Why are people comparing two completely different incidents? Trindall doesn’t push the ref onto the ground, he tries to go around him and contact was inevitable. Hughes could easily have made the tackle without pushing Butler out of the way with enough force for him to fall to the ground.
He was lucky to only get a week.
NRL Round 2 judiciary: Hughes in strife for ref bump, Nikora faces feather touch ban over Kikau hit, Luai charged twice
Why are people comparing two completely different incidents? Trindall doesn’t push the ref onto the ground, he tries to go around him and contact was inevitable. Hughes could easily have made the tackle without pushing Butler out of the way with enough force for him to fall to the ground.
He was lucky to only get a week.
NRL Round 2 judiciary: Hughes in strife for ref bump, Nikora faces feather touch ban over Kikau hit, Luai charged twice