{"id":302854,"date":"2023-06-01T03:37:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T03:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=302854"},"modified":"2023-06-01T04:58:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T04:58:35","slug":"origin-rookie-ran-away-after-dodgy-act-in-melee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=302854","title":{"rendered":"Origin rookie 'ran away' after dodgy act in melee"},"content":{"rendered":"

New South Wales<\/a> five-eighth Jarome Luai<\/a> has claimed he's ready to battle with Queensland's Reece Walsh<\/a> after the debutant pulled his hair during the Blues' Origin I loss<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Players from both sides came together after 50 minutes, when Queensland took exception to Luai's tackle on Reuben Cotter.<\/p>\n

Footage showed Luai came in with a swinging arm towards the ball, but Queenslanders may have thought he connected with Cotter's head.<\/p>\n

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Walsh then pulled Luai off the player of the match<\/a> by grabbing at his hair, before Lindsay Collins and Liam Martin then became involved in a heated exchange.<\/p>\n

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The Blues five-eighth appeared to let the referee know about the hair pull, however the match review committee made no mention of it post-game. \ufeff<\/p>\n

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Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald<\/a> after full-time\ufeff, Luai was critical of Walsh's actions. \ufeff<\/p>\n

"I knew it was him too because he ran away," Luai said.<\/p>\n

\"2023<\/p>\n

"He doesn't want to (fight). I'm ready for it, I love that stuff.<\/p>\n

"If you're going to do that and run then that says a lot about you."<\/p>\n

Footage from the incident showed Walsh was still present around the melee but wasn't directly involved as Collins and Martin took centre stage.<\/p>\n

Luai was seen grinning at the Maroons No.1 as the referee forced the teams apart.\ufeff<\/p>\n

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