In the Rhinos' round 10 Blowes Menswear Cup encounter against Cowra Eagles at Apex Oval, Burns was sent from the field after receiving a yellow and then a red card. He was initially penalised with a yellow card for a head high tackle but when he then addressed the referee in a derogatory way and snatched the card from his hands he was sent from the field for the remainder of the game.

Burns pleaded guilty to his case but was not able to be present at the hearing in Orange and was by no means expecting to receive such a lengthy punishment.

"I just think it is disappointing," he said on Friday.

"I am not saying what I did was right, when I went and cooled off in the sheds afterwards I thought to myself 'okay, that wasn't called for.' I shouldn't have swore and made the ref feel like a goose.

"But seven weeks is really kicking a bloke while he is already down.

"If that's what they consider to be seven weeks for what I did, I'd really like to compare it to some of the other things players have done for the same suspension."

According to a Central West Rugby judiciary spokesperson yesterday, the suspension awarded to Burns was in correlation with the Australia Rugby Unions recommended guidelines for such incidences.

"Referees will not tolerate any form of abuse whether it be physical, verbal, blazing or decent in relation to a referee," the spokesperson said.

"The Australian Rugby Union guidelines recommend penalties for verbal abuse of match officials, six weeks for low end incidents, 12 weeks for mid and 18 weeks for high. In Burns' case it was decided from the referees report that he should be placed in the mid range.

"Players just have to realise that it is just not tolerated."

According to the Central West Rugby the prior history of players is looked upon, as are character references and they look favourably on people who plead guilty and attend their hearing.

"I haven't played in the Central West competition since I was about 18 so I've got no prior offences," Burns said.

"I'm mainly just disappointed, you go out there onto the field and you are under the pump and you get frustrated. But at the end of the day I'm going out there to play footy not to hurt anyone or offend anyone."

So on Saturday the Rhinos head to Cale Oval where they take on defending first grade premiers Narromine Gorillas and Burns will be watching from the sideline.

The Rhinos haven't won a game this season and the Gorillas are second behind Bathurst Bulldogs so it's expected the home side will win comfortably.

The day however is important for the Rhinos third grade who are still in with a show of making the top five.

They are on 15 points, just one out of the five with Orange City on 16.

Narromine are second last with just one win from nine games.

Rhinos should take out Colts on the back of their outstanding win over competition leaders CSU Bathurst last game.

Narromine are down near the bottom of the ladder with two wins from 11 games.