South Sydney’s Sam Burgess not charged over high shot on Robbie Farah

SAM Burgess will be breathing easier after the NRL match review committee opted not to charge him for a hard tackle on Robbie Farah on Saturday.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 21: Sam Burgess of the Rabbitohs is tackled during the round 19 NRL match between the Wests Tigers and the South Sydney Rabbitohs at ANZ Stadium on July 21, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)

SAM Burgess will be breathing easier after the NRL match review committee opted not to charge him for a hard tackle on Robbie Farah on Saturday.

Despite being placed on report for the tackle on former teammate Farah the South Sydney enforcer says he does not believed he is being targeted by the referees

“The refs call it as they see it,” Burgess said.

“I don’t think I’m being targeted. A few tough calls along the way. I’m just out there trying to do my job. I’m trying to win as many games awe we can.”

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Sam Burgess is placed on report for his grapple tackle on Barba during Canterbury Bulldogs v South Sydney Rabbitohs NRL game at ANZ Stadium, Olympic Park, Homebush in Sydney.

Burgess would not directly comment on the incident as he was placed on report and now must wait to see if he is charged by the match review committee today.

Rabbitohs coach Anthony Seibold said the tackle may have deserved to be penalised but nothing further, while Farah thought he’d lost some teeth in the incident — and was sporting a cut lip after full-time.

“That was when Sam hit me in the first half. He was carrying on like he didn’t get me, when I was laying down. But he got me on the mouth,” he said.

“I thought he knocked out a couple of teeth there.”

Robbie Farah suffered a concussion later in the match when making a tackle on George Burgess. Picture: Getty

However former NRL hardman Mark Carroll felt Burgess had nothing to worry about.

“There was nothing in it,” Carroll told Fox Sports’ Gameday Live.

“If he cops something for that, I’m not watching the right game.”

The loss — which soured John Sutton’s 300th game — could see the Rabbitohs lose top spot on the premiership ladder by the end of this round.

Seibold said his side failed to build pressure.

“I’m not a massive believer in having to lose a game to learn,” Seibold said.

“The Wests Tigers were far better than us tonight. They beat us in most areas of the game to be fair. We were outplayed. We have to make sure we review (the game) and take away some key learnings.

“I thought a couple of individuals missed their roles at different times. We have been good at knowing our role and doing our job.

“We missed too many tackles in the first half. We didn’t build any pressure.

“Just because it’s a loss it doesn’t change what we’ve tried to do this year. It’s important we look at it. We dump it then and get another game next Saturday.”

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