Considering Gana held his hand up and said it's all on him then no, I don't care about a backstory. He did this. Go slap your coworker and see what happens.
Then again, if i two footed my HR partner while they walked down the corridor im not sure that would go down to well in the context of working in an office either.
It was silly, but over reaction from the ref that could have easily been dealt with a word with both of them, especially 13 minutes into the game.
Over zealous application of a law that leaves room for subjective interpretation and application eg negligible force.
But all a game of opinions...








