Paul Gallen has beaten Darcy Lussick by third-round stoppage after a brief but frenetic contest in Sydney. Fighting over just three, two-minute rounds, Lussick gave Gallen some problems early in the contest on Wednesday, driving Gallen back with a flurry of punches against the ropes. Although some of that success came after Lussick held Gallen behind the head, an illegal move not picked up by the referee. However, despite those transgressions going unpunished, the former Manly and Parramatta prop exhausted himself with his efforts before being knocked to the ground by Gallen late in the second. Lussick somehow picked himself up off his stool to start the third round, but the stoppage was inevitable as Gallen moved to a 12-1-1 professional record