Patrick Carrigan

Patrick Carrigan has been hit with a four-week ban by the NRL judiciary after being referred directly to the NRL judiciary for a hip drop tackle on Jackson ...

Hastings has been forced to undergo surgery with plates and screws to repair a fractured fibula and surgery for syndesmosis," Knowles told the judiciary panel. Carrigan's actual penalty was five weeks, however, pleading guilty left his eligible for a one-week discount, meaning he will now be able to return to the field for the final week of the regular season. Patrick Carrigan has been hit with a four-week ban by the NRL judiciary after being referred directly to the NRL judiciary for a hip drop tackle on Jackson Hastings.

Patrick Carrigan has been banned for four games for the hip-drop tackle that broke Jackson Hastings' fibula, with the NRL's legal team asking the judiciary ...

"I just wish him all the best with his recovery. He pleaded with the panel to send a message to all players with their punishment. On a night full of drama, the NRL's lawyers pleaded with the judiciary to make an example of the Brisbane prop for the hip-drop tackle that broke Hastings' fibula and left him with ankle damage.

Broncos star Patrick Carrigan has been handed a four-game suspension for his hip-drop tackle on Jackson Hastings. Carrigan fronted the judiciary panel on ...

that player Addo-Carr was not injured given the level of force that was applied,” he said of McGuire’s tackle. In fact it was fortuitous, if not miraculous. They are not even in the same ballpark,” he said, per NRL.com.

Broncos forward Patrick Carrigan has been suspended for four matches after he was found guilty of making dangerous contact in an ugly hip-drop tackle that ...

Ghabar said that was a lot different to McGuire who landed directly on Addo-Carr’s foot and argued that the Dragons forward was reckless and that his actions bordered on intentional. Knowles asked the judiciary panel to suspend Carrigan for five to six games, pointing to the fact that Hastings required surgery to insert a plate and screws and that he would miss three to five months of footy as a result. He pointed to a medical report from a third-party doctor that said the injury was exacerbated by the other tacklers pushing from the top, which twisted Hastings into a dangerous position and added weight to the tackle. The panel of Dallas Johnson and Henry Perenara reached a unanimous decision that Carrigan’s actions had put Hastings in a vulnerable decision and that the penalty would act as a deterrent to other players. Carrigan was referred straight to the judiciary for the tackle that has seen Hastings wiped out for the rest of the season. On a dramatic night at the judiciary, the NRL’s lawyer had asked for a ban of five to six matches to make an example of Carrigan while defence counsel Nick Ghabar had pushed for two weeks.