Hayne and Keating cleared to play in NRL grand final
In what comes as good news for Parramatta Eels fans, Jarryd Hayne has been charged with a grade one dangerous contact charge. This means he will be free to play in next Sunday’s NRL grand final with an early guilty plea.
Matthew Keating also was charged with grade one dangerous contact for his chicken wing tackle on Bulldogs prop Ben Hannant just before halftime. The same applies to him. If he enters an early guily plea he will be ok to play in the grand final.
Hayne slid across the ground knees first as Bryson Goodwin went in for a try early in the match against the Bulldogs on Friday night. The grade one charge has a 100-point base penalty which when applied in conjunction with a dangerous throw penalty from last year sees Hayne on 120 points. 100 points would normally see a one week suspension handed out. By entering an early guilty plea a player gets a 25 per cent discount and that takes Hayne into safe territory.
Now the only concern for Parramatta is how their skipper Nathan Cayless responds to treatment on his injured hamstring.
Should be a great grand final on Sunday, hopefully it won’t be one-sided as last year match.
I must look into the history of the Keating’s running around in the NRL these days, perhaps I am related.
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