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Latrell Mitchell is available to be selected for NSW in State of Origin after escaping with a fine for a hip-drop tackle in South Sydney’s NRL win over Parramatta.
Mitchell was sin-binned late in the first half of the Rabbitohs’ 42-26 victory on Saturday, after being pulled up by the bunker for a tackle on Eels centre Sean Russell.
He was handed a grade-one charge after the match review on Sunday morning, but is able to escape with a $3000 fine if he pleads guilty.
Roosters forward Victor Radley was the only other player charged from Saturday’s matches, copping a fine of $1000-$1500 for a high tackle.
Meanwhile, the Wests Tigers’ spiralling season has copped another hit with veteran prop David Klemmer facing a four-match ban for an ugly hip-drop tackle.
Klemmer was put on report, but not sin-binned for the tackle on Cowboys forward Kulikefu Finefuiaki but Maroons centre Valentine Holmes was banished for 10 minutes for an incident earlier in the Friday night clash at QCB Stadium.
Holmes has been charged with grade-one dangerous contact because his tackle on Isaiah Papali’i was partially a result of contact from fellow defender Tom Dearden.
He can cop a fine of $1800 and be free for Queensland selection when Billy Slater announces his squad on Monday for the June 5 Origin opener.
David Klemmer. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)[/caption]“With all the camera angles they can’t be getting that wrong, amongst other calls. It is so frustrating.
Holmes’s tackle was reviewed by the bunker. “It wasn’t a hip-drop from the start so I am gob-smacked by the bunker in that situation,” Payten said.
“I don’t know what a rugby league player is supposed to do when they are going for a try and a defender lunges at their legs.
“He is going to land on their legs. I have no doubt where he is going to land, but it is not a hip-drop.”
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