Shockwaves Through The NRL: North Queensland Cowboys Valentine Holmes Hit With Suspension -A Dark For Cowboys Fan

North Queensland’s hopes of playing finals football have taken a massive hit with star centre Valentine Holmes rubbed out for the rest of the regular season after he was banned for four matches at a bizarre judiciary hearing on Tuesday night.

Holmes would have missed three games if he pleaded guilty to a grade two careless high tackle challenge on Gold Coast’s Jayden Campbell when he jammed in and shouldered him to the head, but tried to have the punishment downgraded to a fine.

It was the second week in a row the Queensland star was sin binned and charged for a similar incident, although he avoided a ban for the first shot on Mitch Moses.