Fox League commentators were stunned after the Sharks’ Chad Townsend was sent off for a massive collision with the Knights’ Kalyn Ponga.
Up 22-4 with 27 minutes to go, the Knights’ fullback marked the ball in the in-goal before running out to the 20m line.
Kayo is your ticket to the 2020 NRL Telstra Premiership. Every game of every round Live & On-Demand with no-ad breaks during play. New to Kayo? “Did he make an attempt to put his left arm around?” Roach asked. “Trying to do something for his team.The crowd of 5,597 were baying for blood after the hit and surprisingly referee Ben Cummins agreed, calling it high, pointing the Sharks half to the sideline, the third send off of the season.
Part of the explanation was that Cummins had called time off as he was about to send Ponga back to tap again.Sharks coach John Morris wasn’t sure if he thought it should be a send off but “yeah it was a shoulder charge”.
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