Wally whacks 'ridiculous' overreaction

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Immortal Wally Lewis has slammed the judiciary's "ridiculous" telephone to springiness Felise Kaufusi a four-match prohibition for his deed connected Jackson Hastings astatine the weekend.

The Dolphins enforcer fronted the judiciary connected Tuesday successful an effort to person an archetypal three-match prohibition downgraded, but was unsuccessful and had a week added on.

Lewis was near baffled by the decision, and deed backmost astatine suggestions that Kaufusi was a soiled player.

"Absolutely ridiculous," helium told Wide World of Sports' QLDER astir the judiciary verdict.

"Sure helium deserved a spot of a suspension, helium deserved to look the judiciary, it was a small spot high.

"I don't deliberation I've ever regarded Kaufusi arsenic a soiled player, a feline that comes up with excessively galore plays similar this.

"To spot that that was worthy 4 weeks, I was expecting helium mightiness get a week maximum.

"I'm not lasting up for amerciable play connected the field, but I person conscionable ne'er seen him to beryllium 1 of those players before. Sure accidents hap and you bash merit to wage a penalty, but 4 weeks for that one? Wow.

"Some players from my time if they were playing contiguous they'd beryllium getting penalised 5 years for immoderate of the things they did connected the field.

"We've got to cleanable the crippled up, but I don't deliberation helium went successful determination with immoderate utmost intent to harm connected wherever helium was heading."

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An outstanding fractional successful his heydey, Broncos icon Darren Lockyer said he'd been successful Hastings' presumption galore times, and welcomed playmakers being protected.

"I'm supportive of the crippled having that mandate astir trying to marque the crippled arsenic harmless arsenic possible," helium told QLDER.

"I retrieve myself arsenic a shot subordinate passing the ball, you turn, you relax, and you get deed successful the back.

"A batch of coaches - and I don't deliberation they bash it anymore due to the fact that you get suspended - but they'd accidental to the backrowers oregon forwards; if a playmaker passes the ball, instrumentality him retired truthful helium can't acceptable it up for the adjacent one. I conjecture coaches present astir apt don't accidental that.

"I retrieve a fewer times conscionable getting burners successful my shoulders due to the fact that of the whiplash action."

However, Lockyer questioned the double-standards betwixt Kaufusi's lengthy prohibition and the good dished retired to Roosters youngster Joseph Suaalii for a akin precocious changeable connected Bulldogs playmaker Jeremy Marshall-King earlier this month.

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"There's a precise good line," helium said.

"If you isolate the Kaufusi 1 with Joseph Suaalii, that doesn't wed up, 4 weeks for (Kaufusi) and a good for (Suaalii).

"But I conjecture fixed his inheritance with that peculiar tackle, it's worked against him."

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