Monday's Expert - 2020 NRL Round 10

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Monday's Expert is back in 2020 - each week providing a full wrap of everything happening around the rugby league traps each Monday.

Each edition will include NRL match review charges & judiciary updates, our player of the year leaderboard, crowd stats, TV ratings and injury news.

First things first...

Our Round 10 wrap of NRL results can be found here. The full 2020 draw can be viewed here.

Match reports for NRL matches are here.

A huge thanks to the following legends for putting hard work into our weekly previews and live blogs of NRL games - Rob Crosby, Sam Bourke, Josh Robertson, Justin Davies, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Ferguson, Jeff Dickinson-Fox, Rick Edgerton, Jason Hosken, Lachy MacCorquodale, Adam Huxtable and Hamish Parker.

The Front Row - online rugby league magazine

Make sure you check out our exclusive match program & online magazine - THE FRONT ROW.

Last week's issue saw a chat with NRL Physio Brien Seeney. You can check out the current edition plus back issues here.

Keep an eye out this Wednesday for Issue 9 (Round 11).

NSWRL results

Three NSWRL competitions - Presidents Cup, Sydney Shield and Harvey Norman Women's Premiership - recommenced over the weekend.

Results can be found here.

Match review

A number of charges from Round 10 of the NRL.

Issac Luke (Warriors)
Grade 1 Dangerous Throw
72nd minute, on C Lawrence (Wests Tigers)
Base penalty 100 points
1 x similar prior offence last 2 years (50% loading)
Guilty / no contest = 150 points (1 match)
Guilty - early plea = 112 points (1 match)
PLEA: Guilty - early plea
OUTCOME: Suspended 1 match. 12 carryover points accrued.

Euan Aitken (Dragons)
Grade 1 Dangerous Contact (head/neck)
38th minute, on J Jackson (Bulldogs)
Base penalty 100 points
Guilty / no contest = 100 points (1 match)
Guilty - early plea = 75 points (0 matches)
PLEA: Guilty - early plea
OUTCOME: No suspension. 75 carryover points accrued.

Tariq Sims (Dragons)
Grade 1 Dangerous Contact (head/neck)
38th minute, on K Foran (Bulldogs)
Base penalty 100 points
1 x similar prior offence last 2 years (50% loading)
Guilty / no contest = 150 points (1 match)
Guilty - early plea = 112 points (1 match)
PLEA: Guilty - early plea
OUTCOME: Suspended 1 match. 12 carryover points accrued.

Briton Nikora (Sharks)
Grade 1 Shoulder Charge
22nd minute, on B Green (Warriors)
Base penalty 200 points
Guilty / no contest = 200 points (2 matches)
Guilty - early plea = 150 points (1 match)
PLEA: Guilty - early plea
OUTCOME: Suspended 1 match. 50 carryover points accrued.

Jack Hetherington (Warriors)
Grade 1 Dangerous Contact (other)
18' on B Brailey (Sharks)
Base penalty 100 points
1 x non-similar prior offence last 2 years (20% loading)
Guilty / no contest = 120 points (1 match)
Guilty - early plea = 90 points (0 matches)
PLEA: Guilty - early plea
OUTCOME: No suspension. 90 carryover points accrued.

The LU Leaderboard

At the conclusion of each match our reporters will choose their best three players from the match. You can views those points in each match in their respective match reports. Each week we'll update the leaderboard.

17 points - Cameron Smith (Storm)
14 points - Nathan Cleary (Panthers)
13 points - Shaun Johnson (Sharks)
11 points - Brett Morris (Roosters), Tom Trbojevic (Sea Eagles), Adam Reynolds (Rabbitohs)
10 points - Cameron Munster (Storm), Matthew Dufty (Dragons), James Tedesco (Roosters)
9 points - Mitchell Pearce (Knights), Jack Wighton (Raiders)
8 points - Benji Marshall (Wests Tigers), Blake Green (Warriors), Jason Taumalolo (Cowboys), Kalyn Ponga (Knights)
7 points - Harry Grant (Storm), Sione Katoa (Bulldogs), Daly Cherry-Evans (Sea Eagles), Clinton Gutherson (Eels), Stephen Crichton (Panthers)
6 points - Matt Burton (Panthers), Josh Papali'i (Raiders), Dylan Brown (Eels), Latrell Mitchell (Rabbitohs), Luke Keary (Roosters)
5 points - George Williams (Raiders), Jarrod Croker (Raiders), Kodi Nikorima (Warriors), Jahrome Hughes (Storm), Daniel Saifiti (Knights), Will Hopoate (Bulldogs), Mitchell Moses (Eels), Ashley Taylor (Titans), Maika Sivo (Eels), Damien Cook (Rabbitohs), David Klemmer (Knights), Isaah Yeo (Panthers), Luke Brooks (Wests Tigers)
4 points - Curtis Sironen (Sea Eagles), Kurt Mann (Knights), Reed Mahoney (Eels), Shaun Lane (Eels), Jarome Luai (Panthers), David Nofoaluma (Wests Tigers), Dallin Watene-Zelezniak (Bulldogs), Anthony Milford (Broncos), Tevita Pangai Junior (Broncos)
3 points - Addin Fonua-Blake (Sea Eagles), Joseph Leilua (Wests Tigers), Jake Trbojevic (Sea Eagles), Apisai Koroisau (Panthers), Josh Morris (Sharks), Viliame Kikau (Panthers), Blayke Brailey (Sharks), Ryan Papenhuyzen (Storm), Jake Clifford (Cowboys), Reagan Campbell-Gillard (Eels), Jesse Ramien (Sharks), Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (Roosters), Young Tonumaipea (Titans), Bradman Best (Knights), Kotoni Staggs (Broncos), Charlie Staines (Panthers), Scott Drinkwater (Cowboys), Nelson Asofa-Solomona (Storm), Ben Hunt (Dragons), Jamayne Isaako (Broncos), Cody Walker (Rabbitohs), Waqa Blake (Eels), Jamal Fogarty (Titans), Siosiua Taukeiaho (Roosters), Corey Norman (Dragons)
2 points - Emre Guler (Raiders), Zac Lomax (Dragons), James Fisher-Harris (Panthers), Tohu Harris (Warriors), Dane Gagai (Rabbitohs), Mikaele Ravalawa (Dragons), Nick Meaney (Bulldogs), Martin Taupau (Sea Eagles), Moeaki Fotuaika (Titans), Matt Ikuvalu (Roosters), Braden Hamlin-Uele (Sharks), Cameron McInnes (Dragons), Wayde Egan (Warriors), Corey Thompson (Wests Tigers), Adam Doueihi (Wests Tigers), Jorge Taufua (Sea Eagles), Ronaldo Mulitalo (Sharks), Lindsay Collins (Roosters), Michael Morgan (Cowboys), Michael Jennings (Eels), Nick Cotric (Raiders), Payne Haas (Broncos), Dale Finucane (Storm), Nathan Brown (Eels), David Fifita (Broncos), Cameron Murray (Rabbitohs)
1 point - Andrew McCullough (Broncos), Valentine Holmes (Cowboys), Eliesa Katoa (Warriors), Wade Graham (Sharks), Tyrell Fuimaono (Dragons), Thomas Flegler (Broncos), Daniel Tupou (Roosters), Siosifa Talakai (Sharks), Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow (Cowboys), Josh Reynolds (Wests Tigers), Tui Kamikamica (Storm), Billy Walters (Wests Tigers), Tyson Frizell (Dragons), Josh Addo-Carr (Storm), Coen Hess (Cowboys), Sam Lisone (Titans), Brian Kelly (Titans), Ethan Lowe (Rabbitohs), Tom Opacic (Cowboys), Chad Townsend (Sharks), Adam Elliott (Bulldogs), Elliott Whitehead (Raiders), Herman Ese'ese (Knights), Phillip Sami (Titans), Alex Twal (Wests Tigers), Jaydn Su'A (Rabbitohs), Connor Watson (Knights), Kyle Flanagan (Roosters), Junior Paulo (Eels), Peta Hiku (Warriors)

Sore points - injury update

Injury news that came out of Round 10

Kieran Foran (Bulldogs) - toe - monitored
Dylan Edwards (Panthers) - hamstring - scans
Dean Whare (Panthers) - groin - scans
Corey Oates (Broncos) - leg - 3-4 weeks
Moses Suli (Sea Eagles) - sternum - monitored
Reuben Garrick (Sea Eagles) - HIA - monitored
Angus Crichton (Roosters) - knee - 4-5 weeks
Brett Morris (Roosters) - jaw - monitored
Nat Butcher (Roosters) - ribs - monitored
Michael Oldfield (Raiders) - hamstring) - 2-3 weeks
Nathan Brown (Eels) - hip cork - scans
Maika Sivo (Eels) - knee - monitored

The good news - who's back?

The following players are likely or possible to return from injury or suspension this weekend.

Broncos - Matt Lodge, Kotoni Staggs, Jake Turpin
Titans - Kevin Proctor
Sea Eagles - Morgan Boyle, Addin Fonua-Blake
Storm - Suliasi Vunivalu
Knights - Daniel Saifiti
Cowboys - Jordan McLean
Eels - Mitchell Moses
Dragons - Brayden Wiliame
Roosters - Nat Butcher
Warriors - Adam Keighran
Wests Tigers - Alex Twal, Robert Jennings

Metrics Metrics Metrics

Each week we'll also do our best to keep you across the crowd figures and TV ratings which are often the most talked-about parts of the game.

With crowds back at some games, we'll report figures we receive - any matches where no crowd is recorded are listed as N.R.

Crowds: Round 10

Ratings: Round 10