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Hey don't know if anyone saw this yet or if someone has posted it...
The bottom couple of paragraphs talk about Jamie Lyon...
The bottom couple of paragraphs talk about Jamie Lyon...
Eels seek new view for Smith
By DEAN RITCHIE
June 06, 2006
PARRAMATTA hope additional television angles may show that halfback Jeremy Smith made no contact with referee Sean Hampstead in Friday night's match.
The Eels were last night calling for new footage of the controversial incident.
Parramatta boss Denis Fitzgerald will view new vision today before making a decision on whether to fight Smith's grade five contrary conduct charge.
If he pleads guilty, Smith will be suspended for four matches. Should he fight and lose the charge, Smith will be outed for six games.
Smith is likely to plead guilty today.
NRL officials last night were convinced contact was made between Smith and Hampstead.
They claim it is minimal though.
But the officials also claim intent must be taken into account over the incident.
Smith menacingly attempted to push Hampstead near fulltime in Friday night's game, won 8-1 by the Dragons at OKI Jubilee Stadium.
"So many times you want to throttle the referee but you just can't do it," said Smith's teammate Nathan Hindmarsh.
"He just slipped up."
In April, Melbourne five-eighth Scott Hill accepted a two-match ban for making deliberate contact with referee Jason Robinson in a match against Wests Tigers at Leichhardt.
Meanwhile, Jamie Lyon has set his sights on leaving St Helens with a Super League and Challenge Cup double. The former Test centre, who is expected to return to his old club Parramatta when his contract with Saints runs out at the end of the season, scored 20 points to help the league leaders reach the last four of the Challenge Cup.