'Silly': Maroons lament Kaufusi act as ban looms

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Felise Kaufusi looks acceptable to beryllium rubbed retired of Origin I and faces a three-game suspension for his precocious changeable connected erstwhile teammate Christian Welch.

Kaufusi was notably fired up astatine kick-off, but the deed successful conscionable the 2nd infinitesimal earned him a 10-minute interruption by referee Grant Atkins.

The Dolphins guardant was deed with a people 2 careless precocious tackle complaint and volition miss 3 matches with the aboriginal plea, oregon 4 if helium fights it astatine the judiciary and loses.

Felise Kaufusi was sent to the misdeed bin for this shot. (Nine)

Queensland manager Billy Slater denied the suspension causes a disruption to his enactment process.

Speaking connected Nine's Sunday Footy Show, Slater said the suspension was "unfortunate", but Kaufusi's determination was "silly".

"The archetypal happening I thought [was] it was silly," helium said.

"We'll conscionable person to to hold and spot implicit the adjacent 24 hours what Felise wants to do, whether helium wants to combat it and marque himself eligible for selection.

"We don't beryllium down and prime our squad until tonight, truthful we haven't got a squad database conscionable yet. We'll person to hold and spot who is available."

Slater - sharing the sheet with Blues manager Brad Fittler - said helium chooses the broadside "purely for things similar this".

"We hold until we spot who is disposable and who's connected the array and past we physique our champion squad from there. It's unfortunate for Felise, due to the fact that helium spent a just spot of clip connected the sidelines not that agelong agone ... I thought it was a silly act."

Kaufusi was sent to the misdeed bin 2 minutes into the game, portion teammate Kenny Bromwich was enactment connected study precocious successful the game.

Kenny Bromwich was enactment connected study for this tackle. (Kayo)

The New Zealand planetary elbowed ex-teammate Nick Meaney successful the caput astatine the completion of a tackle with 17 minutes left.

"Another erstwhile Melbourne prima finds himself successful a small spot of blistery water, helium went connected with the tackle connected Meaney, truly the tackle was good and genuinely over," commentator Andrew Voss said connected Fox League.

"He's fortunate to conscionable beryllium connected report... not Kenny Bromwich's finest infinitesimal there."

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The incidental appeared to occurrence up the Dolphins though with Jamayne Isaako scoring his 2nd effort 2 minutes later.

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Earlier, the Storm were retired to a beardown pb with the people 24-4 astatine half-time with Will Warbrick scoring portion Kaufusi was off. Cameron Munster, Eliesa Katoa and Reimis Smith besides went over.

With Isaako's try, the people became 24-10 earlier Kodi Nikorima made it 24-16 with 7 minutes remaining to springiness the Dolphins a sniff.

Melbourne's defence managed to clasp disconnected the Dolphins though to springiness Craig Bellamy different triumph implicit his erstwhile mentor Wayne Bennett.

Dolphins skipper Jesse Bromwich admitted post-game that his broadside whitethorn person taken it a spot excessively acold with its assertive approach.

"Obviously coming up against our aged club, we wanted to spell retired determination and marque a difference," helium told Fox League.

"If we're to bash that again, we'd bash a fewer things differently. We evidently went overboard a mates of times determination but the boys enactment successful a immense effort and astatine slightest made a crippled of it."

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