Really? Well please post the link confirming his apology! The only reports I've seen say he has never apologised, in fact he maintains he did nothing wrong, he even appealed his convictions but his appeals were thrown out, and the appeal judge even chided him for being disrespectful during the court proceedings!
Also feel free to remind me where I said he needs to be banned forever? In fact about 2 posts back I said maybe he'll be approved to return to the game in a year's time. The NRL might think the more indiscretions there have been, the longer period they want to see clean and incident-free to be satisfied he's tried to change and the risk is worth it.
Happy to have disagreements about policy and principles etc etc but if you're quoting facts to support your case ... it's important to use actual facts not made up ones.