As much as they (the judiciary) like to claim otherwise, despite there been obvious intent on Morley's part he didn't succeed with his endeavour to knee Hughes into next week. Because of Morleys incompetence and lack of significant injury to Hughes he gets a lighter sentence. Had he not been so retarded and managed to get Hughes in the head, breaking his jaw or cheekbone in the process, he would have got a significantly greater penalty. The same can be said for Slaters suspension, plenty of players lash out with the boot in tackles, just so happens that Slater hits the mark and draws a reaction from his victim, which then forces the judiciary's hand. Had he missed, despite obvious intention, we wouldn't have heard boo about it.
Anyway who cares, Morley has played his last game in the NRL which is all that matters. Can't wait for Fathead Gould's bleeding heart story about him in his column this week, how one of the "characters" of the game has been unfairly rubbed out.