Raiders coach Ricky Stuart was gobsmacked that Hudson Young was despatched to the sin bin for what he described as a push on Kalyn Ponga in a tirade towards the choice.
Young was despatched to the sin bin for a “moment of madness”, smashing Knights fullback Kalyn Ponga late in an unpleasant sort out.
The NSW enforcer’s shoulder crashed into Ponga’s head halfway via the primary half, flooring the Dally M Medallist after he’d handed the ball to Tyson Gamble.
Initially, it regarded as if Ponga had orchestrated a powerful four-pointer nevertheless it was referred to as again after an obstruction from Tyson Frizell.
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But upon evaluation, Young’s act of foul play was found and referee Todd Smith gave him his marching orders, labelling the incident “totally unnecessary”.
Both commentators Greg Alexander and Warren Smith had been each confused by Young’s actions, with native followers giving him a bit of their thoughts on his approach off.
“A moment of madness there from Hudson Young, totally unnecessary… looks much worse in slow motion,” Alexander mentioned.
“He hits him pretty after the missed tackle from Jordan Rapana but there’s no need for it.”
“Young goes to the sin bin for the contact and gets a fair serve from the home crowd on the way out,” Smith mentioned.
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Stuart took goal on the resolution in his submit match press convention.
“Well what was the sin-binning for, pushing?” Stuart mentioned.
“The buzz word is discretionary isn’t it? So it was a discretionary decision.
“But he shouldn’t have even been… I mean yeah penalise him. But if we are going to start penalising people for that we are going to be playing a lot of games with 12.
“But if that is a sin-binning offence and that is a week off then it has got to be consistent every week and every game, but it won’t be.
“And that’s not having a crack at anyone. The referees have got a very difficult job. But I don’t believe that is a sin-binning offence.”
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