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St George Illawarra five-eighth Kyle Flanagan has been slapped with a four-match ban after a marathon NRL tribunal hearing on Tuesday night. The NRL referred Flanagan directly to the judiciary after Canterbury captain Stephen Crichton claimed to have been bitten on the nose while attempting to tackle Flanagan during Saturday’s game. Debate has raged over the incident with one seasoned journalist even suggesting Crichton was to blame for “sticking his nose into the mouth of an opponent”.
His head rotates. There is force generated there. We have minor grazing on the bridge of the nose and a mild cut underneath Crichton’s nose, between the two nostrils. That is consistent with what we say occurred.” But after deliberating for 15 minutes, the tribunal decided that Crichton was not to blame. They found Flanagan guilty and then both parties started debating on what they thought the length of the ban should be, with the panel eventually landing on four games in an unanimous decision.
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