The NRL Match Review Committee has laid two charges following round one action. No charges have arisen from the Rabbitohs v Roosters Centenary Season Opener.

The Eels' Feleti Mateo and the Tigers' Todd Payten have both been hit with contrary conduct/unnecessary head/neck pressure charges. Mateo will not miss a week with an early guilty plea (grade one), while Payten will miss two weeks (grade two) with an early guilty plea.

In regard to the incident involving Rabbitohs halfback Craig Wing and Roosters hooker Riley Brown the NRL Match Review concluded:

"Wing was held in tackle by Anthony Tupou and Braith Anasta when Brown makes forceful contact with his arm/shoulder to the upper back/shoulder of Wing. All elements of Brown's contribution to the tackle were analysed. The tackle was not late as momentum was still in the tackle and the referee had not called held when contact occurred. Point of contact was with Wing's back by Brown's shoulder, therefore no elements of the contact were deemed illegal. Consideration was given to whether the conduct was in the "true spirit of the game" but as no elements of Brown's actions were deemed illegal it is difficult to contend the conduct was not in the "true spirit of the game". No further action."

In the remaining round one game the Storm play the Warriors at the Telstra Dome in Melbourne tonight.

A visit to a specialist has confirmed South Sydney halfback Craig Wing will require shoulder surgery followed by three months of rehabilitation.

Wing will undergo an arthroscopic shoulder reconstruction on Tuesday after dislocating his shoulder in Friday night's NRL season-opener against the Sydney Roosters at ANZ Stadium.

The former Test utility suffered damage to ligaments and muscle tissue around the shoulder, but the prognosis is slightly healthier than the rumoured five-month recovery period.

"I'm shattered that I need surgery, but to look on the bright side I'm told I should only miss three to four months of footy instead of what could have been five months, which is a positive," Wing said.

"I'm going to work hard to rehabilitate the injury after the surgery and make sure I'm 100 per cent fit for a return mid-season."

Roosters hooker Riley Brown was cleared of any wrongdoing by the NRL match review committee in landing the shoulder charge which led to Wing's shoulder being dislocated.

Now and again, one of those unlikely-sounding celebrity rumors actually does pan out. Buzz started building a week ago that Russell Crowe might -- just might-- make a surprise cameo at Saturday's Shamrock Fest concert at RFK. The speculation was stoked by Celt-rock cognoscenti hip to the actor/bar-band singer's friendship with Canadian folkies Great Big Sea and aware that Crowe is hunkered down in D.C. for a month filming the political thriller "State of Play."

But not even the music festival organizers had a clue if it would actually happen -- until the star's entourage showed up several minutes into GBS's 9 p.m. set. And then at the encore, Crowe walked onstage. With the band he performed Johnny Cash's"Folsom Prison Blues" and an Irish ballad. And everyone pretty much went nuts. Fans said Crowe was looking kind of hirsute, with longish hair. How'd he sound? Forgot to ask!