Huddersfield hooker Danny Levi says he’ll “stick up” for Sione Mata’utia to help the St Helens star avoid a monster ban.
Mata’utia was red carded for lifting the potentially injured Levi off the ground during Saints’ stunning 25-0 win on Friday. The RFL is clamping down on such dangerous incidents and Halifax prop Titus Gwaze was hit with an eight-game suspension last week for a similar offence. But Saints boss Kristian Woolf says players are increasingly irritated by opponents staying down trying to “milk penalties.”
Levi did play on after his former Newcastle Knights team-mate Mata’utia was sent off in the 17th minute. But, ironically, the Kiwi's also been on the receiving end. Although not carded, Levi was handed a two-game ban for lightly touching Hull KR’s Mikey Lewis in February.
