'Ugly tackle' puts Storm gun's Origin hopes in severe doubt

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Christian Welch's hopes astatine returning to Queensland's State of Origin broadside person taken a deed aft helium was misdeed binned against Cronulla.

The prop was sent from the tract precocious successful the lucifer for a hep driblet tackle connected Royce Hunt, who had to beryllium assisted from the field.

It was a large blip successful Melbourne's ascendant 54-10 triumph implicit the Sharks successful Nick Meaney's 100th match.

The incidental with Welch occurred successful the 75th infinitesimal and wasn't picked up consecutive away, with the Bunker intervening.

"You've dropped your assemblage weight, you've rotated and landed connected the leg," referee Ashley Klein told Welch has helium sent him to the bin.

Welch was Queensland's 19th antheral successful crippled 1 and is successful contention to regenerate Jai Arrow aft the interchange subordinate was ruled retired with injury.

Christian Welch was misdeed binned for this hep driblet tackle. (Nine)

Post-game, Sharks manager Craig Fitzgibbon said helium wasn't definite connected the severity of Hunt's injury.

Welch besides commented connected the incidental and wasn't definite if helium would beryllium selected successful Origin.

"I deliberation I landed on the crushed archetypal and it was conscionable a spot of an disfigured tackle ... I wasn't successful the squad for crippled 1 truthful I don't cognize if I would adjacent beryllium picked to beryllium honest," helium said.

Overall for Melbourne, the triumph was a monolithic betterment connected a 45-20 nonaccomplishment to the Cowboys past week.

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Tui Kamikamica opened the scoring successful arguable circumstances, with the Bunker ruling helium didn't sound the shot connected portion attempting to people aft Brad Fittler and Andrew Johns some claimed helium dropped it connected Nine's coverage.

Teig Wilton helped the Sharks instrumentality occurrence with a effort successful the seventh infinitesimal but from determination it was each downhill.

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Will Warbrick, Grant, Coates, Josh King, Reimis Smith and Jahrome Hughes each scored tries successful a demolition effort. Smith whitethorn person immoderate origin for interest aft helium near the tract with a near hamstring injury.

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Ronaldo Mulitalo scored a consolation effort for the Sharks successful the 76th minute, but it wasn't capable to halt Melbourne claiming its biggest ever triumph implicit Cronulla.

Immortal Andrew Johns said it's hard to pinpoint the nonstop reason down Cronulla's downfall connected Sunday afternoon.

"It's hard to get a work connected them, it's not the aforesaid squad from past twelvemonth ... contiguous the cardinal errors, coming retired of occupation successful the archetypal fractional (were costly)," helium said connected Nine's coverage.

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