Freddy rips Maroons star's call after Koroisau hit

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NSW Blues manager Brad Fittler has called retired Maroons prima Tino Fa'asuamaleaui aft his clash with Api Koroisau, saying the enforcer needs to person a "duty of care" for his opponents.

Fa'asuamaleaui threw a large spanner successful Fittler's Origin plans when helium near the incumbent Blues hooker with a fractured jaw, but downplayed concerns implicit a imaginable suspension.

Wests Tigers manager Tim Sheens revealed successful his property league that Koroisau's jaw was "badly broken" successful 2 places and said helium would beryllium sidelined for astatine slightest six weeks.

"Nah mate, it's a interaction sport," Fa'asuamaleaui told Maroons large Darren Lockyer erstwhile asked if helium was disquieted astir a prohibition connected the Nine broadcast.

"I'm moving arsenic hard arsenic I tin and Api's going successful determination to enactment a large deed connected and helium conscionable came disconnected 2nd best.

"I'm hoping thing comes of it and it's conscionable a interaction athletics astatine the extremity of the day."

Brad Fittler was little than impressed with Tino Fa'asuamaleaui aft helium cleaned up Api Koroisau (Nine)

Fittler took umbrage with the Titans skipper's appraisal of the clash with Koroisau.

"It's a interaction game, but if it was conscionable interaction past it tin get precise unsafe retired determination and determination volition beryllium a batch of injuries," helium said connected Nine's coverage.

"It's the 2nd clip he's done it to a hooker, helium knocked retired Reed Mahoney a mates of weeks ago.

"He flies precise adjacent to the enactment with his tackling arsenic well. It's spectacular astatine times, truthful you don't privation to instrumentality it wholly retired of the game, but there's plentifulness of times wherever helium doesn't wrapper his limb astir either.

"It's a interaction game, but there's besides a work of attraction arsenic well."

Blues adjunct manager Andrew Johns was little critical, but said the incidental was an illustration of Fa'asuamaleaui having a flaw successful his technique.

Api Koroisau was taken to infirmary aft copping a near forearm to his jaw from Tino Fa'asuamaleaui (Nine)

However, Maroons greats Paul Vautin and Cameron Smith saw small incorrect with Fa'asuamaleaui's actions.

"It's nary bully that Api's got a busted jaw, I've seen the erstwhile Tino incidents and it's not a large look, but each guardant that looks up and runs into 4 oregon 5 oregon six forwards, they assistance their arms," Vautin said.

"I did it a cardinal times. You assistance your arms for protection, not to onslaught the player, but conscionable for your ain extortion from the players who are trying to tackle you. Every subordinate does it and has been doing it since 1908.

"I'm not going to accidental Api Koroisau has had his caput successful the incorrect place, but it's conscionable an accident.

"Who knows what they're going to bash with this one? Considering it's his 3rd offence, they'll astir apt measurement him down.

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"It was accidental and sometimes accidents bash happen."

"Looking astatine the incident, I'm trying to fig retired what's amerciable astir the action," Smith added.

"If you really spot the bump helium makes connected Api Koroisau, it's with the ball-carrying arm, his close arm, whereas if you look astatine past clip helium was charged, helium led with his near arm.

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"I don't cognize what he's meant to bash with the ball-carrying arm. Is helium meant to marque it disappear? Is helium meant to enactment it down by his broadside and conscionable tally thorax and look archetypal into a defender who is trying to inflict immoderate symptom connected him also?

"There wasn't excessively overmuch Tino could've done successful this instance."

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