Alleged stomping victim Dayne Weston believes the NRL judiciary would "be silly" not to investigate Parramatta star Jarryd Hayne for what he suspects was a deliberate attempt to injure him.

Hayne was reported in the Eels' win over North Queensland on Friday night and could be the first person to be suspended for stomping since Storm fullback Billy Slater's seven-game ban for kicking out at Tigers prop John Skandalis in a fiery Leichhardt Oval clash two years ago.

Hayne insisted any contact with Weston's face was accidental, but the Cowboys forward isn't so sure.

"I didn't like what happened," he told the Sun-Herald last night.

"All I remember is being trod on, I was a bit blurry when I got up and I was split."

Asked if he thought the contact with his face was intentional, Weston said: "My head was there and he could have made the decision not to tread on it.

"I think anyone else can make their own opinion on that.

"It's not a good look for the game. I don't know if it was deliberate or not, the judiciary will deal with that and go from there.

"They'd be silly if they don't.

"It's not a good thing."

Hayne insisted any contact with Weston's head was accidental and said it would be inappropriate to compare it with Slater's incident.

"I just lost balance when he grabbed my foot," he said. "I think it looked bad, but there was no intention. He grabbed my foot - I don't know why. That was it.

"When he grabbed my leg, he pulled me off balance. I apologised to him. I told him there was no intent. He had a little cut, but if someone had really tried to stomp on him he would have had a bit more than a little cut."

Weston needed stitches and Cowboys coach Ian Millward didn't hide his displeasure when he said the incident "didn't look pretty".

Meanwhile, Cronulla captain Paul Gallen will also come under scrutiny from the match review committee after being put on report for a high tackle on Brisbane utility David Stagg, who was knocked unconscious.

Gallen rang Stagg yesterday to apologise for the collision, which he described as "unavoidable".

"I put it down to one of those things that happen on a footy field and that's where it should end," he said. "I've hit him with my chest and shoulder because he's fallen into me. The only way I could have not hit him was to move out of the way and let him run through me - you don't do that in footy."