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RNZ News
26-05-2025
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- RNZ News
NRL: Joe Tapine among Canberra Raiders charged by NRL
Joseph Tapine in action for the Warriors during the Telstra NRL Premiership. Photo: PhotoSport / Brett Phibbs Canberra captain Joe Tapine is among three Raiders charged from Sunday's win over the Warriors in New Zealand , after which coach Ricky Stuart warned against trying to punish aggression out of rugby league. The Raiders' aggressive style, particularly through the middle of the field with their powerful forward pack, has sparked them in multiple games this year, including a controversial Magic Round win over Melbourne and the 16-10 victory over the Warriors that sent them into second spot on the ladder. Kiwis star Tapine was among the chief antagonists at Mt Smart Stadium, put on report for a crusher tackle and a shoulder charge, and mocking the Warriors with a crying gesture after a penalty. After the game, Stuart rejected suggestions his team overstepped the mark with their aggression. "We keep getting told this game's about entertainment, and that was an entertaining game tonight," he said in the post-match press conference. "We can't discipline aggression because our game and broadcasters promote aggression. We've got to be real careful that we don't scrutinise aggressive actions in a game that is moulded on pure aggression and passion. "On Wednesday night, we've got one of the most special games in our calendar happening and it has created its profile and culture and passion, Origin, through aggression "I'm not at all promoting foul play. I'm dead against foul play. I've said before, you get a lot of accidental high shots with the speed and intensity of our game and there's a penalty given. I get that, that's fine. "But don't go penalising with match review committees, we can't go willy-nilly bashing players for aggression because you need it in our game. If we want to keep calling ourselves an entertaining game and getting the broadcasters' money, then aggression's a big part of it." Tapine was cited over a shoulder charge on Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and can accept a $3,000 fine with an early guilty plea or risk a two-match ban if he goes to the judiciary. It was Tapine's second such charge against the Warriors this year, after accepting a two-match ban for a round-one shot on Mitch Barnett. Unlike his captain, Tom Starling is set for a stint on the sidelines this time after being hit with a grade-two dangerous contact charge for a late tackle on Chanel Harris-Tavita that sent Starling to the sin-bin for the final few minutes of the game. Starling can accept a one-week suspension or risk two games if he fights and loses, while Corey Horsburgh can accept a $1800 fine for the tackle on Marata Niukore that saw him sin-binned, and Warriors prop Jacob Laban can take a $1000 fine for his dangerous contact charge on Horsburgh. - ABC
ABC News
26-05-2025
- Sport
- ABC News
Joe Tapine among Canberra Raiders charged by NRL as Ricky Stuart issues pre-Origin warning
Canberra captain Joe Tapine is among three Raiders charged from Sunday's win over the Warriors in New Zealand, after which coach Ricky Stuart warned against trying to punish aggression out of rugby league. The Raiders' aggressive style, particularly through the middle of the field with their powerful forward pack, has sparked them in multiple games this year, including a controversial Magic Round win over Melbourne and the 16-10 victory over the Warriors that sent them into second spot on the ladder. Kiwis star Tapine was among the chief antagonists at Mt Smart Stadium, put on report for a crusher tackle and a shoulder charge, and mocking the Warriors with a crying gesture after a penalty. After the game, Stuart rejected suggestions his team overstepped the mark with their aggression. "We keep getting told this game's about entertainment, and that was an entertaining game tonight," he said in the post-match press conference. ABC Sport is live blogging every round of the AFL and NRL seasons in 2025. "We can't discipline aggression because our game and broadcasters promote aggression. We've got to be real careful that we don't scrutinise aggressive actions in a game that is moulded on pure aggression and passion. "On Wednesday night we've got one of the most special games on our calendar, and it's created, the profile and the culture of passion of Origin is through aggression. "I'm not at all promoting foul play. I'm dead against foul play. I've said before, you get a lot of accidental high shots with the speed and intensity of our game and there's a penalty given. I get that, that's fine. "But don't go penalising with match review committees, we can't go willy-nilly bashing players for aggression because you need it in our game. If we want to keep calling ourselves an entertaining game and getting the broadcasters' money, then aggression's a big part of it." Tapine was cited over a shoulder charge on Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and can accept a $3,000 fine with an early guilty plea or risk a two-match ban if he goes to the judiciary. It was Tapine's second such charge against the Warriors this year, after accepting a two-match ban for a round-one shot on Mitch Barnett. Unlike his captain, Tom Starling is set for a stint on the sidelines this time after being hit with a grade-two dangerous contact charge for a late tackle on Chanel Harris-Tavita that sent Starling to the sin-bin for the final few minutes of the game. Starling can accept a one-week suspension or risk two games if he fights and loses, while Corey Horsburgh can accept a $1,800 fine for the tackle on Marata Niukore that saw him sin-binned, and Warriors prop Jacob Laban can take a $1,000 fine for his dangerous contact charge on Horsburgh.
News.com.au
25-05-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Bizarre late sin bin DRAMA
RLG: Tom Starling was sin binned late in Canberra's game against New Zealand due to a clear high shot, but bizarrely his captain Joe Tapine decided to challenge.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Raiders climb to second spot after stunning Warriors
Canberra have underlined their NRL premiership credentials by becoming the first team to defeat the Warriors in New Zealand this season with a gritty 16-10 win. In a spiteful game played at a rain-soaked GoMedia Stadium, the Raiders (9-3) leapfrogged the Warriors into second spot on the NRL ladder after surviving a late onslaught from the Kiwi side. The Raiders had two players - Corey Horsburgh and Tom Starling - sent to the sin bin on Sunday but stood tall in Auckland to add the Warriors to their list of 2025 scalps, which also includes Melbourne and Cronulla. Starling could face the wrath of the match review committee for his 77th-minute high shot on Chanel Harris-Tavita, while Raiders captain Joe Tapine was placed on report twice. The Warriors drew first blood in the 15th minute when Tapine was penalised for a crusher tackle on Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, with Luke Metcalf kicking a penalty goal. Tapine's ill-discipline was a theme of a first-half Raiders performance where Ricky Stuart's men gave away five penalties and five set restarts. After Warriors winger Roger Tuivasa-Sheck had powered over Xavier Savage for the game's first try in the 23rd minute, referee Adam Gee lost patience and sent Horsburgh to the sin bin. The Raiders were on the ropes as the Warriors looked to exploit a 12-man defence, but Canberra were given an avenue back into the game when Harris-Tavita fumbled the ball. On the next set the Raiders flung the ball to the left, where Seb Kris sent Starling over the whitewash after an inside pass. Then, with 45 seconds left before halftime, Warriors centre Adam Pompey was penalised for being offside at a goal-line drop-out, which allowed Jamal Fogarty an easy penalty that tied the game up at 8-8 at the break. Metcalf and Fogarty traded penalties in the early part of the second half, the latter's coming when Nicoll-Klokstad was sin-binned for repeated ruck infringements with 20 minutes left. Tuivasa-Sheck shifted to fullback, but he was unable to halt Fogarty as the halfback backed up an Ata Mariota break and put the Raiders a converted score ahead with a quarter of an hour left. Fogarty races away! 🏎#NRLWarriorsRaiders Telstra Moment of the Match — NRL (@NRL) May 25, 2025 Fogarty's try proved the match-winner, with the Green Machine surviving sustained Warriors pressure, compounded by having to play the final three minutes without Starling. English import Morgan Smithies ensured the Raiders went home with the two points when he held out Warriors forward Marata Niukore in the dying stages.
News.com.au
21-05-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Tapine ‘shocked' at Horsburgh omission
NRL: Canberra Raiders captain Joe Tapine speaks about Corey Horsburgh after he was left out of the Queensland Maroons State of Origin squad.
