Hard not to think it was planned. He roughed up Stone, knocked him down, and hammered him. I mean, it's not a random schmuck, it's Stone. I guess you could be charitable and couch it in other language, and say that Benn lost control or "crossed a line" but what he did was knock down a star player away from the play and try to break his jaw with his stick. Was THAT play planned? No. But I wouldn't be surprised if Benn's thinking to himself "I gotta hammer Stone if I can."
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