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Wayne Bennett says Dolphins enforcer Felise Kaufusi should get no more than a fine for his high shot on Storm prop Christian Welch as Queensland sweats on the decision of the match review committee.

Kaufusi was sin-binned and put on report in the second minute of the Storm's 24-16 win over the Dolphins on Saturday night at Suncorp Stadium.

He was suspended for four weeks earlier in the season for a shot on Newcastle's Jackson Hastings.

Kaufusi is a certainty to be named in the Maroons team for the State of Origin series opener on May 31 in Adelaide but will almost certainly miss the clash if charged with a high grade offence after Sunday's review.

Storm coach Craig Bellamy was diplomatic when quizzed on the actions of the 31-year-old, who he coached in two premierships wins in 2017 and 2020.

"Obviously, things happen in the heat of the moment out there," Bellamy said.

"He is not thinking about missing Origin, but if he gets suspended he will miss Origin. There might be a heavy price for him."

Bennett said Kaufusi's high shot was "no big deal" as Welch was not concussed and did not leave the field.

He pointed to the $1800 fine handed down to Penrith and NSW No.6 Jarome Luai for pushing a touch judge on Thursday night in the Panthers 15-4 win over Brisbane,.

"He got a fine, didn't he?

"If you look like being in Origin you are a real good chance of getting a fine or not guilty," Bennett said.

Bennett was asked if he believed a fine should be sufficient in this instance, for a shot he said wasn't vicious or malicious.

"I would say for that. If he is charged it would be no more than that," Bennett said.

Bennett has coached Queensland on 25 occasions. Bellamy has previously coached NSW. Both are straight shooters and know the ramifications for Kaufusi.

"I don't know whether he would do the same thing if he had his time over again," Bellamy said.

"The sunshine up here mightn't be so good for him. It might make him more aggressive," he grinned

"He seems to be on the angry pills, but I can't remember having to pull him back too far with us.

"He was always an aggressive player, especially defensively. You want that out of your players but there has got to be a level where you can't go above. Perhaps he has stepped over that a couple of times this year."

Dolphins back-rower Kenny Bromwich was also put on report for dangerous contact on former Storm teammate Nick Meaney.

Dolphins captain Jesse Bromwich, a former Storm captain himself, was asked about the fire and brimstone.

"I think the first time you play against your old club that is always going to be the case," he said.

"We did have a little chat about it during the week, but we didn't stick to that. For me the thing with 'Fus' is that we love it when he goes out there and is aggressive and really changes the game.

"He gives us so much momentum. We encourage that sort of behaviour. Swinging arms, I'm not too sure about, but we love it when he is aggressive."

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Gold Coast scratched the surface before Joe Daniher and Lachie Neale helped Brisbane slam the door shut on their Queensland AFL rivals with a ninth-straight derby win.

The Lions were pushed by a Suns team that's unearthed another layer of talent, turning a final-quarter dogfight into a comfortable 16.11 (107) to 9.10 (64) Gabba victory.

It was the Lions' (8-2) seventh straight this season but didn't come easy, with rookie Suns talent Bailey Humphrey's efforts (26 disposals, seven inside 50s) a huge positive for a side operating without injured captain Touk Miller.

It was Humphrey's left-foot snap that made it a five-point game early in the fourth quarter on Saturday.

But that was the moment things turned, as Lachie Neale, the Marcus Ashcroft Medal winner for best on ground with 35 disposals and 10 clearances, claimed a crucial stoppage that led to a 50-metre Eric Hipwood bomb.

The hosts kicked the last six goals of the game, Daniher booting four across the night a week after his six-goal haul against Essendon.

Josh Dunkley's battle with Matt Rowell was fierce while Hugh McCluggage (30 touches) found his groove as the Lions won a 40th regular-season game from their last 43 Gabba appearances.

"I did love that last quarter when they got within five points, we just steadied and our leaders stood up," coach Chris Fagan said.

"That was a tough contest ... O (ruckman Oscar McInerney) really turned it around and our ground-level players really got to work."

The Suns made all the early running, Jarrod Witts dominating the centre and Charlie Ballard continuing his strong marking form.

But they couldn't covert their dominance, the Lions going to the break with a nine-point lead.

The hosts pulled further away but the Suns got back within five points when Jack Lukosius toe-poked through his second goal in the third term.

Harry Sharp finished well and Charlie Cameron celebrated his second goal with an Indigenous Round dance to again shoot the hosts clear.

Jarrod Berry's goal made it a 23-point margin but King and Nick Holman replied, Ben Ainsworth missing his set shot after the siren to make it an 11-point deficit at the final break.

Humphrey's snap had the Suns believing early in the fourth but the Lions quickly snuffed that out.

"We were scratching, fighting for everything we could get," Suns coach Stuart Dew said.

"We couldn't get it on our terms but they kept going and when the game was there to be won we didn't absorb enough heat and brought some pressure on ourselves."

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The man accused of murdering nine-year-old Charlise Mutten and dumping her body in a barrel has been committed to stand trial.

Justin Laurens Stein, 32, pleaded not guilty on Friday to domestic violence-related murder and improperly interfering with a corpse.

Charlise, the daughter of Stein's then fiancee, was allegedly killed on his family's multimillion-dollar Blue Mountains property days before she was reported missing on January 14 last year.

A five-day search of bushland ended with her body being found in the barrel that had been dumped near the Colo River northwest of Sydney.

Police later said an autopsy found she had died of a gunshot wound.

Charlise's mother Kallista is not accused of any wrongdoing in relation to her death.

Stein appeared in Penrith Local Court by video-link to enter the not guilty pleas to charges of murder and interfering with corpse, and was committed to stand trial in the NSW Supreme Court.

He faces arraignment in that court on July 7.

He also pleaded not guilty to two charges of possessing child abuse material and was committed to stand trial in the District Court on those charges.

His lawyer Peter Katsoolis told AAP that Stein would "vigorously defend" both cases.

Mr Katsoolis said firearm-related charges and one charge of break and enter against Stein were still subject to negotiation in the local court.

He remains in custody after bail was refused.

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