McCullough and Satae escape NRL brawl ban

Brisbane hooker Andrew McCullough and Warriors forward Tevita Satae will not miss any NRL games despite their actions in an on-field fight.

Andrew McCullough

Brisbane's Andrew McCullough (c) was sent to the sin bin in the NRL loss to the Warriors. (AAP)

Tevita Satae and Andrew McCullough have escaped NRL suspensions after the pair came to blows in the Warriors' 26-16 win over Brisbane.

Warriors forward Satae and Broncos hooker McCullough were both sin-binned for their part in the brawl in the first half on Sunday.

Both sides came together after Satae raised his elbow in a tackle and caught McCullough in the throat.

McCullough responded by throwing a flurry of punches, which resulted in him being marched for 10 minutes.

Both were charged by the match review committee on Monday but will be free to play this week.

Satae was charged with grade one dangerous contact but will be available for selection against Melbourne on Sunday with an early guilty plea.

He could consider himself lucky after South Sydney's Sam Burgess was banned for two weeks for a similar incident earlier in the year.

McCullough was handed an $1150 fine while teammate Josh McGuire copped a $1700 fine for making contact with referee Grant Atkins in the aftermath of the ugly incident.


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