Current "high tackle" punishments are so complicated.
Personally, I think the NRL should introduce the word "unintentional" in the rules/punishments because too many players are being suspended for accidental contact.
For me, the Easts hooker just stood his ground and it was unfortunate his shoulder stuck Kelly's snoz. The ref didn't see anything wrong initially with the tackle. It was only when the damage was revealed and The Bunker got involved that a penalty ensued.
The irony is that Kelly had to leave the field for treatment yet Verils stayed on. A penalty was a minor "reward" for the Titans. Yet in later analysis Verils cops two weeks suspension. The club that benefits is Manly (yeah, I'm grateful too, but I'm trying to be logical here).
The Titans were the real losers. Verils stays on, Kelly is injured and out of the game for a while (yes, I know he returned), and the Tits lose their most important match of the year by a whisker.
If the tackle was bad enough for a two-week suspension how is it that those closest to the incident initially ruled it to be legitimate and only acted when Kelly had blood streaming from his nostrils?
There is a lot of accidental contact in RL; the rules/punishments should take this into consideration.