Newcastle Thunder forward Alex Foster has received an eight-match ban for the "physical assault of a match official".
Foster was sin binned during Newcastle's recent Championship win over Bradford Bulls for pushing referee Michael Smaill while preparing to defend the try line.
The RFL's match review panel took a dim view of the incident by giAlready a subscriber? Log in here
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