Parramatta entrance rower Junior Paulo and Penrith hooker Mitch Kenny have a nervous wait after the duo had been despatched the sin bin late in Thursday evening’s Western Sydney derby.
Paulo was the primary of the 2 to be given his marching orders for what officers described as a “forceful” excessive shot within the closing minute of standard time on Penrith’s Zac Hosking.
“That’s direct contact to the head,” Fox League’s Michael Ennis stated in commentary.
“He’s left the ground. A penalty might’ve been better Junior, he might find himself in the bin.”
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“He could be in real trouble,” added Andrew Voss on the time.
Speaking to reporters after Thursday’s sport, Eels coach Brad Arthur stated he had “no complaints” concerning the name.
“I thought he was trying to jump over Dylan maybe,” Arthur stated.
“Dylan Brown was on the ground. He was just trying to jump over him and it was unfortunate, he was falling.
“Probably [it was worthy of a sin bin] in the circumstances. If you hit someone in the head, that’s what the rules have been. So I’ve got no complaints there.”
When it involves how a lot time Paulo may very well be spending on the sidelines, that can be largely depending on whether or not his sort out is deemed careless or reckless.
As for Kenny, he quickly adopted within the early levels of golden level after a excessive shot on Eels centre Waqa Blake, gifting Parramatta discipline place to later nail the successful discipline purpose.
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“I understand there’s an element of him falling but you’re actually rising and it’s careless and high,” referee Ashley Klein stated.
There is an opportunity Kenny doesn’t see any time on the sideline on condition that characterisation by Klein, with a grade one careless excessive sort out carrying a high quality solely.
Otherwise, ought to Kenny be suspended for subsequent week’s sport towards Canberra, Penrith can be with out each its first-choice hookers with Soni Luke struggling a class one concussion on Thursday evening. It means the artful rake will miss no less than 11 days.
Panthers coach Ivan Cleary although believes Kenny mustn’t have been despatched to the sin within the first place.
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“It’s just unfortunate,” Cleary stated in his post-game press convention.
“Mitch was just trying to make a play. I definitely don’t think it was a sin bin, a penalty maybe.
“It was just unfortunate… he was just getting off the line like he always does trying to make a play and unfortunately Waqa got hit by marker and was on the way down a bit and wasn’t hurt. A couple of big penalties and big moments tonight, which is a shame too.”
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