Cowboys forward Coen Hess could be in hot water with the match review committee after he was sin-binned for tripping Sharks centre Jesse Ramien.
The incident in the 55th minute of the Sharks’ 42-6 win over the Cowboys saw Hess blatantly throw his leg out after being stepped by Ramien.
“A couple of Sharks players weren’t happy, they might look at this for a trip from Coen Hess,” Cooper Cronk said.
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“Has he stuck out his right leg and made contact with Jesse Ramien? Yes he has.”
“It is a penalty we can be certain of that, but is it any more?” Dan Ginnane said.
Referee Gerard Sutton ruled Hess made no attempt at a tackle and placed him on report before sending him for a 10-minute spell.
“You don’t even have hands on him,” Sutton said.
“Yes 10 in the bin and that is hard to argue,” Ginnane said.
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Cronk believes Hess deserved to be sin-binned because he made no attempt at a tackle and made considerable contact with his leg.
“In terms of the replay it looked quite blatant because his hands weren’t even close,” Cronk said.
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“He was stepped after the footwork from Ramien and then just stuck the right leg out and made a fair amount of contact.”
“It is funny tripping used to be a straight send-off and I’m talking 20 or 30 years ago,” Ginnane said.
“Tripping was a bit more prevalent.”
