Incensed Canberra CEO Don Furner has blasted the NRL judiciary after it ended key forward Tom Learoyd-Lahrs' season on Wednesday night.
The tribunal handed Learoyd-Lahrs a seven-match suspension for a dangerous throw on Newcastle's Ben Cross last Sunday, meaning the Raiders star won't be eligible to play again until 2009.
Learoyd-Lahrs had been hoping to have the grade four charge lowered.
A shattered Learoyd-Lahrs declined to speak to the media after the hearing, but a fired-up Furner let fly.
"Tom is bitterly disappointed at the outcome, so are we as a club," Furner said.
"We do not see the differences in Tom's tackle and the ones that we looked at in there (on video)."
"I don't know what we do wrong but we're very, very disappointed."
Asked if he thought Learoyd-Lahrs had received a fair trial, Furner shot back: "No I don't."
"You look at (Canberra captain) Alan Tongue getting smashed by a bloke off the ball earlier in the year and he doesn't get anything."
"I don't know what (the match review committee) looks at when (they) reviews things but it definitely wasn't a grade four and we're very disappointed."
Earlier, Learoyd-Lahrs told the judiciary panel there was no malice in the tackle.
"I was trying to get him on his back, there was intention there at all," he said.
"I didn't think I would lift him so easy because he's such a big bloke."
"I apologised to Cross straight away and he seemed fine."