Johnathan Thurston found not guilty at judiciary

Thurston knew the try could not be stopped and he ran in to the refree in the slight hope the play would be called back. Hes a very smart player but according to the rules hes a cheat. Suspend him.

I think this is rubbish! No player runs into a referee on purpose. Why can't people just accept that this was an accident? What needs to be scrutinised is the way that the NRL have handled the whole process. How this even managed to make any waves at all is ridiculous. This was never going anywhere and has simply cost one of our NRL clubs a fortune to resolve. In my opinion the NRL should now be forced to reimburse the NQ Cowboys all related expenses!!

More going on with this than meets the eye! Thurston turns and makes a late effort to chase down the Warriors player, knowing he has no hope of catching him locks in on Referee in his path and takes him out...its simply an opportunistic longshot by JT that the fall will catch the other Ref's attention, who forces a video review which proves JT was obstructed and the try is disallowed. Again a longshot but JT being a seasoned and canny professional uses all methods to gain advantage at his disposal. Massive media groupthink generated by QLD RL PR machine has seen Judiciary intimidated and JT let off accordingly.

sold newspapers and got websites buzzing. Great ploy to build up buzz up to frenzy for O3

in my prevoius post i was cheeky, but its out of pure frustration in my part because its like the media is taking charge of the NRL rather than the NRL taking charge with the IC i agree oikee, at times the game is living in the dark ages, where we have nrl teams playing without origin players. Its like the NRL are stuck with 1980s retro scheduling. Might as well dust off george michael and duran duran records if thats the case the way to go is have an IC in place, have a big well deserved deal, 18 team by 2014 or 2015, and start having rep stand alone weekends like Indigenoius v pacific islands and kiwi roots match: North v south island, with origin to be played on tuesday night.

Now for the common sense, why was he charged at all. The whole game needs a complete overhaul. It becomes more embarressing every day. They are looking, but they are not seeing, they are blind to reality. The game is living in the dark ages, who, who is going to take the game forward, who is going to grab the bull by the horns. Give me something, anything, anyone.

It's not afl, harden up refs... I don't like thurston but this was all a joke... Atleast someone came to their senses to clear it. -- Comment left via The Roar's iPhone app. Download The Roar's iPhone App in the App Store here.

Not surprised at all. Considering the Uate and Hayne cases, if Thurston was found guilty and missed out on Origin III, Mal Meninga would lead the charge for a civil war! Plus, if NSW were to win, they'd always think, "would we still have won if Thurston played?" A good, fair decision, bring on Game Three!

here is my conspiracy NRL half owned by news ltd, wanted to have a big story to generate headlines and sell papers for a few days. So NRL, half owned by news ltd decided to charge thurston with contrary conduct. silly of me, but thats a perception whereas a couple of weeks ago, when brisbane played cronulla Sam Thaiday had a similar incident with a referee as well. I think it was the same referee. nothing anyway whens that IC coming?

and the right thing happens. The judiciary deliberated for quite some time... they probably knew he was guilty of smacking into the guy when he could have been avoided, but couldn't justify any penalty. I liked a suggestion I read on here earlier, suggesting that he should have been given a suspended sentence... if guilty of course!