Wow, absolute BS for Marata, should've only been a penalty, not a send off, let alone almost a month away.
The contact to the head was more on the attacker coming down onto his shoulder than him bracing for impact.
The commentary team on Fox said when it happened they thought he'd be in trouble as it was the 4th time this season he'd been charged for such an incident. That's why it has resulted in a possible suspension and not a fine like the previous 3 occurrences. Note the charge sheet states it was "3rd+ offence last 12 months", so its his priors that bump it up.
Walsh should get hammered, but he probably won't.
Like jesus mate you gotta say that shit into every microphone?
Well it has gonestraight to the judiciary so I doubt it will be just a fine for him somehow. There are media reports saying he was not talking to the referee but to another player. What Walsh seems to not realise that use of "offensive or obscene language" is misconduct under the rules of the game regardless of who you say it to.
When I was a junior league referee, I sent a player off for swearing at my touch judge in an U/17s game. At the judiciary, he said he was swearing at himself as prior to m ning him off, I had sin binned him, so he said he was swearing at himself for lettimng hius team down when the touch judge then ran past him and heard it. The rep;ly fromone of the judiciary members stuck in my mind forver after, he said "Son, I don't care if you are swearing at the moon, the stars or the sky above you used offensive language which is against the laws of the game".