Dr Chim Richalds wrote:
Ha ha ha ha me have a word with myself?? Heremaia was charged with punching but submitted an early plea.
From the disciplinary hearing notes
Lovely stuff!!
But I suppose that doesn't sit with your theories that the incident was only reported a week later.
The latest charge is based on the accounts of the touch judge and an opposing player. That same touch judge presumably couldn't even see punches being thrown 2 weeks ago as the evidence against Moore for that offence states "the exact nature and force of the punches cannot be clarified from the DVD". If that was the case why didn't they take the TJ's evidence into account then as surely spotting a punch is easier than spotting an eye gouge through a group of 15-20 players.
If it was reported to the referee at the time why was it not dealt with when the other offences were - given that the TJ clearly saw it!!