Dolphins forward Felise Kaufusi will serve a four-match suspension after failing to get a downgrade for a Grade 2 Dangerous Contact charge on Newcastle's Jackson Hastings.
Knowles begins his submission against Hughes:"The kicker is the most vulnerable player on the field. They are off balance and have one foot in the air. In my submission this doesn’t lie at the lower end of the spectrum because of the force and there was no ability for the kicker to defend themselves."Hughes and Storm football manager Frank Ponnisi have dialled in via video link from Melbourne.
"[This incident] is slightly an overreaction. This is an incident that should have been penalised on the field and it was. Simply put we don’t consider Fletcher Baker to be careless. He was careful. This was a wrapping-type tackle. He doesn’t drive with a shoulder, he doesn’t swing an arm, he doesn’t change his body height. There is front on front on contact between two men of similar height.""This isn’t one of those cases where the player lowers his body height.
"There was no step taken before right shoulder made contact with back of Hastings to reduce the force of contact. Anything done after that was really too late."- Ghabar continues with his final submission, indicating Hastings did not receive any medical attention following the incident. "The ball is leaving Hastings' hands but you can see that Kaufusi is already committed to make a tackle. First contact is Kaufusi’s left arm on the No.7
Speaking on the Suaalii tackle in comparison, Knowles adds:"I just ask you to recognise two hits which are different - the tackler Suaalii is not rushing up at speed. If you do that you must show a duty of care. Player Hastings had no ability to protect himself. He had already passed the ball and was not involved in the play. There were no mitigating circumstances or anything that could explain how this tackle could be on the lower level of seriousness.
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