I honestly didn't see it. I was watching the action and the first thing I noticed was Redhage on his back.
Even the first replay showed only caught a bit of it in the corner of the screen. I think they may have shown it from a different camera, but at that point I was nolonger watching the replay.
For some reason, there was a LOT of niggle in last night's game. Players on both sides were getting upset, mouthing off, and being a bit rougher than necessary.
To be fair, and this is purely supposition, I think the ref must have had a good look at what happened to call a flagrant.
back on topic, I do wonder what the future holds for Redhage and the Cats.
For a while it was supposed that Wagstaff would step up to a starting role, but he has stagnated and if anything tapered off. As mentioned above, he'll be 30 next year, so I don't see a lot of scope for further improvement. Knight will be 31, so they really need some young blood, and at the moment I just don't see it coming from within. Hire has looked promising, but has come on slower than hoped. I don't see him being starting material in the near future.
I guess the easy thing about the NBL is that you can just dump your players and buy new ones, but the number of guys available each year is small.
Part of the emerging hole is because the Cats have previously had a strong record of getting players naturalised. (In the past they've had up to 3, although Redhage was the only one in some time.)
I think that was the long-term plan for Lisch, but he left and has now gone to the Hawks.
On the one hand, with his base points dropping and loyalty bonus, Redhage represents fantastic value going forward. In a year or two he could easily be costing only 2 points.
On the other hand, something has to give. Too many players getting old, too many competing for the same 1 or 2 bench spots.
As for retiring his number, yes absolutely.
