List of players sent off in National Rugby League matches

This is a list of players sent off in NRL matches since the reunification of rugby league in Australia after the Super League war in 1998. Referees have the option to send players from the field for a variety of reasons, but it has mostly been utilised for serious foul play in recent seasons. No player has ever been sent off in any NRL finals series match, including the Grand Final.

The table below also has the result of any charges laid by the NRL match review and the resulting penalty (if any) laid by the NRL Judiciary.

Year	Round	Player	Team	Opponent	Referee(s)	Offence	NRL Judiciary	References
2021	Round 22	Ryan Matterson	Parramatta Eels	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Grant Atkins	Shoulder charge (high contact)	3 matches	[1][2][3]
2021	Round 22	Corey Harawira-Naera	Canberra Raiders	Melbourne Storm	Gerard Sutton	High tackle	3 matches	[4][2][3]
2021	Round 14	Kobe Hetherington	Brisbane Broncos	Canberra Raiders	Chris Sutton	High tackle	Fined $1,150	[5][6][7]
2021	Round 10	Herman Ese'ese	Gold Coast Titans	Penrith Panthers	Adam Gee	High tackle	3 matches	[8][9]
2021	Round 10	Tyrell Fuimaono	St George Illawarra Dragons	Melbourne Storm	Peter Gough	High tackle	5 matches	[10][11]
2021	Round 10	Josh Papalii	Canberra Raiders	Canterbury Bulldogs	Chris Butler	High tackle	3 matches	[12][13]
2021	Round 6	Jack Hetherington	Canterbury Bulldogs	North Queensland Cowboys	Ashley Klein	High tackle	5 matches	[14]
2020	Round 17	Chad Townsend	Cronulla Sharks	Newcastle Knights	Ben Cummins	Shoulder charge	3 matches	[15][16][17]
2020	Round 14	Kevin Proctor	Gold Coast Titans	Cronulla Sharks	Henry Perenara	Biting	4 matches	[18][19]
2020	Round 8	Addin Fonua-Blake	Manly Sea Eagles	Newcastle Knights	Grant Atkins	Dissent/Abuse	2 matches	[20][21]
2019	Round 17	Nick Cotric	Canberra Raiders	St George Illawarra Dragons	Ashley Klein Todd Smith	Dangerous throw	3 matches	[22]
2018	Round 11	Curtis Scott	Melbourne Storm	Manly Sea Eagles	Henry Perenara Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski	Striking/Fighting	2 matches	[23][24]
2015	Round 22	David Shillington	Canberra Raiders	Wests Tigers	Jared Maxwell Henry Perenara	Headbutting	No matches	[25]
2013	Round 24	Kade Snowden	Newcastle Knights	North Queensland Cowboys	Shayne Hayne Alan Shortall	Shoulder charge (high contact)	7 matches	[26][27]
2013	Round 9	Jared Warea-Hargreaves	Sydney Roosters	Manly Sea Eagles	Matt Cecchin Henry Perenara	High tackle	5 matches	[28][29]
2012	Round 24	Anthony Minichiello	Sydney Roosters	Canberra Raiders	Shayne Hayne Alan Shortall	High tackle	Not guilty	[30][31]
2012	Round 20	Travis Burns	Penrith Panthers	Sydney Roosters	Ashley Klein Gavin Reynolds	High tackle	9 matches	[32][33]
2012	Round 9	Matt Prior	St George Illawarra Dragons	North Queensland Cowboys	Tony Archer Gavin Badger	Striking	5 matches	[34]
2011	Round 25	Glenn Stewart	Manly Sea Eagles	Melbourne Storm	Shayne Hayne Gavin Badger	Fighting	3 matches	[35]
2011	Round 25	Adam Blair	Melbourne Storm	Manly Sea Eagles	Shayne Hayne Gavin Badger	Fighting	3 matches	[35]
2011	Round 1	Paul Aiton	Cronulla Sharks	Canberra Raiders	Ashley Klein Adam Devcich	Headbutting	1 match	[36]
2010	Round 25	Petero Civoniceva	Penrith Panthers	Canterbury Bulldogs	Steve Lyons Tony De Las Heras	High tackle	2 matches	[37]
2009	Round 25	Luke Douglas	Cronulla Sharks	Manly Sea Eagles	Jason Robinson Phil Haines	High tackle	No matches	[38]
2009	Round 15	Dane Nielsen	Melbourne Storm	Wests Tigers	Steve Lyons Ashley Klein	High tackle	1 match	[39]
2008	Round 19	Jason Ryles	St George Illawarra Dragons	Melbourne Storm	Gavin Badger	Kicking	No charge
2008	Round 12	Luke O'Donnell	North Queensland Cowboys	Penrith Panthers	Alan Shortall	Striking	3 matches
2008	Round 12	Adam Cuthbertson	Manly Sea Eagles	Canberra Raiders	Sean Hampstead	High tackle	1 match	[40]
2008	Round 4	Michael Weyman	Canberra Raiders	Gold Coast Titans	Ben Cummins	Striking	5 matches	[41]
2008	Round 2	Brett White	Melbourne Storm	Cronulla Sharks	Tony Archer	Fighting	4 matches	[42][43]
2008	Round 2	Ben Ross	Cronulla Sharks	Melbourne Storm	Tony Archer	Striking	7 matches	[42][43]
2007	Round 19	Wade McKinnon	New Zealand Warriors	Wests Tigers	Paul Simpkins	Kneeing	No charge	[44]
2007	Round 13	Adam Peek	St George Illawarra Dragons	Cronulla Sharks	Tony Archer	Striking	2 matches	[45]
2007	Round 12	Michael Crockett	New Zealand Warriors	Canterbury Bulldogs	Sean Hampstead	High tackle	2 matches	[46]
2007	Round 11	Jaiman Lowe	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Gold Coast Titans	Tony De Las Heras	Striking	4 matches	[47]
2007	Round 1	Sonny Bill Williams	Canterbury Bulldogs	Newcastle Knights	Tony Archer	High tackle	2 matches	[48]
2006	Round 23	Luke O'Donnell	North Queensland Cowboys	New Zealand Warriors	Gavin Badger	High tackle	1 match	[49]
2006	Round 21	Fui Fui Moi Moi	Parramatta Eels	Manly Sea Eagles	Steve Clark	High tackle	7 matches	[50]
2006	Round 20	Adrian Morley	Sydney Roosters	Canterbury Bulldogs	Jared Maxwell	Kneeing	7 matches	[51][52]
2006	Round 17	Matt Utai	Canterbury Bulldogs	Wests Tigers	Paul Simpkins	High tackle	5 matches
2005	Round 6	Adrian Morley	Sydney Roosters	Canterbury Bulldogs	Paul Simpkins	High tackle	No charge
2005	Round 2	John Hopoate	Manly Sea Eagles	Cronulla Sharks	Paul Simpkins	Striking	17 matches
2004	Round 24	Clint Newton	Newcastle Knights	St George Illawarra Dragons	Tim Mander	Striking	12 matches
2004	Round 19	Danny Williams	Melbourne Storm	Wests Tigers	Gavin Badger	Striking	18 matches	[53][54]
2004	Round 13	Justin Hodges	Sydney Roosters	Canterbury Bulldogs	Paul Simpkins	High tackle	2 matches	[55]
2004	Round 4	Greg Bird	Cronulla Sharks	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Tony Archer	Kneeing	10 matches	[56]
2003	Round 26	Albert Torrens	Manly Sea Eagles	Melbourne Storm	Paul Simpkins	High tackle	3 matches	[57]
2003	Round 26	Adam Peek	Parramatta Eels	Penrith Panthers	Sean Hampstead	Late tackle	No charge	[58]
2003	Round 24	David Peachey	Cronulla Sharks	Parramatta Eels	Shayne Hayne	Dissent/Abuse	No matches	[59]
2003	Round 24	Dale Newton	Cronulla Sharks	Parramatta Eels	Shayne Hayne	High tackle	2 matches	[59]
2003	Round 22	Simon Woolford	Canberra Raiders	Manly Sea Eagles	Paul Simpkins	High tackle	2 matches
2003	Round 11	Paul Gallen	Cronulla Sharks	Newcastle Knights	Paul Simpkins	High tackle	6 matches
2002	Round 23	Corey Pearson	Wests Tigers	Cronulla Sharks	Shayne Hayne	Fighting	No charge	[60]
2002	Round 14	Shane Walker	Melbourne Storm	St George Illawarra Dragons	Sean Hampstead	High tackle	3 matches	[61]
2002	Round 9	Mark Riddell	St George Illawarra Dragons	Canberra Raiders	Paul Simpkins	High tackle	4 matches	[62]
2002	Round 6	Tim Maddison	North Queensland Cowboys	Sydney Roosters	Tim Mander	Striking	10 matches	[63]
2002	Round 3	Mark Riddell	St George Illawarra Dragons	Canterbury Bulldogs	Bill Harrigan	Striking	4 matches
2001	Round 21	PJ Marsh	Parramatta Eels	North Queensland Cowboys	Mark Oaten	Striking	2 matches	[64]
2001	Round 9	Wayne Bartrim	St George Illawarra Dragons	Parramatta Eels	Sean Hampstead	Attempted kicking	1 match
2000	Round 24	Rodney Howe	Melbourne Storm	Northern Eagles	Sean Hampstead	High tackle	Withdrawn
2000	Round 19	Terry Lamey	St George Illawarra Dragons	Wests Tigers	Tim Mander	Fighting	2 matches
2000	Round 19	John Hopoate	Wests Tigers	St George Illawarra Dragons	Tim Mander	Fighting	1 match
2000	Round 15	Ali Lauiti'iti	Auckland Warriors	Northern Eagles	Moghseen Jadwat	High tackle	Withdrawn
2000	Round 11	Ali Lauiti'iti	Auckland Warriors	North Queensland Cowboys	Kelvin Jeffes	High tackle	2 matches
2000	Round 7	Shane Rigon	Sydney Roosters	Wests Tigers	Steve Clark	High tackle	No matches
2000	Round 2	Scott Pethybridge	Auckland Warriors	Wests Tigers	Mark Oaten	High tackle	No matches
2000	Round 2	Brendan Hurst	Sydney Roosters	Cronulla Sharks	Sean Hampstead	High tackle	2 matches
1999	Round 22	Matthew Ridge	Auckland Warriors	Melbourne Storm	Matt Hewitt	Tripping	1 match
1999	Round 22	Paul Green	North Queensland Cowboys	Cronulla Sharks	Moghseen Jadwat	High tackle	No matches
1999	Round 19	David Penna	Parramatta Eels	North Queensland Cowboys	Sean Hampstead	High tackle	1 match
1999	Round 16	Mark Geyer	Penrith Panthers	Balmain Tigers	Matt Hewitt	High tackle	Not guilty
1999	Round 14	Damien Smith	North Queensland Cowboys	Cronulla Sharks	Bill Harrigan	High tackle	2 matches
1999	Round 1	Brad Fittler	Sydney City Roosters	Auckland Warriors	Matt Hewitt	Fighting	No matches	[65]
1999	Round 1	Ali Lauiti'iti	Auckland Warriors	Sydney City Roosters	Matt Hewitt	High tackle	No matches	[65]
1999	Round 1	Ben Walker	Brisbane Broncos	Canberra Raiders	Tim Mander	High tackle	3 matches
1998	Round 22	Matt Adamson	Penrith Panthers	Parramatta Eels	Tim Mander	High tackle	Not guilty
1998	Round 21	Scott Thorburn	Gold Coast Chargers	North Sydney Bears	Moghseen Jadwat	Dissent	No matches
1998	Round 18	Wendell Sailor	Brisbane Broncos	Illawarra Steelers	Paul McBlane	Fighting	Not guilty
1998	Round 14	Gordon Falcon	Penrith Panthers	Brisbane Broncos	Sean Hampstead	Careless tackle	3 matches
1998	Round 12	Darren Fritz	Western Suburbs Magpies	Adelaide Rams	Steve Chiddy	Striking	1 match
1998	Round 11	Shaun Timmins	Illawarra Steelers	Melbourne Storm	Paul Simpkins	Careless tackle	4 matches
1998	Round 10	Jerry Seuseu	Auckland Warriors	Bulldogs	Steve Clark	Careless tackle	1 match	[66]
1998	Round 9	Peter Jorgensen	Penrith Panthers	Gold Coast Chargers	Eddie Ward	Careless tackle	1 match
1998	Round 8	Lance Thompson	St George Dragons	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Brian Grant	High tackle	1 match	[67]
1998	Round 8	Shaun Timmins	Illawarra Steelers	Penrith Panthers	Matt Hewitt	Careless tackle	1 match	[68]
1998	Round 7	Lance Thompson	St George Dragons	Western Suburbs Magpies	Sean Hampstead	High tackle	Not guilty	[69]
1998	Round 6	Gorden Tallis	Brisbane Broncos	Manly Sea Eagles	Steve Clark	High tackle	Not guilty	[70]
1998	Round 5	Simon Gillies	Bulldogs	Parramatta Eels	Paul Simpkins	High tackle	1 match	[71]
1998	Round 4	Graham Appo	Canberra Raiders	North Queensland Cowboys	Steve Clark	High tackle	3 matches	[72]
1998	Round 3	Andrew Dunemann	North Queensland Cowboys	Parramatta Eels	Steve Chiddy	High tackle	1 match	[73]
1998	Round 1	Geoff Toovey	Manly Sea Eagles	Brisbane Broncos	Bill Harrigan	Dissent/Contrary conduct	No matches	[74]
1998	Round 1	John Hopoate	Manly Sea Eagles	Brisbane Broncos	Bill Harrigan	Dissent/Contrary Conduct	2 matches	[74]

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External links[]

• Rugby League Project
• Rugby League Tables