I thought they were going to find all the behind the goals footage, prior to the Rankine bump, showing all the times he was bumped into off the ball. I'd then be saying he had not option but to brace himself for another bump coming his way.Best option was to go the Hail Mary, like Brisbane did with Cameron earlier this year. Try for a "nice guy" discount, or argue that he was responding to earlier aggravation.
They were never going to succeed by attacking any of the criteria (intentional/high/severe).