Do you think the same about the Chambers tackle? They’re very similar in my opinion
I can't say that I've seen it
But the grading was different, so if it was the same all I can do is point at the inconsistency of the review process.
Unfortunately, we live in an imperfect World. Video evidence of something going wrong is sketchy at best. Look at all those tackles from 3 or 4 years ago where the video ref was talking to the on field ref and teams were gaining penalties for any contact with the face at all, no matter how slight. As long as the player stayed down a penalty after contact was made with the head, a penalty was awarded.
Arms brush faces in umpteen tackles. They are not worthy of a penalty as they're not foul play. We got ourselves to the point where it was farcical because we were trying to judge the level of impact from a tv screen. Thankfully people cracked the shits so much we moved away from it.
I am not going to say Dugan faked an injury, but he was fine seconds later and the on-field referee didn't see enough to put Mitchell on report at the time. A penalty was awarded on the day, that should have been the end of it in my opinion.
But others have a different opinion. I get that and I am prepared to live with the decision we have.
There's no point worrying about what has happened. Play on son, the game is there to be won.
