Rabbitohs skipper Cameron Murray's season over after failed gamble at NRL judiciary
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Rabbitohs captain Cameron Murray's season is over after he failed to overturn a high tackle charge at the judiciary.
Murray was facing a two-game ban for his shoulder collecting Tyson Frizell on the chin during Saturday's loss to the Knights.
He went to the judiciary on Tuesday night but lost, and is now banned for three games.
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The Bunnies only have two games remaining this season.
In the 37th minute of the game, the Souths skipper was placed on report for a tackle shot that saw Newcastle's Frizell ruled out of the remainder of the game.
But in a bizarre set of circumstances, Murray's report was elevated by referee Chris Butler who ordered the lock off the field for 10 minutes.
Cameron Murray was sin binned. Nine
The incident left Nine commentators wondering if the sin bin was a correction from the Stephen Crichton tackle on Friday.
"This is a direct reaction from what happened in New Zealand with Stephen Crichton," Brad Fittler said on Nine.
His dismissal did not sit well with Damien Cook who questioned the consistency of the game, referencing Crichton's remarkable sin bin escape on Friday.
"Where's the consistency from last night?," Cook asked Butler.
"Come on Damien you know better than that," Butler replied.
"You have that one planned?"
"I reckon Graham Annesley's got on the phone and said get him off," Fittler added.
"Funny game rugby league," Phil Gould said.
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As Adam Elliott took to the field in replace of Frizell, Andrew Johns declared the lengthy review of the incident was justified.
"We've seen the last couple of years, you cannot hit someone in the head ... that wasn't deliberate but he hit him in the head, knocked him out and you go to the bin," he said.
"He didn't need to use that type of force," Brad Fittler added.
