Knights forward Kade Snowden has taken the early guilty plea and will miss seven weeks for his hit on the Cowboys’ Ray Thompson.
Newcastle had considered appealing the grading, but wouldn’t risk losing the forward for nine games.
“If we defend it and lose it we get another penalty. That’s the part that’s got to change, players have got to have the right to defend themselves.”
Wayne Bennett maintains there was no malice involved in the tackle.
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