{"id":117805,"date":"2021-08-22T04:00:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T04:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=117805"},"modified":"2021-08-22T06:56:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T06:56:56","slug":"controversial-bulldogs-star-cops-another-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=117805","title":{"rendered":"Controversial Bulldogs star cops another ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bulldogs prop Luke Thompson&#x27;s season could be over after the enforcer was again charged by the match review committee.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson is currently facing a two-match ban after being hit with a grade one crusher tackle charge in an incident involving Chris Randall.<\/p>\n<p>But if the 25-year-old goes to the judiciary and fails to downgrade the charge, he will instead cop a three-week suspension.<\/p>\n<p>The former St Helens star <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/luke-thompson-banned-for-four-weeks-despite-eye-gouge-twist-james-tamou-at-nrl-judiciary\/f9398440-e73e-42cc-8377-aff0708b7625\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"missed the opening four rounds of the season due to a suspension last year\">missed the opening four rounds of the 2021 season due to a suspension from last year<\/a>, while recently he served out a three-game ban for a <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/bulldogs-vs-sharks-luke-thompson-shot-on-cronullas-blayke-brailey\/cbccacb7-5306-4084-885a-0c6709662be1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"dangerous tackle back in round 19\">late tackle back in Round 19<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"e1d9448c-6318-4062-91d0-85257bca74ab\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/e1d9448c-6318-4062-91d0-85257bca74ab\" alt=\"Luke Thompson of the Bulldogs\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Thompson&#x27;s teammate Corey Waddell is looking at a one-week suspension after he was hit for contrary conduct on Kalyn Ponga.<\/p>\n<p>The Knights will also face a difficult decision on whether to challenge a contrary conduct charge to David Klemmer.<\/p>\n<p>Klemmer can accept a one-game ban but risks two games on the sidelines if he&#x27;s unsuccessful at the judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>The timing of Klemmer&#x27;s charge couldn&#x27;t have come at a more inconvenient period for the club after the former NSW prop was recently inserted into the starting side for Daniel Saifiti, who is sidelined with a knee injury.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><strong><em>clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Bulldogs prop Luke Thompson&#x27;s season could be over after the enforcer was again charged by the match review committee. Thompson is currently facing a two-match <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=117805\" title=\"Controversial Bulldogs star cops another ban\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117805"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117805"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117807,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117805\/revisions\/117807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}