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Remember the Kennedy suspension that ruled him out of the New Zealand test and third state of origin? Hopefully the judiciary aren't forgetting that in the pending Petero Civoniceva case tomorrow night.
Civoniceva will get two matches if he pleads guilty. If Brisbane lose on Sunday that will only be one match. He therefore won't be able to play in the October test against the Kiwis. Based on the Kennedy decision, he won't be able to count that as a match in his suspension, either, because he wasn't selected to play at the time.
I guess if he's selected on the Kangaroo tour, he can probably count the first tour match as the second match of his suspension.
OK then Kaz, now the Josh Perry suspension comes into play. He was suspended by the NRL, missed a State of Origin (ARL run) game and then misses an NRL match despite being chosen for the Origin.
And all on a one game suspension.
Either way, Civoniceva is likely to be flown half way around the world for 2 matches, while his replacement for game one is going to be flown there for one. Unless the Broncos win this week, Petero should be watching the action on channel 9.
ARL suspensions relate to rep and NRL games by the standards set to Kennedy. And the NRL suspension issued to Perry forced him out of the origin rep game. It's the same situation as Civoniceva, and unless the Broncos win this week, he should be sitting out the next rep game.