The injury-ravaged Warriors are reportedly filthy over what they believe is a miscarriage of justice after one of their rising stars suffered a broken leg against the Dolphins last Friday night.
Back rower Jacob Laban will miss the rest of the regular season after sustaining the leg injury in a tackle where Dolphins Felise Kaufusi was the third man in.
Laban is one of several star Warriors on the sideline as finals approach, with the likes of Mitch Barnett, Luke Metcalf, Rocco Berry and James Fisher-Harris all out of action.
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Kaufusi dived at the legs of Laban in the second half tackle, with the Warriors gun grimacing in pain soon after the Dolphins enforcer made contact.
The match review committee labelled the tackle a grade two dangerous contact charge with Kaufusi hit with a two-match ban.
However, according to Code Sports, the Warriors believe that after learning about the seriousness of Laban’s injury, the match review committee should have upgraded the charge which would have in turn increased Kaufusi’s time on the sideline.
The league recently introduced a new rule which allows any charge for on-field incidents to be changed.
The Warriors are of the opinion that the seriousness of Laban’s injury should be taken into account when charges are being handed down.