I think he looks happy don't you? Anyone would think he has been let-off to play some footy or something.
Thurston was facing a two-game ban as a result of the grade two charge, which stemmed from his collision with Matt Cecchin in the Cowboys’ win over the Warriors on Saturday night.
A guilty finding would have wiped Thurston out of Origin III on 6th July in Brisbane – in what would have been a major blow to Queensland’s hopes of securing a sixth-straight series win.
But the three-man panel of Ian Roberts, Michael Buettner – both former NSW Origin representatives – plus Sean Garlick, deemed the contact accidental, but only after a lengthy deliberation lasting 45 minutes.
