But replays of Carrington poking Clark's eye and a back-and-forth between fans on whether or not the strike was intentional ... without a doubt that the eye gouge was intentional.

Saints coach Alan Richardson did not rule out contesting Webster's eye-gouge ban. "As soon as you put your hands into anyone's face, you're asking for trouble," Richardson told Fox Footy on Monday ...

Yet when Ben Ikin chimed in during Peter Badel’s comments on NRL 360 discussing the Raiders’ defence of the Young eye gouge, he said: “Ricky Stuart says it’s not an eye gouge”.