He broke Magpie hearts with that sideline conversion in last year's Group 10 grand final but Panthers' gun Willie Wright won't get a chance to replicate those heroics when Cowra and the Bathurst club meet again on Sunday.
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Wright has been hit with a one-game suspension and will miss the men in black's trip to Sid Kallas Oval, where the second-placed Panthers will tackle a Cowra outfit searching for consistency.
Wright and Lithgow Workies big man Wade Newham-Jones were both sent off during a fiery round seven clash at Carrington Park after the pair exchanged blows in the Panthers' tense 22-20 victory.
Wright plead guilty to the low grade striking charge and will miss one week while Newham-Jones' striking charge had a moderate grading and his early guilty plea resulted in a two-match ban.
He'll miss Workies' next two games - hosting Mudgee and then travelling to Orange to tackle Hawks - which come after the club's round eight bye this weekend.
For the second week in a row, Cowra has also been hit hard at the judiciary with five-eighth Claude Gordon handed a three-game ban after unsuccessfully contesting a low-grade striking charge.
The Magpies pivot picked up the charge in last week's one-point loss in Oberon and plead not guilty.
Gordon was found guilty though, and with the loading of a prior offence this year, and carry over points, will miss the Magpies' next three games.
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The Gordon blow comes on the back of a two-game ban handed to Matt Naden the week before. He'll also miss Sunday's grand final rematch with Panthers.
The Magpies are hoping Jeremy Gordon will be available for selection for the club's round 10 home game against Mudgee, which follows a round nine bye.
Jeremy Gordon hasn't played since picking up a shoulder injury in the pre-season.
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