Six players charged from fiery encounter

Lee Gaskin | 2nd July 2009

SIX players have been charged by the Ipswich Rugby League review committee after Sunday's spiteful under-18 game between Brothers and South Burnett.

Brothers back rower Josh Sayer, fullback Ryan Sheppard and utility Chris Matilo, along with Bushrangers' Dylan Price, Jayden Jarvis and Dylan Flood, were cited following an incident in the 60th minute of Brothers' 26-18 victory.

Jarvis faces the most serious charge of kneeing and will miss the next three games if he takes an early guilty plea.

Sayer and Price have both been charged with grade 4 striking. An early guilty plea will see the pair handed a two-game suspension, upgraded to three games if they are found guilty at the judiciary.

Matilo can accept a one-match ban if he pleads guilty to his grade 3 striking charge, but will miss two games if he is unsuccessful at the judiciary.

Flood and Sheppard may elect to challenge their grade 2 striking charges as they will receive a one-game ban even if they are found guilty.

Goodna centre Sean Tila has been cited on two charges stemming from his side's 46-16 win over Fassifern on Sunday.

Tila has been handed a grade 5 offensive language charge as well as disputing the referee.

Both offences carry 131 demerit points for an early guilty plea, increased to 175 if found guilty at the judiciary.

Livewire Eagles centre Ashok Kumar starred in the 30-point victory, touching down for five tries while Raymond Te-awa crossed for a double.

Norths centre Andrew Smith and second rower Aidan Gehrke both completed hat-tricks in the Tigers' 62-4 thumping of Lowood.

In the weekend's other games, Springfield defeated Rosewood 24-4 and Swifts were too strong for West End, running out winners 38-18.

No charges were laid from the weekend's A-grade or Reserve grade games.