{"id":133748,"date":"2021-09-24T12:43:33","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T12:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=133748"},"modified":"2021-09-24T15:59:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T15:59:23","slug":"sickening-manly-spear-tackle-sparks-all-in-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=133748","title":{"rendered":"Sickening Manly spear tackle sparks all-in fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Rabbitohs<\/a> had long had the game wrapped up but that didn't stop tensions from boiling over late in their 36-18 preliminary final win over the Sea Eagles<\/a> in Brisbane.<\/p>\n

Manly<\/a> front-rower Josh Aloiai spear-tackled South Sydney prop Mark Nicholls in the 68th minute and an all-in scuffle ignited.<\/p>\n

By the end of the tense scenes, from which Nicholls emerged injury-free, Aloiai had been marched to the sin bin and referee Ashley Klein<\/a> had warned both captains against players running in from afar.<\/p>\n

Klein singled out Manly second-rower Haumole Olakau'atu and South Sydney hooker Damien Cook<\/a> for their roles in the melee, before handing out his punishment to Aloiai.<\/p>\n

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"The tackle by you is extremely dangerous," Klein was heard telling Aloiai on Nine's coverage.<\/p>\n

"You're going to go to the bin and it's on report."<\/p>\n

Rugby league great Paul Vautin<\/a> added: "That was an ordinary tackle. That was an old-fashioned, 80s-type tackle, that one."<\/p>\n

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Luckily for South Sydney's camp, no Rabbitohs player threw a punch in the encounter, which would have potentially ruled them out of the grand final.<\/p>\n

But rugby league icon Brad Fittler<\/a> nonetheless hit Cook with a light-hearted spray for his part in the scuffle.<\/p>\n

"Damien Cook, what were you thinking?" Fittler said on Nine's post-match show.<\/p>\n

"Mate, all you're going to do is get yourself in trouble. You don't jeopardise anything, you walk away. You know they're not going to do anything to Mark Nicholls; he's on the ground."<\/p>\n

The winner of Saturday's preliminary final clash between Melbourne and Penrith will meet South Sydney<\/a> in the decider next Sunday.<\/p>\n

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