{"id":335381,"date":"2023-10-01T06:05:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T06:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=335381"},"modified":"2023-10-01T13:03:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T13:03:41","slug":"knights-star-in-hot-water-over-hair-pull-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=335381","title":{"rendered":"Knights star in hot water over 'hair pull' incident"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inside the opening 20 minutes of the NRLW's grand final<\/a>, Newcastle<\/a> captain Hannah Southwell<\/a> found herself at the mercy of the referee for a hair pull.<\/p>\n

Titans captain Georgia Hale was the victim of the act, palming off Southwell with the Knights lock gripping onto her hair in the tackle.<\/p>\n

Southwell was put on report for the incident. \ufeff<\/p>\n

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"We don't like the hair pull – on report, that's enough," former Jillaroo Allana Ferguson said on Nine's coverage.<\/p>\n

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Following a fast start to the game, the Titans extended their lead to 8-0 following the incident.<\/p>\n

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Titans centre Jaime Chapman was first to score in the 13th minute \ufeffwith the 21-year-old running onto an inside ball from halfback Lauren Brown.<\/p>\n

The 8-0 lead to the Gold Coast only seemed to fire up Newcastle though as they hit the front at the end of the first half with a 12-8 scoreline. \ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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