Sam Burgess facing another stint off the field after being hit with high tackle charge
SOUTH Sydney enforcer Sam Burgess is facing a suspension of two to three weeks after being charged for the high tackle on Canberra halfback Aidan Sezer yesterday.
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SOUTH Sydney enforcer Sam Burgess is facing a suspension of two to three weeks after being charged for the high tackle on Canberra halfback Aidan Sezer yesterday.
The NRL match review committee has rated the tackle a grade 2 offence.
Burgess was returning from a two week suspension against the Raiders for elbowing Canterbury centre Josh Morris.
The Rabbitohs are yet to decide if they will fight the latest charge at the judiciary.
Burgess’ shot sparked an all-in melee with the Raiders miffed after their skipper Jarrod Croker was sin-binned for holding back Angus Crichton while Burgess stayed on the field.
Croker subsequently compared Burgess’ shot to an incident for which teammate Sia Soliola was suspended for collaring Billy Slater last year.
“It wasn’t pretty was it,” Croker said.
“Sia Soliola got six weeks for something like that last year. “I’m not here to talk about how Sam Burgess plays the game. I’m worried about the result.
“He plays the game hard and he slipped up on that one. It was a bad one. It was pretty ordinary.”
Burgess declined to talk to waiting media after the game but told Fox Sports: “I don’t think there was anything in it.”
Meanwhile his brother George has been sanctioned with a high shot on Luke Bateman, although he can accept a $1500 fine given it is only a grade-one charge.
Canberra back-rower Elliot Whitehead can also escape suspension for his dangerous contact on Tom Burgess with an early guilty plea in the only other charge stemming from the match.
- with AAP