Jack Wighton will spend the first three games of South Sydney's 2024 campaign on the sideline after being found guilty of biting.
Wighton, who unsuccessfully argued that Tyson Gamble made the on-field allegation in a bid to swing Sunday's elimination final Newcastle's way, was given a three-week suspension at the NRL judiciary on Tuesday night after leaving teeth marks on Gamble's forearm in his last game for Canberra.
The Rabbitohs-bound star said pressure applied by Gamble to his mouth was the sole cause of the marks - and that "not at one stage did I bite down" - but his protests were dismissed by the judiciary panel...