesFines ($)
Canterbury1529,300
Parramatta126,050
Penrith107,050
Newcastle622,000
Sydney610,350
North Qld610,000
Manly68,100
Souths66,800
Brisbane513,600
Canberra429,700
Gold Coast414,850
Dolphins47,600
St Geo Illa36,800
Wests Tigers210,600
Warriors26,000
Cronulla117,300
Melbourne03,800

This table will be updated at the end of each round's judiciary results being confirmed.


NRLW Round 2

PlayerClubPenalty
Otesa PULE
Hannah SOUTHWELL
Jules KIRKPATRICK
Tayla PREDEBON
SYD
SGI
NEW
NEW
Warning
Angelina TEAKARAANGA-KATOA
Lily PEACOCK
CBY
NQL
$400
Angelina TEAKARAANGA-KATOA
Annessa BIDDLE
Georgia HALE
CBY
CRO
GLD
1 match
Reegan HICKSBRI2 matches

Charges for each day's matches are normally announced between 9am and 1pm on the day following the match. A copy of the judiciary code and associated penalties can be found toward the end of this article.


Thursday

Wests Tigers v Canterbury

Angelina Teakaraanga-Katoa (CBY)

Grade 2 Contrary Conduct on Jetaya Faifua (65th minute)
Base penalty 2 matches
1st Offence
-- Early Plea: 1 match
-- Guilty at Panel: 2 matches
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. 1 match

Angelina Teakaraanga-Katoa (CBY)

Grade 1 Striking on Jetaya Faifua (65th minute)
Base penalty 2 matches
1st Offence
-- Early Plea: 1 match*
-- Guilty at Panel: 2 matches
PLEA: Guilty - early plea, rule 39A. $400

Saturday

Canberra v Cronulla

Annessa Biddle (Cronulla)

Grade 2 High Tackle - Careless on Cheyelle Robins-Reti (9th minute)
Base penalty 2 matches
1st Offence
-- Early Plea: 1 Match
-- Guilty at Panel: 2 Matches
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. 1 match

St George Illawarra v Sydney

Otesa Pule (Sydney)

Grade 1 High Tackle - Careless on Trinity Tauaneai (14th minute)
Base penalty 1 match
1st Offence
-- Early Plea: Warning
-- Guilty at Panel: 1 Match
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. Warning

Hannah Southwell (St Geo Illa)

Grade 1 Dangerous Contact on Jocelyn Kelleher (55th minute)
Base penalty 1 match
1st Offence
-- Early Plea: Warning
-- Guilty at Panel: 1 Match
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. Warning

North Queensland v Newcastle

Lily Peacock (North Qld)

Grade 1 Dangerous Contact on Jules Kirkpatrick (44th minute)
Base penalty 1 match
2nd & Subsequent Offence
-- Early Plea: 1 Match*
-- Guilty at Panel: 2 Matches
PLEA: Guilty - early plea, rule 39A. $400

Jules Kirkpatrick (Newcastlle)

Grade 1 Contrary Conduct on Jakaiya Whitfield (58th minute)
Base penalty 1 match
1st Offence
-- Early Plea: Warning
-- Guilty at Panel: 1 Match
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. Warning

Tayla Predebon (Newcastle)

Grade 1 High Tackle - Careless on Emma Manzelmann (68th minute)
Base penalty 1 match
1st Offence
-- Early Plea: Warning
-- Guilty at Panel: 1 Match
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. Warning

Sunday

Warriors v Parramatta

No charges

Gold Coast v Brisbane

Georgia Hale (Gold Coast)

Grade 2 Dangerous Contact on Brianna Clark (53rd minute)
Base penalty 2 matches
1st Offence
-- Early Plea: 1 match
-- Guilty at Panel: 2 matches
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. 1 match

Reegan Hicks (Brisbane)

Grade 2 Dangerous Throw on Sienna Lofipo (57th minute)
Base penalty 3 matches
1st Offence
-- Early Plea: 2 matches
-- Guilty at Panel: 3 matches
PLEA: Guilty - early plea. 2 matches


NRLW judiciary code table

Source for NRLW judiciary code table.

Grade(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

* Rule 39A: Where a 1 match suspension is offered with an early plea, a player can elect to pay a $400 fine instead of the suspension.