Broncos gun avoids sanction after 'totally wrong' call

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UPDATE: Brisbane Broncos fastener Patrick Carrigan has avoided authorisation from the NRL aft helium was sent to the misdeed bin for a hip-drop tackle successful his side's 24-16 nonaccomplishment to the Storm.

The 25-year-old was fixed his marching orders successful the 55th infinitesimal for a tackle connected Nelson Asofa-Solomona and was visibly disappointed astatine the decision.

Speaking to Nine post-game, the fastener expressed his disbelief astatine it being called a hip-drop.

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"Nelson is simply a large boy," helium said.

"I consciousness similar helium bushed maine connected the extracurricular enarthrosis and I was conscionable making a tackle. I don't deliberation I adjacent landed connected him but I don't know, the game's trying to get it retired of the crippled astatine the moment. I don't truly deliberation it was a hep drop."

"I anticipation the large fella's alright. We'll spot what happens."

Patrick Carrigan was sent to the misdeed bin against Melbourne. (Getty)

Carrigan had the enactment of Nine's commentators, with his Queensland manager Billy Slater highly captious of the incident.

"I deliberation they got that wholly wrong," helium said.

"That's conscionable momentum, swinging astir the tackle."

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NRL large Cameron Smith doubled down connected the outrage.

"If Nelson doesn't drawback his ankle and helium gets up and plays the ball, it is nothing," helium said.

"Hip drops, seriously, what are we coming to?"

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Broncos manager Kevin Walters was confused successful the post-match property conference but not consenting to remark excessively powerfully connected the refereeing retired of fearfulness of a fine.

"He slid down his legs," Walters said of the tackle.

"Definitely (we request to code it). You wouldn't similar to spot that hap successful a expansive final, idiosyncratic sin-binned for that. That's what the NRL wants you to bash now, is descent down the legs, and Patty did that."

Fellow Broncos guardant Kurt Capewell was arsenic confused.

"It each happened beauteous quick, from what I retrieve helium was sliding down the legs," Capewell said.

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"It's a interaction sport, you get successful immoderate positions sometimes and it is accidental, but I deliberation helium was making a conscious effort to descent down the legs, which is simply a constituent of difference."

Melbourne manager Craig Bellamy besides offered his enactment to the Australian representative.

"I deliberation we're precise inconsistent with it, and I deliberation Patty was unlucky spell to to the sin-bin," helium said post-game.

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