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Warriors prop Matulino suspended for clash with Rabbitohs

13:59 pm on 15 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.