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Ipswich Jets bring back the biff

4th October, 2015
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The NRL’s ‘one punch and you are off’ edict appears to have taken a back seat for rugby league’s big day.

The biff is back – well, at least it was in the lead up to the main game anyway.

Late in the second half of Ipswich’s State Championship 26-12 win over Newcastle, an old fashioned brawl broke out at ANZ Stadium.

Ipswich’s Billy McConnachie could be seen clearly punching Knight Jake Mamo on repeated replays shown of the incident.

Referee Matt Noyen called a halt to proceedings and spoke to the players from either side.

But he neglected to send McConnachie to the sinbin for the mandatory 10 minutes brought in two seasons ago.

Noyen did however penalise the Jets for illegally taking out Mamo as he chased a kick in an incident which sparked the melee.

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