Daly Cherry-Evans: NRL match review committee declines to charge Sea Eagles skipper
The NRL match review committee has cleared Manly skipper Daly Cherry-Evans of eye gouging in last night’s match against the Newcastle Knights at Lottoland.
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The NRL match review committee has cleared Manly skipper Daly Cherry-Evans of eye gouging in last night’s match against the Newcastle Knights at Lottoland.
Cherry-Evans appeared to rake his hands across the face of Knights forward Jamie Buhrer in the final tackle of the game.
Buhrer, who is a close friend of Cherry-Evans, got to his feet and started rubbing his eyes after the incident.
Footage of the incident went viral on social media after the game with expectations that Cherry-Evans would be facing a dangerous contact charge.
However, the match review committee studied the incident from several angles and decided there was insufficient evidence to refer it to the judiciary.
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