Roosters enforcer Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and Raiders firebrand Corey Horsburgh entrance the NRL Judiciary tonight.
Horsburgh’s case will kick off proceedings at 6pm AEST because the Maroons star fights a three-game ban for a shoulder cost on Brisbane’s Corey Jensen.
If Horsburgh loses then he’ll cop a four-game ban which suggests his season will probably be over until Canberra makes an unlikely cost to the grand last.
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The NRL’s authorized counsel Patrick Knowles confirmed the panel seven video angles, with Horsburgh requesting an eighth angle of the incident be proven.
Knowles claimed the deal with was ‘at the very least careless’ and he made ‘no attempt’ to make use of the arm.
“Player Horsburgh is coming in a forward and diagonal angle coming out of the line. There is no attempt here to use the arm in the tackle at all,” he mentioned.
“You can see that neither the right arm that makes contact or the left arm is out to wrap or tackle the player.
“Player Horsburgh launches into contact with the right shoulder or upper arm. It was at the very least careless.
“Shoulder charges do carry a greater risk of injury and this type of tackle could have been avoided by using the arms in a conventional style.”
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Waerea-Hargreaves was cited twice for separate incidents involving Api Koroisau and Stefano Utoikamanu throughout a fiery conflict in opposition to the Wests Tigers final Saturday.
JWH accepted a three-game ban for putting after cameras caught the Kiwi veteran headbutting Utoikamanu.
Waerea-Hargreaves additionally pleaded responsible to grade two harmful contact cost for a late shot on Koroisau, however he’s disputing the grading.
That listening to begins at 7:30pm and if he loses then JWH will cop a seven-game ban, however most of these will value him consultant matches for New Zealand.
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Source: www.foxsports.com.au