15 Aug 2017

Warriors prop Matulino suspended for clash with Rabbitohs

1:59 pm on 15 August 2017
Ben Matulino during Warriors loss against  Raiders at Mt Smart Stadium on Sunday 13 August 2017

Ben Matulino during Warriors loss against Raiders at Mt Smart Stadium on Sunday 13 August 2017 Photo: Photosport

Warriors Prop Ben Matulino is handed one-match suspended for his shoulder charge against Raiders.

Matulino will miss Friday's clash with South Sydney after he made an early guilty plea for a shoulder charge on Canberra lock Elliott Whitehead.

The charge happened in the 67th minute of the 36-16 defeat to the Raiders at Mt Smart.

The loss was the Warriors sixth in a row.

Matulino would next be available for the club's final home game of the season against Manly next week.

Meanwhile, Kiwis and Manly prop Martin Taupau has been fined $AU2100 for a high tackle on Tigers hooker Matt McIlwrick.

Taupau also entered an early guilty plea for the tackle which came in the first half of Manly's loss on Sunday.