Reece Walsh's cheeky act after minute of madness that led to two send offs and a sin bin
Josh Addo-Carr, Jarome Luai and Reece Walsh have all learnt their fate at the match review committee after an ugly melee in the final minute of Origin II.
All three were given their marching orders with Luai and Walsh sent off, while Addo-Carr was sin binned. Yet even as the referee was taking action, Walsh was rubbing salt into the wound, caught by TV cameras waving his Blues opponents off the field.
Addo-Carr was fined 10 per cent of his match fee, while Walsh and Luai were both penalised with a 23 per cent fee. The Maroons fullback was also fined seven per cent of his match fee for a dangerous contact charge in the 54th minute.
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Walsh appeared to impede James Tedesco as he chased through on a Mitchell Moses kick in the dying minutes in an incident that triggered an explosive altercation.
Luai and Walsh came together before Addo-Carr jumped over the top and threw a punch at the Maroons fullback.
The two original antagonists then head butted each other with footage appearing to suggest Walsh was the first to commit the offence.
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Josh Addo-Carr was sin binned for this punch. Nine
Upon seeing the punch, Maroons great Cameron Smith described it as a "brain snap".
The former Melbourne Storm teammate of Addo-Carr then went on to call for Daly Cherry-Evans and James Tedesco to calm down the players with only 22 seconds remaining.
Referee Ashley Klein could be heard trying to control Tino Fa'asuamaleaui during the carnage too.
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"Both skippers, they've got to take control of this match, there's deadset 22 seconds to go," Smith said on Nine's coverage.
Jarome Luai and Reece Walsh come together. Chris Hyde via Getty Images
"Separate the boys, let's finish off."
Before being sent off, Walsh was seen waving off Addo-Carr while pointing at the scoreboard.
The Bulldogs winger then tapped the NSW badge and taunted the crowd while running off while Walsh did the same thing to roars from the parochial Queenslanders when he left the field.
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