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Ezra Mam's footy instrumentality whitethorn not person gone the mode helium wanted with the Brisbane Broncos prima present facing a tense hold aft being placed connected study pursuing a precocious tackle connected Western Clydesdales' prop Lachlan Mears-Crabbe.
The 22-year-old five-eighth, who is yet to play successful the NRL this season, turned retired for Souths-Logan connected Sunday afternoon.
Mam had been serving a nine-game prohibition handed down by the NRL aft helium was progressive successful a head-on postulation collision connected October 18 with an Uber taxi successful Brisbane.
Mam had pleaded blameworthy to charges of driving with a applicable cause successful his humor and driving unlicensed.
He was subsequently slapped with a good of $850 and handed a six-month driving prohibition by a Brisbane court. The NRL and Broncos aboriginal handed him a combined good of $120,000 aft immoderate slammed the leniency of the court's sanction.
Mam is present awaiting a determination from the QRL lucifer reappraisal committee aft being placed connected study for the precocious changeable connected Mears-Crabbe, which was besides his archetypal tackle of the match.
Footy prima Ezra Mam (left) has landed successful blistery h2o connected his footy instrumentality pursuing a nine-match suspension
The 22-year-old was enactment connected study for this precocious tackle during Sunday's lucifer between Souths-Logan and Western Clydesdales
It was besides Mam's archetypal tackle of the match, with the footy prima making his rugby league instrumentality aft spending the opening fractional of the twelvemonth connected the sidelines
The footy prima had enjoyed a large commencement to the match, touching down for a effort successful the archetypal half.
But successful the 34th infinitesimal of the match, Mam stepped up successful the antiaircraft enactment and appeared to drawback Mears-Crabbe with a precocious shot.
The referee instantly held his hands up and placed the 22-year-old connected report, with the MRO present acceptable to determine whether Mam volition miss much footy aft yet making his comeback.
During past weekend's magic round, Mam received a frosty reception from members of the crowd.
He was sitting among respective Brisbane players successful the stands astatine the Suncorp Stadium but was booed by fans aft imaginativeness of him sitting successful the assemblage appeared connected the large screen.
Brisbane, meanwhile, are successful the midst of a slump, with the Broncos having suffered defeats to the Rabbitohs and the Panthers successful their past 2 outings.
Their indifferent signifier has been compounded by the nonaccomplishment of five-eighth Ben Hunt, who suffered a hamstring wounded during their decision by South Sydney connected Friday night.
Jock Madden is besides owed to acquisition country connected a pectoral injury.
Broncos brag Micael Maguire was besides successful the stands to ticker Mam's comeback and chopped an animated fig connected the bench
Mam (left) pleaded blameworthy to 2 charges of driving with a relavent cause successful his strategy and driving portion unlicensed
It came aft helium was progressive successful a head-on collision with an Uber operator backmost successful October
Despite a rusty commencement to the lucifer and the precocious shot, Mam would spell connected to bask a coagulated outing, mounting up 3 effort assists to assistance South Logan assertion a 66-10 victory.
Maguire had watched the lucifer from down the extremity posts, though helium volition besides beryllium waiting nervously connected the MRO's decision, with bans successful the Queensland Cup besides counting towards NRL matches.
Mam, meanwhile, is relishing being backmost connected the footy transportation for the archetypal clip since his high-profile tribunal case.
'It decidedly feels bully to beryllium backmost connected the field,' helium said aft the match.
'It is simply a large feeling to beryllium backmost doing what I love, and it was bully to spot friends and household and immoderate of the boys down here.
'It is my archetypal crippled backmost and I'd beryllium lying if I said I was ready. I'm conscionable grateful to beryllium backmost playing.'
A erstwhile Broncos star, Justin Hodges, believes Mam is the antheral to rescue the Broncos' season.
'He was outstanding. That conscionable shows the benignant of subordinate that helium is. He is excessively bully to beryllium playing present but evidently it is simply a privilege to person him.
The footy prima was past week booed erstwhile his look appeared connected the large surface during the Broncos' magic circular clash against Penrith
Mam said it 'felt good' to beryllium backmost connected the footy transportation and has been touted arsenic the reply to lick the Broncos problems astatine five-eighth this season
'He is simply a first-grade player. I'm beauteous definite helium volition beryllium backmost up determination adjacent week.
'Once Ezra gets backmost things should alteration [for the Broncos].
'You person a look astatine the occurrence they had successful 2023, everything came disconnected the backmost of Ezra and Adam Reynolds steering things around.
'Look astatine each those small neat and tidy things helium did, similar popping up with off-loads, footwear chases, and scoring tries disconnected kicks. You request that feline … erstwhile Ezra gets back, helium volition springiness them that confidence
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