The Bludger#2 wrote:Listening to Gus talk about the hit on Ponga - I missed it. His view was that it didn't look too bad.
Question: would Ponga have failed his HIA if it was Game 3 SOO and he was wearing a Qld jersey?
(Full disclosure: salty Knights fan here).
I hate Lodge as much as the next bloke, but it didn't look bad from an intention pov. Ponga was gone though-whether it hit him on a sweet spot or whether it was because of the last 6 weeks, dunno.