TUMUT will be without halfback Jordan Anderson for the early rounds of next season after he copped a suspension from an incident in the Group Nine grand final loss to Gundagai.
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Anderson was sent off midway through the second half of the 40-18 defeat for a high tackle which left Tiger Aisea Taholo groggy afterward.
Anderson plead guilty at the judiciary to a reckless high tackle, and was suspended for three matches.
It was the only charge to arise from the decider, which returned record gate takings despite the impediments imposed by the coronavirus crisis this year.
Despite being without their key playmaker for the last 20 minutes, the Blues scored the next two tries through Tevita Aroha-Tuinauvai and Lewis Arragon to make the scoreboard slightly more respectable.