Brisbane Broncos captain Sam Thaiday hit with one-week ban for contact with referee Broncos skipper Sam Thaiday pulled at referee Adam Devcich's shirt when trying to explain how he'd been held back at a scrum by rival prop Bryan Norrie that led directly to a Billy Slater try. Picture: Bradley Kanaris Source: Getty Images SAM Thaiday's innocuous touch of a referee's shirt is set to incur the same suspension as the shoulder charge that knocked out Ashley Harrison so viciously he was unable to play the following week. Thaiday is likely to be banned from Friday's game against the Gold Coast Titans after the NRL match review committee yesterday charged him with contrary conduct, in that he touched a match official. This is despite referees boss Daniel Anderson already admitting Broncos captain Thaiday should escape punishment for tugging on the shirt of Adam Devcich in the eighth minute of the club's loss to Melbourne last Friday. Thaiday's charge carries 125 points, but his dangerous tackle suspension from 2011 means a 20 per cent loading is added. So even if he pleads guilty, a one-week ban remains. Inu faces five weeks out for Inglis spear tackle Manly forward Richie Fa'aoso was suspended for one week for a round 3 shoulder charge that caused Harrison to be carried from the field on a stretcher. Manly successfully had the grading reduced at judiciary level when the original charge would have outed him for four weeks. The Broncos are seriously considering contesting Thaiday's charge as they are adamant there was no malice. A final decision will be made this morning. Thaiday touched Devcich's shirt to demonstrate how he was obstructed in a scrum by Storm prop Bryan Norrie in the lead-up to a Storm try. Norrie clearly held Thaiday back as the scrum broke and Storm fullback Billy Slater sprinted through the gap Thaiday believed he would have covered. Video referee Paul Simpkins checked for obstruction, but ruled it was fair play. Speaking on radio last Sunday, Anderson said Thaiday's touch of Devcich's shirt was innocent. He was doing it as an example. There's wasn't anything in it," Anderson said. Hopefully they (the match review committee) see it as everyone else did. Thaiday was just making his point Gold Coast veteran Luke Bailey was hit with the same charge yesterday following an incident in the Titans' win over Penrith on Sunday in which he grabbed the arm of referee Jason Robinson in a bid to get his attention. But Bailey escaped suspension because of his clean record. Asked on Friday why he touched the referee, Thaiday explained he was attempting to demonstrate why the try should not have been awarded. "I was just showing him what he (Norrie) did," he said. It's tough in that situation. I was stopped from doing my job. Thaiday was excellent against the Storm and would be a major loss for the Broncos when they try to fight back from a 1-3 start to the season. Front-row cohort Ben Hannant said Thaiday had learned his lesson and should not be punished for touching Devcich. There was no malice. It was in the heat of the moment and he'll realise he can't do it again," Hannant said.