NSW coach Brad Fittler is not sure why Matt Burton joined Dane Gagai in the sin-bin after the pair’s fight triggered an all-in scuffle in State of Origin III
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While most of Burton’s missed, Gagai found the NSW centre’s head repeatedly and he got up after the melee with a black eye and bleeding nose. It was helped by Queensland teammate Tino Fa’asuamaleaui holding Burton back as Gagai laid into him, putting him into a headlock. Blues captain James Tedesco wondered why Fa’asuamaleaui was not sin-binned, before Fittler shut down the topic.has taken a no-nonsense approach to on-field brawls. Klein’s approach was consistent with Origin II, 2020, when Fa’asuamaleaui and Payne Haas were both binned for trading blows.
Gagai was relieved when he learned of the news that he would not miss any club games while a crestfallen Burton struggled to comprehend the loss as he sported a big black eye.The Canterbury centre was inconsolable after the 22-12 defeat and insisted he had not sustained a fracture to his cheek or eye socket.
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