Fa'aoso raised his right elbow at Bunnies prop George Burgess late in the first half at ANZ Stadium, catching him in the throat.
The big Englishman was clearly shaken and stayed down for a couple of minutes and Bunnies fans wanted Fa'aoso sent off.
But after several looks at the replay the video Voldemorts ruled it didn't even warrant a penalty.
Are we missing something or should it have been a penalty at least?
Twitter erupted instantly.
How the hell did Richie get away with that?????? #NRLSouthsEels #TripleMNRL
— Dan Robert (@dhills2) May 22, 2015
If Fa'aso can protect himself raising an elbow, all players should be able to now do it. O'wise he shouldn't be out there #NRLSouthsEels
— JD (@JDSloane) May 22, 2015
Nothing done about an elbow to the throat?! #NRL #WoW #NRLSouthsEels
— AdaⓂ (@themary21) May 22, 2015
An elbow to the throat is obviously all South's needed to get their defence going #NRLSouthsEels #GoRabbitohs
— Kieren (@itskieren) May 22, 2015
How is an elbow to the head of an opponent not a penalty? #NRLSouthsEels
— gmonty (@gmnty) May 22, 2015
#NRLSouthsEels how the feck is that pay on???
— Ian marchant (@ism73s) May 22, 2015
You can’t elbow someone like that! Send him off! #NRLSouthsEels
— Benjamin Solah (@benjaminsolah) May 22, 2015