Gold Coast NRL enforcer Nate Myles is confident teammate Greg Bird will be free to line up against him in this month’s State of Origin series opener.
Bird faces a nervous wait after being placed on report for a lifting tackle in the 60th minute of Saturday’s 40-18 loss to South Sydney, just over a week out from the NSW team being named for the May 28 opener in Brisbane.
Anything over a one-match ban would rule Bird out of contention for the Blues, robbing them of one of their most-experienced and reliable performers.
Not that Queensland star Myles thinks his Titans colleague should worry too much.
“Nah, that’s a good tackle, mate,” Myles said when asked if he had any divided loyalties about Bird’s situation.
“Ask anyone in the game – that’s a good tackle.”
Bird was put on report for a tackle which involved Rabbitohs winger Bryson Goodwin, with the referee’s decision clearly irking the Australian representative.
“Do you want me to rip his Oztags off?,” Bird told the referee, a reference to a non-tackle version of rugby league.
Titans coach John Cartwright was also unconcerned over the incident.
“Sometimes a lifting tackle is a traditional rugby league tackle and, initially, that looked to fall into that category,” Cartwright said.
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