Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ehara ko ngā kaitākaro riri anake tērā pea ka tū ki te aroaro o te whakahaeretanga ātaahua i muri i te tukinga o te pō o te Rāhoroi o te NRL, i te mea ka tū atu hoki ngā kaitākaro o te NRL mō ā rātou whanonga kāore e whakaaetia ana i runga i te mara. Ka taea e ngā kaitākaro o Canterbury a James Graham rāua ko David Klemmer te whiu i ngā whiu, te aukati rānei i tētahi kēmu mō te wā poto mō ā rāua tautohetohe ki tētahi kaiwhakawā i te wā o te tukinga o te Paraire Nui i waenganui i a South Sydney rāua ko Canterbury i te Taiwhanga ANZ i Sydney. NRL upoko o te whutupaoro Todd Greenberg whakakitea e te komiti arotake kēmu e "tirohia tino tata i runga i" ratou whanonga, te tuhipoka e he whanonga rerekē me ngā whakaritenga whanonga kino e "hanga wahi o te arotake". Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ka raru pea a David Klemmer rāua ko James Graham i ngā whiu mō ngā tohu whakahē, i te rēhitatanga ā-wā rānei i muri i tō rāua tautohetohe ki te kaiwāhi Gerard Sutton nāna i whakawhiwhia te whiu mutunga ki te Rabbitohs i te ANZ Stadium i Hīnia i te Paraire. Ka urupare a Klemmer i muri i tana tuku ki te pouaka hara mo te whakahē i muri i tana karanga 'kei te haere koe i runga i to kanohi', i te kaiwhakawa matua. E ai ki te NRL Judiciary Code of Procedure, ko te Hoko Whakahē e pā ana ki "te whanonga kino o te kaitakaro e hangaia ana e te whanonga i roto i te huarahi e rereke ana ki te wairua pono o te kēmu" i te mea ko te Hoko Kino te tikanga o te "he whanonga kino o te kaitakaro e hangaia ana e te whanonga i roto i te huarahi e kino ana ki nga painga, te oranga, te ahua ranei o te NRL". Ka taea e ngā kaitākaro o Canterbury e rua te tuku tika i ēnei whakapae ki te NRL, me te whakapae nui rawa o te whanonga kino, he taumata rima, e mau ana i te whiu 525-tohu whakaheke me te aukati i te rima kēmu. Ko nga whakapae a Graham e pa ana ki tana tautohetohe me te kaitautoko Gerard Sutton i tana whiu i a Souths, whai muri i te whakapae tautohetohe a te rangatira o te Bulldogs ki a Adam Reynolds. Ko Klemmer i whiua i muri i tana whakaeke i a Sutton i te taha o Graham, me te karanga 'Kei te ngaro koe i to kanohi,' ki te kaitautoko matua. Ko te tumuaki whutupaoro o te NRL a Todd Greenberg i whakaatu ko te komiti arotake tukinga ka 'tirohia tino tata' o raatau...
I kii te tumuaki whutupaoro o te NRL a Todd Greenberg ka 'tirohia e te komiti arotake tukinga te whanonga o nga kaiwhaiwhai o Canterbury'. I tautohetohe a Graham ki te kaitautoko a Gerard Sutton mō te whakawhiwhinga i te whiu ki a Souths. I whiua a Klemmer mō te karanga 'Kei te ngenge koe,' ki te kaiwāhi. I taea e te tokorua te whakahe i te whanonga kino me te whakapae i te whanonga kino i tukuna tika ki te NRL whakawa. Ko te whakapae nui rawa atu e mau ana i te whiu 525-poinga whiu me te aukati i te rima-kino. Ka tae mai i te wā i whiua ai e te NRL ngā upoko o ngā kaimātakitaki nāna i maka ngā pounamu ki ngā kaiwhakawā. Kāore te pirihimana i whakapae i a ia, engari e rua ngā tāngata kua tangohia o rātau kōrero.