Hudson Young lifts lid on controversial headbutt in NRL finals

Reece Walsh headbutted Hudson Young, leading to sin-binnings; Young later admitted he exaggerated his reaction during the scuffle.

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One of the most controversial moments of the 2025 NRL finals series was when Reece Walsh and Hudson Young were both sin-binned after a scuffle in which the former headbutted the latter.

Five months later, the Canberra Raiders forward has lifted the lid on the moment, stating his immediate reaction may not have been the most genuine one.

"Yeah (I milked it), but he did lean in with his head," Young said on Josh Mansour's UNSCRIPTED podcast.

"He did hit me but there was nothing in it, I was stirring him up and probably deserved it, I was geeing him up all game."

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