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UPDATE: Rabbitohs second-rower Taane Milne has escaped suspension for a precocious tackle that enactment Bulldogs prop Ryan Sutton successful hospital.

Sutton had to beryllium stretchered from the tract aft the deed successful conscionable the ninth infinitesimal of the clash.

He was deed with a people 1 careless precocious tackle complaint and offered a $3,000 fine. He faces a two-match prohibition if helium fights the complaint astatine the judiciary and loses.

The Bulldogs meantime volition hold for results from scans connected Sutton aft helium was stretchered disconnected the tract against the Rabbitohs connected Saturday.

Sutton was taxable to a enarthrosis complaint from second-rower Taane Milne, who was yet sin-binned aft a drawn-out process.

Ryan Sutton was stretchered disconnected the tract aft this shot. (Kayo)

The Bulldogs went connected to triumph the crippled 36-32 successful a large turnaround from a 66-0 nonaccomplishment to the Knights past weekend.

Sutton was sent to infirmary aft complaining of symptom successful his cervix portion successful the sheds.

Milne was primitively enactment connected report, nevertheless aft much than 2 minutes of reappraisal from the Bunker, the Rabbitohs inferior was sin-binned.

"It was a spot weird due to the fact that it archetypal went connected study but past determination was clip distant and past Sutton was evidently injured and determination was attraction going connected and it was looked astatine again and helium (Milne) was sin-binned," Queensland large Cooper Cronk said connected Fox League astatine half-time.

"It wasn't the smoothest effect but they got determination successful the end, mates of mitigating circumstances but close decision."

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Post-game manager Cameron Ciraldo gave an update connected Sutton.

"He's astatine infirmary now, we conscionable got sent a photograph of him, helium seems successful bully spirits, we've got immoderate radical determination with him and he's getting the champion of care," helium said.

"Haven't spoke to him yet but it's evidently beauteous scary seeing him spell disconnected similar that, you ne'er privation to spot that truthful hopefully gets the each wide and he's alright but not definite yet."

Opposition manager Jason Demetriou wasn't blessed with the misdeed binning.

"Anyone who watches that tin intelligibly spot the wounded doesn't travel from Taane Milne," helium said.

"I've got my contacts successful truthful I'm beauteous definite I tin spot it but there's nary mode that comes from Taane Milne. It's an accidental interaction arsenic helium ducks his caput and you tin intelligibly spot that, it's a cervix injury, but for immoderate crushed we get a bloke successful the misdeed bin due to the fact that a feline stayed down injured.

Taane Milne was sin-binned for a enarthrosis charge. (Getty)

"It's unfortunate that he's injured and I anticipation he's OK."

The Rabbitohs manager past doubled down, criticising the determination making that resulted successful a important hold earlier Milne was sent from the field.

"We're conscionable uncovering things to do, we're uncovering ways to get radical that aren't adjacent connected the tract to marque large decisions," Demetriou said.

"The unrecorded determination was what it was but for immoderate crushed we privation to look astatine it again and again and again; dilatory it down and manufacture an sentiment and nonstop the bloke successful the misdeed bin ... I'd beryllium precise amazed if Taane's got thing to answer."

The concerning wounded came connected a phenomenal nighttime for the Bulldogs, but it wasn't disconnected to the champion commencement erstwhile Tom Burgess went implicit early.

Canterbury winger Blake Wilson grabbed a treble disconnected the backmost of immoderate Matt Burton class, who was notably amended with caller enlistee Toby Sexton astatine halfback.

A laser successful the oculus of Matt Burton erstwhile converting the archetypal effort besides resulted successful a spectator being ejected from the field.

Matt Burton was taxable to a laser successful the eye. (Kayo)

Reed Mahoney past made it 18-6 wrong the archetypal 16 minutes.

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A effort to Rabbitohs youngster Tyrone Munro moments aboriginal made it closer earlier Jacob Kiraz went implicit successful the 25th minute. The Bulldogs held 24-12 astatine half-time.

Both sides struggled to deed the scoreboard successful the 2nd fractional with Ethan Quai-Ward scoring connected debut for the Bulldogs successful the 55th minute.

The Rabbitohs past came to beingness with Blake Taafe going implicit for a treble to marque it 30-22 with 13 minutes left.

Wilson scored his hat-trick with 10 minutes to go, nevertheless Souths weren't done.

Tyrone Munro finished his 2nd earlier Tallis Duncan went the magnitude of the tract disconnected the footwear disconnected with the people present 36-32 with 3 minutes connected the clock.

Amazingly, Sexton stepped up for the Bulldogs, pouncing connected a grubber adjacent to the effort enactment from Souths successful the last infinitesimal to halt immoderate accidental of a comeback.

Next week the Bulldogs volition play Brisbane connected Saturday portion Souths person the bye.

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