Cowards.
Fight the grading. Fight the whole charge. Even if on principle to say ‘hey merkins charge us and you’re gonna waste money and time fighting us’.
It’s what the roosters do hence why there players are constantly being fined before racking up enough charges and points that they can’t even be fined anymore.
It’s a classic legal defence of being a pain in the ass to charge so authorities go low just to get a guilty plea and move on.
Mate I do agree with everything you have said except the first word. Easy for you to say that mate, you're not in the inner sanctum where the decision is being made.
It is ridiculous he was even charged but if they are going to charge and suspend Hughes in Melbourne for his contact with Butler then I can't see this one being overturned.
Let's do either of the following:
(1) Bring in Ison, tell him its just for the one game and see how it goes. If it was good enough for Chevy at the Raiders and Jye Gray at the Rabbits then why not give Ison a go.
(2) Bring Iro to FB and Sifa to centre - this is the way I think Fitz will go.