‘You hate to see it in the game': Broncos rally around Reegan Hicks as NRLW rookie faces lengthy ban for lifting tackle
The Queensland under-19 State of Origin prop forward made her debut in Sunday's thumping win over the Titans but will have to wait a while to play her next game due to a tackle that went horribly wrong.
Hicks was just six minutes into her debut when she lifted Sienna Lofipo into an extremely dangerous position, with the Titans player lucky not to suffer a serious injury.
It was a nightmare NRLW debut for Brisbane's Reegan Hicks, who was sent off for this dangerous tackle.
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'It's part of footy and it's just an accident,' Broncos coach Scott Prince said, with Hicks facing an extra week if she fights the charge and loses.
'It's a tackle that's gone wrong and I know that she's really upset and really remorseful for what she did.
'You hate to see it in the game, but it's a straight-up accident. She's really upset in the sheds. She's an 18-year-old who's just trying to do her best for her football team.
'She's loving life and trying to enjoy her first NRLW game, so it's pretty sad to see her get sent off. You can only imagine what's going through her mind at the moment.
'She'll cop what she needs to cop as far as the judiciary is concerned, but we'll rally around her and you'll see her very soon.'
Eels star Kennedy Cherrington received a four-match suspension after she pleaded guilty to a grade 3 charge that was referred directly to the judiciary back in 2023.
Titans lock Georgia Hale is also facing a week on the sidelines after she received a grade 2 dangerous contact charge for a twisting tackle that led to a stint in the sin bin on Sunday.
Kitione Kautoga will go for scans on a left ankle injury - contact mechanism with weight of tackler coming down on legs causing external rotation of foot
Video brings concern for syndesmosis injury - will be lucky to escape with low grade damage considering force involved. pic.twitter.com/ccqKkm5He7
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In the NRL, Penrith's Izack Tago has been offered a one-match ban if he takes the early guilty plea for a grade 2 dangerous contact charge that went unpunished on the field.
The tackle forced Eels back-rower Kitione Kautoga from the field with an ankle injury and left Eels coach Jason Ryles irate that his side wasn't even awarded a penalty.
Leka Halasima and Tyson Smoothy were the only other players charged on Sunday but both can escape with a $1000 fine if they take the early guilty plea.
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