South Sydney star Jack Wighton has been banned 1-2 matches by the NRL match overview committee for a careless excessive sort out because the Rabbitohs sealed a 16-14 win over the Dolphins to open their NRL season.
Wighton was charged with a grade-two offence for successful on ahead Kulikefu Finefeuiaki and can miss subsequent weekend’s Wollongong conflict with the Dragons or danger a second match out if he challenges the judiciary.
He was additionally pinged $1000-$1500 for harmful contact on Daniel Saifiti whereas Dolphins utility Kurt Donoghoe shall be slugged $1800-$2500 for a similar offence.
Knights ahead Tyson Frizell ($1000-$1500) for a careless excessive sort out on Tigers winger Jeral Skelton in Newcastle’s slender win at Campbelltown was the one different cost from Friday evening’s fixtures.
The Rabbitohs will rally round Tyrone Munro because the luckless winger braces for extra time on the sidelines with one other collarbone harm.
Munro scored two first-half tries towards the Dolphins on Friday evening however didn’t return after half-time.
At full-time, Munro was seen together with his proper arm in a sling and, after just one sport to start the yr, informed teammates he feared one other collarbone harm.
An extended-term harm could be a bitter blow for Munro, who managed solely 4 video games final season because of two separate collarbone fractures.
“He’s achieved one in each shoulders now,” Souths coach Wayne Bennett stated at full-time on Friday.
Munro had been resulting from start final season as a first-choice winger at Souths earlier than his harm struggles, and seemed poised to lastly have prolonged time within the backline at first-grade stage this yera.
The 20-year-old has already proven glimpses of his potential, and received over the rugby league group by scoring two tries towards Penrith days after his mom’s sudden loss of life final August.
Stand-in Souths captain Cody Walker stated the Rabbitohs have been feeling Munro’s ache after his newest harm.
“Everybody’s disenchanted on the membership however he’s already optimistic as it’s,” the five-eighth stated.
“I used to be simply speaking to him within the sheds, he thinks he’s achieved it once more, however he stated he’d be proper.”
The depleted Rabbitohs can ill-afford to lose extra troops given Cameron Murray (Achilles), Latrell Mitchell (hamstring), Alex Johnston (Achilles) and Euan Aitken (pectoral) are already out.
Utility Jayden Sullivan got here into the backline towards the Dolphins after Munro went down however specialist winger Fletcher Myers seems likelier to start out in Souths’ round-two sport towards St George Illawarra.
As Munro started one other stint within the casualty ward, Souths centre Campbell Graham and Dolphins captain Tom Gilbert made their long-awaited return on Friday evening.
A hard sternum harm had sidelined Graham since September 2023, whereas Gilbert’s shoulder and knee points had mixed to maintain him out since that yr’s State of Origin collection.
Between them, the 2 males had been absent from the NRL for a mixed whole of greater than 1200 days.
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Gilbert stated it had been emotional to make his return after so lengthy.
“I simply needed to embrace it,” he stated.
“You by no means know when your final sport is. I simply actually loved the week and noticed the chance to play one other first-grade sport. I simply needed to take it with each fingers.”
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