‘That wasn’t a fair fight’: Blues seethe at Burton brawl but V’landys no fan of Origin punches - Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Burton’s NSW teammates slammed Queensland for holding back the star centre while being punched. But the NRL insists its move to increase fines for offences in representative games and reduce suspensions is right.

Blues officials were privately fuming with the Maroons heavy-handed treatment of Burton in the scrap as his teammates tried to defend a possible Daly Cherry-Evans try 30 metres away. Burtons former … [+2100 chars]

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