Doesn't that sentence sound completely reasonable, self-contained and self-explanatory? Discord has learned over the years there are many pitfalls in commenting upon the outcome of judiciary hearings that he did not attend. Perhaps Cronulla did present a convincing argument as to why Graham should have been found not guilty. But let's look at some of the tangents on which this argument has gone off in recent days. They should have taken into account the importance of his next game. The system specifically does not differentiate between club and representative games. You are asking them to be derelict in their duties. They need Origin experience to understand the situation. Well, Bob Lindner played 25 of them but you don't need to be a bank robber to sit on a jury and besides, see point one.

Players have escaped punishment for more serious offences this year. So if the judiciary panel had announced they were letting him off because the Match Review Committee made completely unrelated errors weeks and months ago involving other players, you'd be happy with that? Origins should be worth 200 or 300 points. You then make the games before Origin (or grand finals) the most dangerous of the year because players and their coaches know they can get away with more. If clubs will exploit concussion rules, they'll waste no time in making a mockery of this. He should miss the next club game and play in the State of Origin. And how do we deal with him if he head-highs someone in the Origin, when he is already suspended? Ban him just from Origins, or tack the new ban onto the one he already isn't serving? You see, it's one thing for the judicial body to make mistakes, even grave ones. It has happened for hundreds of years and will continue to do so. But it's quite another for it to show bias of any kind, either in favour of a defendant or against. If that happens, we have anarchy. Grade one careless high tackle seems a fair charge in these circumstances and a one-match ban seems a fair punishment.

But, as I said, at Origin time we don't seem to take things said publicly very seriously, be it about 'rats and filth' or sacking referees or the right to knock someone out. As someone who doesn't really care who wins State of Origin games, I am still trying to get my head around this Bermuda Triangle for logic but I assume we are still in the midst of it and trying to apply analysis to what's being said is pointless. League deaths should be investigated The death of Huddersfield junior Ronan Costello continues a deeply troubling recent trend of fatalities in rugby league. Last year we lost Danny Jones, James Ackerman, Eddie Hei Hei, Zacharias de Lange and Zane Purcell. This year, Lui Polimeni died after apparently suffering a stroke on the field.

Yet until 2015, fatalities were comparatively rare. While each of these cases was different, it's important that data is gathered and we learn from each. We don't want rugby league to become marginalised and only played by professionals. Condolences to Ronan's family, friends and club. Podcast here