Dane Gagai

Matt Burton and Dane Gagai were both sinbinned for fighting in Origin III and are likely to be handed suspensions at club level.

Burton and Gagai were both given a spell by referee Ashley Klein in the 42nd minute after the Maroons made a snap break at Suncorp Stadium on Wednesday night. Klein showed no tolerance for the violence and sent the pair to the sin bin. Matt Burton and Dane Gagai were both sin-binned as the 2022 State of Origin series decider descended into a throwback game with fists flying in a second-half brawl.

The wild fight, which saw both men land flush punches to the chops, ultimately sparked a huge all-in brawl between the two teams. At first, the reason for the ...

The scuffle was eventually defused and the referee wasted no time in sending both Gagai and Burton to the sin bin. Tino Fa'asuamaleaui was first on the scene, getting Burton in a head lock and wrestling him to the ground. Instead of celebrating, the Queensland players rushed over to where it was all kicking off between Gagai and Burton.

Both Dane Gagai and Matt Burton have found themselves in the sin bin during the second half of the State of Origin decider in Brisbane.

Both players will now face a nervous wait for the NRL judiciary with likely charges of striking to hit both players from the match review committee. He would ultimately be tackled about 15 metres over halfway. Both Dane Gagai and Matt Burton have found themselves in the sin bin during the second half of the State of Origin decider in Brisbane.

The Maroons veteran then unleashed on Burton with a series of right hooks which left the Blues centre bleeding from his mouth, with Tino Fa'asuamaleaui also ...

The Maroons veteran then unleashed on Burton with a series of right hooks which left the Blues centre bleeding from his mouth, with Tino Fa'asuamaleaui also attempting to put him in a headlock. A spiteful State of Origin decider exploded after the half-time break with both Dane Gagai and Matt Burton sin-binned after a brawl which left the Blues star bloodied. LIVE UPDATES: Maroons and Blues in thrilling Origin decider

NSW coach Brad Fittler isn't sure why Matt Burton joined Dane Gagai in the sin-bin after the pair's fight triggered an all-in scuffle in State of Origin ...

Both Newcastle's Gagai and Bulldogs playmaker Burton are likely to face NRL suspension for their involvement in the fracas. Burton and Gagai were both given a spell by referee Ashley Klein in the 42nd minute after the Maroons made a snap break at Suncorp Stadium on Wednesday night. Blues centre Burton and Queensland opposite Dane Gagai were both sin-binned as the Origin series decider descended into a throwback, fists flying in a second-half brawl.

NSW coach Brad Fittler hit out at the sin-binning of centre Matt Burton, while Blues captain James Tedesco questioned why firmer action wasn't taken against ...

We had a couple of chances at the end, but we just ran out of legs from defending our line for such a long time. Then obviously with a minute to go [before halftime], to come up with an error that cost us a try, that hurt because we had worked so hard.” “It hurts but normally that is what makes people strive harder and we have got to strive harder. We have trained hard and given up and sacrificed and you lose. “We have worked so hard for so long in amongst club footy and the rest of it. “He didn’t initiate it, Burto. He’s not going to fight anyone,” Fittler said.

The Origin decider had literally everything a fan would want out of a game of rugby league but Blues coach Brad Fittler has been left fuming over one of the ...

But Fa’asuamaleaui (who should have been sent off in the first half) stays on the field. If he fights and loses, the fees go to 20 per cent and 10 per cent respectively. ABC’s Matt Bevan wrote: “So a fight breaks out between Gagai and Burton, and Fa’asuamaleaui tries to pull Burton’s head off. Tino holds Burton while Gagai punches his head and we lose one each? “At the end of the day he’s got belted. “What did you expect to happen.”

The biff is back - kind of. Dane Gagai, Matt Burton and Tino Fa'asuamaleaui have all been charged by the match review committee, following a wild brawl in ...

The Titans enforcer was also charged with a grade one careless high tackle on Burton in the 9th minute of the match, but will escape a suspension for that as well. Burton and Gagai then traded blows, before Fa'asuamaleaui came in to grab Burton and hold him back, as Gagai continued to tee off. After a linebreak from Kalyn Ponga, Burton accidentally toppled over the fallen Maroons fullback, with Gagai taking exception and running in to push the Bulldogs star.

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“At the end of the day he’s got belted. Instead, Burton and Gagai were fined 23 per cent of their match fee while Fa’asuamaleaui will lose 13 per cent of his match fee for the high tackle and another 7 per cent for getting involved in the brawl. Gagai immediately ran in to push Burton away as the two decided to throw punches at one another before Fa’asuamaleaui ran in and put Burton in a headlock and wrestled him to the ground.

“I just thought: 'F--k it, it's Origin',” Gagai said when asked if he was surprised to find himself throwing punches given fist fights have virtually ...

He locked up and there were bodies all around,” Gagai said. Prior to that, Gagai had shielded Cobbo from the sea of bodies by crouching over him as the teams came together. “I saw him run over and come over the top of KP, I just wasn’t going to let it slide. When Cobbo was motionless on the turf, Luai reacted by standing over him and bellowing at him. Gagai raced over and shoved Burton to the ground, before the two squared off. They felt he had been given the royal treatment in his debut game in Perth and wanted to make sure he knew what Origin football was really about.

Matt Burton and Dane Gagai can count themselves lucky after they escaped suspension for their roles in Wednesday's State of Origin decider melee.

It was obviously disappointing to not get the result." Gagai took exception to a shove on Maroons fullback Kalyn Ponga and went toe to toe with Burton to get the rowdy Queensland crowd up on their feet. - Dane Gagai took exception to a shove on Maroons fullback Kalyn Ponga and went toe to toe with Matt Burton

Queensland centre Dane Gagai admits he may have overstepped the mark after trading punches with Blues counterpart Matt Burton during Wednesday night's ...

“A couple of years back Jai Arrow was scrutinised for what he did to Tedesco. Speaking to Jai, he wishes he could have had his time back. “But it also obviously gets the other boys a bit fired up. “I knew that even though I got sent the boys weren’t going to let me down and when I came back on, I had a job to do. “It is kind of a funny one these days. “I kind of just thought, ‘f--- it, it’s Origin,” Gagai said. “That was just about looking after your mate,” Gagai said.

Former Queensland captain Cameron Smith has suggested NSW centre Matt Burton brought the fiery State of Origin fracas involving Maroons counterpart Dane ...

It was obviously disappointing to not get the result." "I'm not the ref, he makes the decisions and that's his call. "The comments after the game saying Burton was harshly dealt with (are ridiculous)," Smith told SEN.