Corey Horsburgh is at lengthy odds to play once more in 2023 after the Canberra firebrand was slapped with a four-game ban following his failed judiciary enchantment.
Horsburgh headed to the NRL judiciary on Tuesday aiming to have a grade-one shoulder cost penalty on Brisbane’s Corey Jensen dismissed.
Owing to his earlier indiscretions, Horsburgh was going through a three-game ban.
However by rolling the cube and dropping his enchantment he has been slapped with an extra week’s suspension.
“I am very disillusioned with the end result, I feel 4 weeks is a bit a lot however onwards and upwards,” Horsburgh stated.
The judiciary panel of Bob Lindner and Sean Hampstead unanimously discovered the 25-year-old responsible after 20 minutes of deliberation.
Horsburgh will miss Canberra’s final-round conflict towards Cronulla on Sunday, with the Raiders needing to win to make sure they make the highest eight.
The Queensland Origin ahead will solely play once more this season if the Raiders attain this yr’s grand closing.
He was supported by Raiders chief government Don Furner and was cheered into League Central by Canberra superfan and membership drummer Simon Tayoun.
However Lindner and Hampstead discovered towards the argument mounted by Raiders lawyer Nick Ghabar.
Elsewhere on the judiciary on Tuesday, Sydney Roosters enforcer Jared Waerea-Hargreaves is aiming to have a grade-two harmful contact cost – carrying a three-game suspension – downgraded.
Waerea-Hargreaves has already accepted a three-game ban for a headbutt in Saturday’s win over Wests Tigers.
If he loses his harmful contact cost Waerea-Hargreaves can have his suspension beefed as much as 4 video games, making certain he misses seven matches in complete.