Parramatta Eels duo Mitchell Moses and Maiko Sivo have copped punishments after ugly acts throughout their crew’s loss to Manly on Thursday evening.
The duo had been listed on the match overview cost sheet on Friday for opposite conduct and on Sunday had been slapped with $750 fines.
Each gamers had been caught pulling the hair of their opponents with Moses pulling on the locks of second-rower Kelma Tuilagi whereas Siva ripped the hair of winger Christian Tuipulotu.
Sea Eagles CEO Tony Mestrov gave the match overview high-praise for shelling out fines to the celebrities for the ugly acts.
“Good on the match overview committee,” mentioned Manly chief government Tony Mestrov.
“This form of stuff may need occurred 30 years in the past but it surely doesn’t belong anymore.”
The fines solely add to what has been a horror begin to the season for the highly-rated Eels who’ve slumped to 0-3.
At a boiling sizzling 4 Pines Park the place it was nonetheless 28 levels at full-time, the Eels misplaced a 3rd straight match by simply 4 factors to proceed the aspect’s beautiful fall from final years’ grand closing.
Whereas the Eels haven’t been too removed from a primary win of the 12 months, the aspect could possibly be final on the finish of spherical three with matches towards the Panthers and Roosters to come back within the subsequent two weeks. And all three can be coming off a bye.
It’s a schedule Matty Johns mentioned on The Late Present with Matty Johns “Is a whole oversight so far as the draw is worried … That ought to not occur”.
However at finest for Eels followers it may be seen as an excuse.
Bryan Fletcher mentioned the defence was “woeful” on the road, significantly for the Sea Eagles, who dominated the sport.
It was a chaotic finish to the match with 4 tries in 5 minutes as Parramatta stormed residence from 28-16 down to only fall quick after an intercept attempt to Haumole Olakau’atu sealed the outcome for the house aspect.
“A mind explosion from the Eels, forcing their hand from inside their very own territory,”
The Eels had a shocker of a begin as Manly tore them aside down the left aspect of the sector.
The Sea Eagles had been up for the problem, bodily imposing its will on Eels.
The house aspect opened a 14-0 lead with 9’s Phil Gould calling it “a freeway down this left-hand aspect of the sector.”
“They’re relentless, Manly … (Tom) Trbojevic turns into your worst nightmare,” Gould added.
Trbojevic was the Eels’ worst nightmare, scoring a double in a starring efficiency towards Manly’s outdated rivals.
