Quade Cooper today received a one-week suspension following his‘high and dangerous tackle’ on Berrick Barnes on Saturday night.
Breaking the news via Twitter, he said
Thank you for the concern & support! Our team has worked very hard.. the outcome is a week suspension. I have faith in my team & team mates.
— Quade Cooper (@QuadeCooper) July 16, 2012
Despite often eloquent protestations from his teammates on Twitter —
http://twitter.com/mikeymikeharris/statuses/224790347870511104
http://twitter.com/digbyioane/statuses/224792510474633216 <deleted>
— the news is a real blow to the Reds, whose season has been re-invigorated by Cooper’s re-pairing with Will Genia.
Ewen McKenzie has already said that Ben Lucas will step into the starting five-eighth role at Suncorp this weekend.
Here’s a video of the tackle — what do you reckon, worth a week off?
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