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A Betoota Dolphins Rugby League player is still seething today after what he labelled as ‘a shocking decision’ on the weekend.
Ned Sullivan, Dolphin’s Reserve Grade hooker told The Advocate that he has cooled off since the game last weekend, but he still stands by his words and action.
“Nah he can go and get stuffed” Sullivan said.
“Look I probably shouldn’t have called him a cheat and told him to go to Specsavers, but him sending me to the bin was a bloody joke.”
Despite footage from the game showing Sullivan charging in from nearly 20 metres away to a push and shove, to throw a couple of jersey punches, the firebrand dummy half maintains that he ‘Didn’t do nothin’.’
“Honestly, there was absolutely nothing in that. It’s not touch football. The games gone soft. It’s a joke,” said the visibly angry Sullivan.
Speaking to us in his office, Sullivan almost exploded as his wife Tracey tried to call him for a second time during the interview, before explaining that if he gets sent to the judiciary he is done for good.
“I’m finished if I get cited. I went in there to split those two blokes up, and give that lippy half a bit of a spray, that’s all,” he said.
“Jesus Christ Tracey’s calling me again. I gotta go sorry.”
We spoke to the referee at the centre of the scandal about the incident.
“I don’t know why I have to even speak about this again. It was clear as daylight. He did the full Michael Jennings State of Origin, and he got sent. Not a big deal. But you gotta go to the bin. That’s the rules,” Matt Horrigan said.
“And no my eyes aren’t painted on if you wanted to know that too!” said the surly little man, before storming off.
