{"id":374462,"date":"2024-03-09T23:12:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T00:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=374462"},"modified":"2024-03-10T01:04:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T01:04:24","slug":"tino-kikau-escape-bans-as-nrl-reveals-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=374462","title":{"rendered":"Tino, Kikau escape bans as NRL reveals charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tino Fa'asuamaleaui<\/a> will escape suspension for a shoulder charge, but the Titans<\/a> skipper will be hit with a hefty fine following his side's loss to the Dragons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old was cited for a shot on Mikaele Ravalawa in the early stages of the clash on Saturday night, with the match review committee charging the enforcer with a grade one offence.<\/p>\n

Fa'asuamaleaui will be fined $3000 with an early guilty plea, but risks two matches on the sidelines if he opts to fight the charge\ufeff at the judiciary and loses.<\/p>\n

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The front-rower described his team's performance as "embarrassing" and "frustrating" post-game, with the Saints kicking off their season in style with a 28-4 triumph.<\/p>\n

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Elsewhere, hulking back-rower Viliame Kikau<\/a> has been lucky to escape suspension for a dangerous incident with Dylan Brown during Canterbury's defeat to the Eels<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The 28-year-old was placed on report after collecting the Parramatta five-eighth in mid-air as he was kicking, but a grade one dangerous contact charge will see Kikau fined $1000 with an early plea.<\/p>\n

Bryce Cartwright wasn't charged for his tackle on Josh Addo-Carr that left the Bulldogs flyer with a suspected broken collarbone.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tino Fa'asuamaleaui will escape suspension for a shoulder charge, but the Titans skipper will be hit with a hefty fine following his side's loss to […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":374464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374462"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=374462"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":374465,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374462\/revisions\/374465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/374464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=374462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=374462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=374462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}