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Loophole farce exposed in Rooster's suspension - CtrlF.XYZ

Loophole farce exposed in Rooster's suspension

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The Roosters volition apt not beryllium penalised astatine each contempt enforcer Jared Waerea-Hargreaves facing a three-to-four week suspension for precocious interaction during Sunday's fiery elimination final.

A loophole successful the NRL's judicial strategy volition let the prop to service the entirety of the punishment astatine the World Cup adjacent month, wherever helium volition correspond New Zealand.

While the Kiwis person a glut of front-rowers astatine their disposal, manager Michael Maguire confirmed helium volition prime Waerea-Hargreaves successful the squad that volition alert to England astatine the extremity of September to statesman preparations.

He did, though, admit to proceeding rumours the Roosters prop was considering sitting retired the World Cup successful bid to champion hole for adjacent year's NRL campaign, which could beryllium his last.

"He'll beryllium fine," Maguire told the Sydney Morning Herald connected Monday of Waerea-Hargreaves.

"He spent 4 oregon 5 weeks retired with a hamstring contented this play and played 1 of his amended games erstwhile helium came back, truthful I've got nary issues with him coming backmost from a spot of clip off."

Waerea-Hargreaves besides reportedly broke his wrist during Sunday's elimination last nonaccomplishment to South Sydney.

The wounded would usually regularisation him retired of enactment for astir six weeks. It means adjacent if helium was not suspended, Waerea-Hargreaves would much than apt miss the opening rounds of the World Cup.

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New Zealand Rugby League is besides poised to petition that the Kiwis' warm-up crippled against Super League nine Leeds is counted arsenic portion of the suspension.

The NRL caused a disturbance earlier this twelvemonth erstwhile it allowed South Sydney to usage the Charity Shield - a pre-season crippled - arsenic portion of Latrell Mitchell's suspension.

Tensions boil aft 3rd sin-bin

The Kiwis fundamentally privation their warm-up crippled to bash the aforesaid happening for Waerea-Hargreaves.

If that is allowed to happen, the hulking prop volition past only miss World Cup excavation games against Jamaica and Lebanon, and beryllium disposable for the past excavation crippled against Ireland and past for the tourney finals.

The Roosters, meanwhile, volition person their prima prop backmost earlier Round 1 adjacent season.

On the different broadside of the judiciary coin is South Sydney. The Rabbitohs suffer their planetary prop Tom Burgess for 2 games - including this week's semi and, if they win, the pursuing preliminary last - for his two-game suspension earned successful the aforesaid crippled arsenic the Waerea-Hargreaves offence.

South Sydney players person cheekily asked if Burgess tin service his suspension aft the finals run truthful the front-rower is disposable for their premiership tilt.

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