Eels centre Will Penisini is in hot water after he was sin-binned and placed on report for an ugly lifting tackle on Titans second-rower Beau Fermor.
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In the 79th minute of the Eels’ 36-20 win over the Titans, Penisini lifted Fermor above the horizontal and put him in a dangerous position.
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“Oh boy,” Michael Ennis said on Fox League.
“He might find himself in the sin bin here.”
“That’s an awkward one here for Penisini,” Warren Smith said.
“It was one of those footy accidents, but we know how dimly that is viewed now and has been for a while.
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“Fermor just stopped on his run and came down on his shoulder and no more than that otherwise that might have been an instant dismissal.
Referee Gerard Sutton wasted no time in sending Penisini to the sin bin.
“There is only one player in the tackle, so there is no mitigation,” Sutton said.
“Very dangerous with a high risk of injury. On report and in the bin.”
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