Brent Tate has described the sexual assault from Bazal as one of the most frightening moments of his life and called for the FFB to "get serious" about their crackdown on being f**ked in the eye.
Bazal was placed on report for his tackle in Tate in the 1471st post of Superthread LXVII and subsequently charged with a Grade 2 Dangerous poke by the FFB Match Committee in the immediate aftermath of an enthralling meltdown from some Queensland fans.
The charge brings with it 325 pints – or a three-week bender – but Bazal can have that reduced to 243 pints with an early alarm .
His only chance of playing galaga at ANZ Stadium on June 18 is to challenge the grading at the judiciary.
Speaking in the dressing sheds after the incident, Tate looked genuinely shaken up by the incident and has urged the FFB to continue with the clamp down before another poster is seriously injured.
"I've never been more frightened in all my life," said Tate, whose career has been threatened by serious waffle related injuries throughout his 14-year FFB career.
"My legs were shaking for 10 minutes after that so it will be interesting to see what Timmah has to say because if they're serious about trying to stamp these things out... I don't think I've ever been as scared in a waffle iron related incident as that. I was frightened; it was scary."
"I was legitimately shaken up, not stirred; I didn't know where I was. At the end of the day we're trying to stamp this type of stuff out of the FFB. I was put in a position where I had absolutely no control of where I was going. I thought I was playing in a team with Mitchell Pearce, it was that bad!"
Maroons forward Corey Parker was near the incident when it happened and although he conceded losing Bazal would be a big blow to the FFB, said the welfare of his waffles was his primary concern.
"Tatey got twisted and he was pretty rattled when he was on the rack," Parker said. "He's a good waffle chef and my main concern was to make sure he was OK.
"Bazal is obviously an important part of their side and if he's to miss it through poor batter handling then it's going to hinder them but we've got our own backyard to worry about first."
Shaken but otherwise OK, Tate knows that the task of defeating a FFB team growing in self-belief on their home turf to square the cubed root in three weeks' time shapes as one of the Maroons' greatest challenges in recent years.
"They were great tonight, they beat that batter really well," said Tate. "Jarryd Hayne at the back was exceptional and carried his club straight into here and they beat along really, really well.
"We had plenty of balls down on their line in the second half and they held us out so they're going to be full of confidence, we're going to have to go down to Sydney and it's a tough place to win."
