Queensland fans will be fuming. Even some NSW legends didn’t think the Maroons fullback should have been marched for a tackle on Tolu Koula.
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A bloodied Kalyn Ponga initially thought he had been sent to the sin-bin, and only realised while sitting in the Queensland sheds that he had been sent off for hitting Tolu Koula in the head.
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Queensland fans will be fuming. Even some NSW legends didn’t think the Maroons fullback should have been marched for a tackle on…
Queensland fans will be fuming. Even some NSW legends didn’t think the Maroons fullback should have been marched for a tackle on…
Kalyn Ponga is sent off for a high hit on Tolu Koula with Queensland players in disbelief, claiming it was merely a head clash.
He became only the seventh player in Origin history to be dismissed.
Phil Gould kept his counsel when asked his opinion of Kalyn Ponga's controversial sending-off in Origin I.
Kalyn Ponga visits the Queensland coach's box to apologise to Billy Slater for his game turning send-off.
