The Raiders hadn’t been to the NRL judiciary in 5 years and after Corey Horsburgh misplaced his attraction on Tuesday evening, the membership’s shattered chief govt Don Furner mentioned it should seemingly be one other 5 earlier than they return.
On the drive up the Hume Highway, Canberra officers had been assured Horsburgh can be cleared of a shoulder cost.
Then after veteran defence counsel Nick Ghabar completed his compelling closing argument, Furner was much more assured.
But the judiciary panel of Sean Hampstead and Bob Lindner took simply 25 minutes to search out Horsburgh responsible with a unanimous verdict – leaving these in attendance surprised.
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The determination additionally left Sea Eagles veteran Aaron Woods “gobsmacked” as the previous Kangaroos prop declared “I thought it was a great hit”.
Few gamers have tasted pleasure on the judiciary this season and foxsports.com.au requested Furner if he felt prefer it was changing into a waste of time difficult the NRL’s expenses.
“We haven’t been since 2018 so generally speaking we take the plea,” Furner mentioned.
“We wouldn’t have come up here if we didn’t think we had a good case because it’s a waste of time and money otherwise.
“So we were confident, and then even more confident after Nick made his case… but yeah we might not be coming for another five years.”
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Judiciary counsel Patrick Knowles mentioned that there was “no doubt that the contact was forceful” and that neither arm was attempting to wrap within the deal with, with Horsburgh doing himself no favours by clenching his fist within the contact.
“Nick put a good case forward, you can clearly see the left arm wrapped around and his right arm was rising, hits the bumper and he gets flicked back,” Furner mentioned.
“He attempted to use both arms – I thought Nick showed that and that his right arm got wedged back in, it can’t rise above someone’s bumper.
“It was disappointing but we have to move on. This makes it harder but someone else will get an opportunity.”
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The Raiders can even be with out Josh Papalii for his or her conflict towards the Sharks on Sunday which is shaping as a must-win to cement their finals spot.
That’s regardless of the Green Machine sitting fourth on the ladder after Round 20, with Canberra’s stunning differential to price them a finals spot in the event that they lose to Cronulla.
If they win, Horsburgh will solely play once more this season if the Raiders make an unlikely run to the grand last.
A defeat nevertheless means he received’t return till Round 4 subsequent 12 months.
Source web site: www.foxsports.com.au
