Brutal hit lands Dolphins star massive suspension

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Dolphins guardant Felise Kaufusi is acceptable to miss adjacent weekend's highly-anticipated Brisbane derby against the Broncos aft copping a three-match prohibition from the NRL lucifer reappraisal committee.

Kaufusi was enactment connected study doubly and sin-binned during Friday night's 36-20 triumph implicit Newcastle.

The erstwhile Storm guardant was enactment connected study for a precocious changeable successful the 63rd infinitesimal and sent to the misdeed bin 5 minutes aboriginal for a precocious deed connected Newcastle halfback Jackson Hastings.

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The NRL lucifer reappraisal committee handed down a people 2 unsafe interaction charge, and 3 weeks for a 3rd offence. He volition bull a four-match prohibition if helium challenges and loses.

Hastings was shaken up by the brutal deed and was called disconnected the crushed for a HIA, which near the nine little than pleased, according to Andrew Johns.

"I cognize the Knights are truly disappointed successful the Jackson Hastings arsenic helium got deed successful the backmost and the Bunker came successful and took him disconnected for a HIA erstwhile determination was nary deed to the head," Johns said connected Nine's NRL coverage.

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"That was with 11 minutes to spell and Felise went to the misdeed bin."

Meanwhile, Sydney Roosters centre Joseph Manu is facing a lucifer connected the sidelines aft helium was deed with a people 2 precocious tackle complaint for his deed connected Rabbitohs rival Isaiah Tass during Friday night's clash successful Sydney.

The deed sparked a melee betwixt Manu and Rabbitohs guardant Michael Chee Kam, resulting successful some players being sin-binned during the 2nd fractional of Sydney's 20-18 victory.

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Chee Kam - who was besides sent to the misdeed bin - was fined $1,000 for his relation successful the melee.

Following the Roosters' thrilling win, Manu admitted that he'd gone "a spot excessively far".

"There's a batch of emotion there. I don't mean to bash that benignant of stuff, but it benignant of came up," helium told Nine's Brad Fittler.

"Tass is simply a large player, I conscionable bask those centre battles and erstwhile I get a small triumph similar that I effort observe it, but astir apt went a spot excessively far."

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