Penrith Panthers skipper Isaah Yeo slams South Sydney Rabbitohs star after sickening NRL hit

Panthers skipper Isaah Yeo has criticized Rabbitohs aviator Taane Milne for his brutally stiff arm on prop Spencer Leniu, giving the winger a six-game suspension – but a loophole in the World Cup could mean he misses just two NRL games .

Trailing 24-12 in the last quarter, Leniu burst through the center of Souths as Milne came in from his wing and took out the young gun with a high shot.

Milne’s track record in the finals has plagued him all season, after being knocked out twice against the Roosters in their elimination win.

Former NRL star Braith Anasta yelled at the winger and said ‘is that the worst shot you’ve ever seen? That was a shocking tackle.’

After the game, Penrith Lock Isaah Yeo blatantly labeled the tackle a lazy arm, leaving Leniu visibly displeased.

Milne launches his left arm into Spencer Leniu’s head and immediately makes contact with the Penrith prop

“He’s a hard thing,” Yeo said of Leniu.

‘He won’t lie down. He’s usually chipping guys when they stay downstairs. He obviously won’t be lying down for nothing. It made him blush.

I have a feeling he was warned last match Taane too. It’s happened a few times now. He had every chance of dropping his arm or making contact elsewhere, but he blushed over his head.’

Mline was sent off after his illegal shot, which flared up Leniu on the sidelines, shadowing Brookvale’s Adam Blair and Glenn Stewart brawl in 2014.

Milne was sent off for his shot, which Braith Anasta called the ‘worst shot he’s ever seen’

Fox League pundits joined in the hot discussion, reading Milne’s poor tackle attempt in the wind.

“It was horrible and stupid and puts pressure on everyone, it also eases any kind of comeback,” Corey Parker said.

“Seriously, that tackle was banned in 1980, if he says he doesn’t think it’s worse,” Gorden Tallis added.

But given Milne’s roster in the Fijian World Cup side, he could serve four games of the ban at international level.

Fiji are scheduled to play a warm-up match against England and then move on to their cup campaign with three pool games.

Milne was the first player to be sent off in a preliminary final since North Sydney’s Gary Larson and Canberra’s John Lomax in 1994.

Fellow banned NRL stars Jared Warea-Hargreaves and Lindsay Collins have also worked to close the loophole.

Rooster Collins was handed the Prime Minister’s XIII clash against Papua New Guinea as part of his four-game suspension, for a nasty hip drop back in Round 24.

Hardman Hargreaves will be able to play for free in the Kiwi’s latest pool game.

The loss of Souths is their fourth provisional exit in five years, a hard pill to take as they led 12-0 for 30 minutes.