The NRL has warned both State of Origin camps against engaging in sideline antics in future games.
9News journalist Danny Weider revealed head office wasn’t impressed with the actions of two Queensland assistant coaches in particular during game one in Sydney.
Nate Myles had already been cautioned for spraying Blues debutant Joseph Suaalii as he left the field early in the game.
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Suaalii had been sent off for an illegal shot that knocked out Maroons fullback Reece Walsh.
Weidler says that Myles act “hasn’t gone down well with the Blues”.
But he also revealed the NRL was none too impressed with another Queensland assistant, Johnathan Thurston, who gets famously animated on the sideline during Origin games.
It’s unclear what issue precisely the NRL had with Thurston’s actions.
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Weidler reports the NRL has issued a memo to both Queensland and NSW camps ahead of game two in Melbourne next week.
“The Blues were not the ones having cracks at a rookie player as they were experiencing the toughest moment of their career,” Weidler said.
If the Myles act did rile the Blues, the players aren’t letting on.
“It is what it is,” NSW winger Zac Lomax said on Thursday.
“Footy is footy and in Origin, things get a bit more heated.”
Myles was taken to task by his old Origin nemesis Paul Gallen earlier this week after allegedly claiming Suaalii had deliberately tried to knock Walsh out of the game.