Every appeal is on the grounds there was a miscarriage of justice. That's what an appeal is.
For what it's worth, the appeals court dismissed the claim that the conviction was unreasonable based on the evidence. They did uphold that the judge erred in not allowing an additional...
It's unlikely. There's technically no grounds to sue for false imprisonment in Australia (except ACT). He can apply for compensation from the State but in this situation I doubt it would be a huge amount of money.
He doesn't say they intended to knock him out, he says they intended to bash him. Which they 100% did. If someone gets badly hurt while you're only trying to hurt them a bit, that's not an accident.
I have no doubt it was a specific tactic to take Walsh out. They would have been banking on Origin rules keeping 13 on the field.
Have NSW played a single game in 44 years where they weren't deliberately filthy fucking grubs?