Justice may be blind but not cheap.
How much has this debacle cost, both in real terms and intangibles.
In real terms - QC (Quade Cooper)'s don't come cheap.
In intangibles - It has now been revealed that the key issue that they were examining was not Big Kev's act but the process used by their own bloke to establish that Big Kev's was not guilty as charged/cited.
The way this has been handed by IRB is rather strange. If it was all about the procedure and process used by the original Judiciary, WTF was Big Kev fronting up again to sing for his supper.
Anyhow - the IRB PR machine has been revealed to be staffed with the same unpaid interns as the ARU.
Existing prejudices of the IRB have been reinforced.
Wobs have been distracted in their buildup.
All stuff this series and the IRB do not need.
A cynic could think that this debacle got a whole load of extra column inches in the papers and galvanised Aus interest in the game.