'I am disappointed with the outcome, but I accept the decision of the panel.' Due to his suspension Reece Walsh will miss Brisbane’s clash against the Dolphins and is ineligible for selection for the Maroons in Game III of the State of Origin series.
will miss Origin III after being found guilty by the NRL judiciary on Tuesday of contrary conduct towards a match official and suspended for three matches.
Judiciary panel members Tony Puletua and Sean Hampstead were not able to reach a unanimous verdict and the issue of guilt was resolved by the casting vote of chair Justice Geoffrey Bellew, under Rule 89 of the NRL judiciary code. The majority were satisfied that the evidence of those earlier incidents established the tendency which was relied upon.
In the view of the majority, this had a generally adverse effect upon the reliability of the evidence that they gave.In particular, the majority rejected the player’s evidence that he was not complaining to the referee when he said to him “I stopped running, I stopped running”. That was particularly so, in circumstances where the evidence of player Walsh was that had understood player Carrigan’s words to mean that he should “think and be smart”.That factor tended against a conclusion that the words were said to player Carrigan as opposed to the referee.
In terms of penalty, and in reflection of the fact that the question of penalty is one to be determined separately under the Judiciary Code, the two panel members considered the question of penalty and were able to reach a unanimous position which did not require the intervention of the chairperson pursuant to Rule 89.
The panel has been deliberating for over 30 minutes so far... the Broncos have missed their flight back to Brisbane tonight as a result and will instead fly out on Wednesday morning.The hearing has adjourned for panel members Tony Puletua and Sean Hampstead to consider their verdict after almost three hours of evidence. If they are unable to reach a unanimous verdict Justice Bellew will use his casting vote to decide Walsh’s guilt or innocence to the contrary conduct charge.
“Mr Knowles said the evidence of the players was ‘strikingly similar’. It was not said but there was some suggestion that the players had talked and got their stories straight. There was no admission of tailoring their evidence. It’s understandable that their evidence would be similar when you are telling the truth.”
"You are an articulate person. If you believed that player Walsh wasn't speaking to the referee, you would have approached him," Knowles said. "Whether it be right or wrong, we have a close relationship. I felt like Reece was trying to overplay everything and got in front of Cobbo. I got frustrated and told him to slow his brain. I felt like his actions were inhibiting our ability to get a result and that is just the manner he plays in. That was a by-product of previous incidents."Knowles asked if Walsh usually spoke to teammates in that manner.
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