{"id":58799,"date":"2021-04-16T01:48:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T01:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=58799"},"modified":"2021-04-16T05:58:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T05:58:36","slug":"panthers-centre-faces-ban-for-brutal-high-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=58799","title":{"rendered":"Panthers centre faces ban for brutal high shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Penrith centre Paul Momirovski is facing a fortnight on the sidelines after a high shot on Brisbane halfback Tom Dearden.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place in the 16th minute in <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/live-scores\/broncos-v-panthers-nrl-2021\/321061\" title=\"last night&#x27;s game\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last night&#x27;s game<\/a>, when Dearden put up an attacking kick inside Penrith&#x27;s half, only to be collared by Momirovski as the ball left his boot.<\/p>\n<p>The play drew indignation from both the crowd and commentators, but no penalty was given at the time.<\/p>\n<p>It didn&#x27;t hurt the Broncos too badly, who scored their opening try just three minutes later &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/live-scores-2021-brisbane-broncos-penrith-panthers-start-time-results-news-round-6\/682a2dde-b6c2-44c8-b8c6-3bf1142302cf\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"they would eventually lose 20-12 in what was a surprisingly even contest\">they would eventually lose 20-12 in what was a surprisingly even contest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That was late and high &#8230; oh they&#x27;ve let it go?&quot; asked an incredulous Paul Vautin.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That looked nasty didn&#x27;t it.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6249071129001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/04\/353667\/pickerImage.jpg\" alt=\"NRL Highlights: Panthers fend off fierce Broncos - Round 6\" data-vms-id=\"ref:ckniuouyg006b0hr10t6gzm0n\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Oh, this is bad,&quot; said Andrew Johns as the kick sailed through the air.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;What are the touch judges doing? It looks like he hits him in the jugular. That&#x27;s a penalty,&quot; Johns said.<\/p>\n<p>Momirovski was handed a grade two dangerous contact charge for contact with the head and neck.<\/p>\n<p>With an early guilty plea he will be given 225 points, which would result in a two-week suspension. Unsuccessfully fighting it at the judiciary would result in 300 points and a three-game ban.<\/p>\n<p>Penrith have a run of home games coming up, hosting Newcastle next Thursday, Manly the following Saturday, and Cronulla the Friday after that.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" target=\"\" title=\"clicking here!\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Penrith centre Paul Momirovski is facing a fortnight on the sidelines after a high shot on Brisbane halfback Tom Dearden. The incident took place in <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=58799\" title=\"Panthers centre faces ban for brutal high shot\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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\/58799"}],"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=58799"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58803,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58799\/revisions\/58803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}