Alex Seyfarth could be in big trouble with the match review committee after he was sin binned for a headbutt against the Bulldogs.
The Tigers forward was the second to leave the field in a matter of moments after David Klemmer was given his marching orders for dissent late in the second half.
Bulldogs enforcer Viliame Kikau took exception to Seyfarth's big shot on winger Jacob Kiraz with the two coming together.
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"They were absolutely livid the Dogs players with the work from Seyfarth on Kiraz," Mick Ennis said on Fox League.
"(Josh) Curran came flying off the bench to the sideline and was barking at Seyfarth and then Kikau took matters into his own hands."
Reed Mahoney was then third man in to the confrontation, with Seyfarth headbutting him.
Referee Kasey Badger put him on report and sent him to the sin bin.
The Bulldogs fans then booed the Tigers forward off the field as Canterbury won the match 22-14.
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Tigers coach Benji Marshall was disappointed with Klemmer and Seyfarth's actions post-match.
"It's simple, you've got to have disciple," he said.
"We're eight points down, there's still a chance in the game and to lose two players and play with 11 in the last seven or eight minutes, that's not us."
Captain John Bateman was equally as disappointed, with the game there to be won.
"We were chasing the game in the end, obviously we can't do it with 11-men," he said.
"We cost ourselves a little bit, we need to probably be more disciplined. A couple of calls didn't go away but we've just got to back up and go with it."
Marshall agreed he expected better from senior players but indicated a frustration within his side over the referee's decisions.
"Emotion in the game, we just expect better from some of our players and again I think the build up (had an impact), we had a lot of calls go against us that frustrated us a bit and I think that build up probably took its toll in the end," he said.
"We had three captain's challenges that we ended up winning and at the end there we still had our challenge and got told we didn't have our challenge so I think the frustration built up.
"But again it's first grade rugby league and whether you're young or old you've still got to be disciplined and those two things to get sin binned were both silly."
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