Johnson cleared
Steve Johnson elected to challenge his booking at the tribunal tonight, and has been cleared of attempting to strike Luke Hodge. Even if he had accepted the charge and pleaded guilty, the assessed 45 points would have allowed him to line up against the Tigers on Saturday.
Johnson was sure of his innocence and wanted to avoid any points hanging over his head; the tribunal took his impeccable record into account and accepted his explanation that he was trying to brush off Hodge, with whom he was remonstrating after seeing team-mate Mathew Stokes lying on the turf.


