JWH hit with monster season-ending ban

UPDATED: Roosters enforcer Jared Waerea-Hargreaves has been slapped with a monster prohibition for 2 abstracted offences from a fiery brushwood with the Tigers connected Saturday night, efficaciously ending his play and perchance putting a large dent successful 2024.

Waerea-Hargreaves is facing six weeks connected the sidelines aft being offered 2 three-week bans, 1 for a precocious changeable connected Apisai Koroisau - for which helium was sent to the misdeed bin - and past different for headbutting Stefano Utoikamanu successful the resulting melee.

They'll beryllium upgraded to 4 weeks each if helium fights the charges astatine the judiciary and loses.

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Post-game erstwhile asked astir the hit, Koroisau said helium was "feeling each right" but wasn't consenting to divulge galore of his thoughts, saying "it is what it is".

His manager Benji Marshall was much forthright aft Koroisau begrudgingly confirmed helium was deed successful the head. 

Jared Waerea-Hargreaves was misdeed binned for this deed connected Apisai Koroisau. (Kayo)

"He must've, helium got misdeed binned for it, the ref saw capable successful it to beryllium misdeed binned, perchance astir apt a send-off but astatine the aforesaid clip that's the referee's occupation to woody with that and to beryllium honest, it didn't outgo america the game," Marshall said.

The incoming caput manager was past asked astir the headbutt incidental and said Waerea-Hargreaves "crossed the line". 

"It's hard for Jared, I cognize him beauteous well, he's got a beauteous large head but that's footy," helium laughed.

"Jared's 1 of those players that crosses the enactment and helium turns into this beast oregon demon, and plays connected the edge.

Jared Waerea-Hargreaves' headbutt connected Stefano Utoikamanu. (FOX Sports)

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"I've been successful a squad with him and you emotion having those blokes successful your squad but I thought helium crossed the enactment tonight, particularly with the hit, but helium got what helium deserved."

Roosters manager Trent Robinson said his enforcer simply got the "timing" incorrect successful the tackle.

"It was a precocious challenge, it was a spot fiery determination astatine antithetic times erstwhile determination was challenges, I felt similar determination was a batch of precocious challenges contiguous and past Jaz, helium got it wrong, the timing of that," helium said.

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"But I thought determination was not overmuch to it successful the end. I thought the scuffle, determination was much to it than that. It was late, it should've been penalised, shouldn't person been done but astir of it was body, it was each thorax and a chaotic limb determination but didn't contact."

Robinson was besides asked astir the headbutt but said "I didn't spot overmuch to it", earlier commenting connected the aggression of Waerea-Hargreaves and whether his actions are scrutinised otherwise to different players.

"He's ever going to get scrutinised, that's truly common, we had 4 guys that got deed precocious tonight, that went connected study but didn't get penalised and nary 1 volition inquire astir them but Jared does 1 and the full satellite blows up, it's beauteous common," helium said.

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"You privation him to beryllium connected the edge, and you privation him to beryllium successful much control, that was a silly challenge, and truthful knowing that but radical marque much of it, it's constant.

"If helium oregon Rads (Victory Radley) does immoderate of the challenges that we saw play connected and past get enactment connected study later, usually much happens to them than different people."

Waerea-Hargreaves volition present astir surely miss the Roosters' grudge lucifer against South Sydney connected Friday night.

Star backmost Joey Manu is already improbable to play aft helium pulled up with a hamstring complaint portion Souths volition beryllium without Latrell Mitchell owed to suspension.