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There has been a furious backlash against the NRL after Broncos star Marty Taupau was whacked for a controversial penalty in his team’s loss to the Raiders on Saturday.
The Brisbane enforcer left Raiders speedster Jordan Rapana needing to be stretchered from the field after a sickening and bloody incident late in the game.
The NRL Match Review Committee announced on Sunday Taupau will not face any...
Corey Horsburgh has put five major injuries behind him and says he is ready to follow in the footsteps of childhood hero Corey Parker by playing for Queensland in State of Origin.
After Horsburgh starred at lock in Canberra's 20-14 win over Brisbane on Saturday night, his coach Ricky Stuart said the 25-year-old "has got Origin mentality".
Horsburgh admires Maroons greats Petero Civoniceva and Shane Webcke but it is more recent Queensland lock forward Parker who captured his imagination as a youth.
Jordan Rapana has received 18 stitches to a gory head wound while Brisbane’s Martin Taupau avoided any charge for the controversial contact that split the Raiders fullback open.
Rapana travelled back to Canberra on Sunday morning following Saturday’s 20-14 upset of the ladder-leading Broncos, in which he was taken from the field on a Medicab after a heavy collision with Taupau.
The Canberra winger was in obvious distress after Taupau accidentally kneed him in the back of the head, with blood pouring from a gruesome gash onto the Suncorp Stadium turf.
The 77th-minute penalty against Taupau...