After a long NRL judiciary hearing, Wests Tigers captain James Tamou will be allowed to play in a potential farewell match in round 25, after having his ban reduced to one week for abusing referee Ben Cummins.
abc.net.au/news/james-tamou-nrl-judiciary-referee-abuse/101363568A relieved James Tamou will be granted a possible Leichhardt Oval farewell after successfully downgrading his contrary conduct charge at the NRL judiciary.
Supported by his wife Brittney and Tigers chief executive Justin Pascoe, Tamou admitted on Tuesday night he was "embarrassed and appalled" as he was shown footage of his outburst for the first time in the 80th minute. But in evidence tendered to the panel of Bob Lindner and Michael Hagan, NRL counsel Lachlan Gyles claimed the former NSW and Australian Test prop had twice been warned by Cummins before initially being sin-binned.
"When we see people like you … acting in the way you did, it's a bit hard to expect a carpenter in ground nine or a kid in Townsville or Penrith to treat the referee with respect."
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