Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii has insisted his knockout tackle on Reece Walsh was an accident.  

Suaalii apologised to the whole of New South Wales, after being sent off at the beginning of his State of Origin debut. 

D'Arcy Waldegrave SportsTalk host told Jack Tame “Seven minutes into the game - the oxygen goes out of the place.” 

Waldegrave says “He just turned around in the tackle. Reece slipped a bit, but he should’ve kept the tacklee safe.” 

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