Daly Cherry-Evans arrived at the judiciary looking like a kid in a candy store and walked out two hours later avoiding the first ban of his NRL career. Fighting to avoid a three-game suspension for a dangerous throw on Shaun Lane, the Manly halfback instead escaped with a $750 fine on Tuesday. A cleanskin throughout his 14-year career, there aren’t many things Cherry-Evans hasn’t done since his 2011 debut.
Ghabar also claimed diminutive halfback Cherry-Evans would have required “superhuman” strength to counteract the momentum of Lane and Olakau’atu. The 85kg Cherry-Evans offered the odd wise crack in his first outing, joking he would not “weight shame” Olakau’atu and Lane by guessing their size. But jokes aside, the Manly halfback was adamant there was nothing he could do to stop the throw. “They’re two really big fellas,” Cherry-Evans said.