Coach whacks 'condescending' star for sparking brawl

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Penrith Panthers manager Ivan Cleary has taken a plaything astatine Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, stating "he was looking for trouble" aft the Roosters enforcer was progressive successful a fig of incidents connected Saturday night.

Panthers second-rower Liam Martin was sent for a caput wounded assessment precocious successful the crippled aft moving retired of the enactment to enactment a changeable connected the prop, connecting with his hep earlier Moses Leota was besides sent for an appraisal minutes aboriginal erstwhile his caput connected with Waerea-Hargreaves' elbow.

The biggest flare up came 7 minutes later, erstwhile Spencer Leniu and Waerea-Hargreaves were progressive successful a heated exchange.

Leniu took objection aft the Roosters prop - who volition beryllium his teammate adjacent twelvemonth - sprayed h2o connected him and threw a h2o vessel that deed him successful the head.

The NSW Origin hopeful was fired up and the brace faced disconnected for respective minutes with Leniu having to beryllium controlled by his teammates.

Both men were sent to the misdeed bin with Leniu taunting the assemblage connected his mode off.

Jared Waerea-Hargreaves of the Roosters scuffles with Spencer Leniu of the Panthers. (Getty)

Cleary was captious of Waerea-Hargreaves successful the post-match property conference, labelling his actions arsenic "condescending".

"I thought the referee had an accidental to benignant of settee (things down), it started from Jared, helium was looking for trouble, that was evident ... and helium recovered it," helium said.

"There was galore incidents weren't there? I deliberation the equilibrium of probabilities was that Jared was the 1 initiating it, that's each that happened.

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"I've seen it successful games (Leniu getting fired up), I don't deliberation galore beforehand rowers similar what happened. It was a small condescending I thought, conscionable was unnecessary ... I'm not definite wherefore helium (Leniu) was enactment successful the bin, astir apt a bully happening successful the extremity I suppose."

Whether the lucifer reappraisal committee takes enactment implicit the incidental remains to beryllium seen, with George Burgess banned for 2 matches successful 2016 for throwing a h2o vessel astatine Kane Evans.

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On the flip broadside to Cleary's comments, Roosters manager Trent Robinson described the incidental arsenic "great theatre".

"It was large wasn't it, for footy?," helium said.

"That's wherefore radical bask watching footy, determination was thing successful it I don't deliberation from either end. There wasn't overmuch to it, it was benignant of heated there, I don't deliberation Jared did thing incorrect ... guys tried to contention retired of the enactment and loop him and that's truly unfortunate for Liam (to beryllium concussed).

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"And past Jared was getting his bumpers up similar each feline does for each tackle they tally into and copped Moses (Leota) determination - that's a forwards battle. And past it flared up, bully theatre, determination on."

While Robinson was somewhat nonchalant about Moses Leota's HIA, Cleary didn't spot it the aforesaid way.

"If I'm truthful, yea I did (have a occupation with it)," helium said. "I deliberation it was precise questionable, the mode helium looked, wherever helium saw him, the mode it was cocked."

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