NRL charges and fines brawlers

Tom Burgess, Sam Burgess and Daniel Saifiti have attracted the attention of the NRL match review committee following an on-field melee on Friday night.

Burgess and Saifiti

Tom Burgess (left) and Daniel Saifiti during the match between the Rabbitohs and the Knights. (AAP)

The NRL match review committee has charged South Sydney's Tom Burgess and fined his brother Sam, as well as Newcastle's Daniel Saifiti following a melee on Friday night.

The trio, along with Knights backrower Lachlan Fitzgibbon who escaped penalty, were sin-binned in Newcastle's 20-12 win over the Rabbitohs due to their involvement in an all-in brawl just before half-time.

Tom Burgess has received a grade one striking charge, with a base penalty of 200 points meaning he stands to miss one match with an early plea, or two games if he appeals unsuccessfully.

An appeal seems unlikely though, as scans on his injured ankle have revealed the Englishman will likely require surgery and a spell on the sidelines.

Sam Burgess, who already underwent shoulder clean-up surgery on Saturday morning and will miss five weeks of action, has been fined $1,350 for contrary conduct. If he doesn't accept with an early guilty plea, the fine could rise by $450.

Saifiti was also fined for contrary conduct, and will have to pay $1,150 with an early plea.


Share

1 min read

Published

Source: AAP


Share this with family and friends


Get SBS News daily and direct to your Inbox

Sign up now for the latest news from Australia and around the world direct to your inbox.

By subscribing, you agree to SBS’s terms of service and privacy policy including receiving email updates from SBS.

Download our apps
SBS News
SBS Audio
SBS On Demand

Listen to our podcasts
An overview of the day's top stories from SBS News
Interviews and feature reports from SBS News
Your daily ten minute finance and business news wrap with SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves.
A daily five minute news wrap for English learners and people with disability
Get the latest with our News podcasts on your favourite podcast apps.

Watch on SBS
SBS World News

SBS World News

Take a global view with Australia's most comprehensive world news service
Watch the latest news videos from Australia and across the world