Magic Superbeetle wrote:
I thought Wigan props were famously trained to find the floor into the tackle?
Ha Ha
Immediately it happened I called it on our Rugby WhatsApp group (He's not the first to do it) but it was blatant
The main reason he ended up in that position was because he jumped/lifted his standing leg and threw himself to the floor, he should be sent a warning letter, and the rest of the league be advised that any future attempt to CHEAT the referee will result in "X" (Me, I would penalise him the other way).
Last season I made dozens of posts relating to the cheating/manipulation of the rules, particularly around time wasting/players going down on tackle 1&2 when they receive the ball to give their team time to regather etc. pretending they had head injuries etc. (Hudds at homes last year was a disgrace!). Not 100% up on the new rules, but believe they've brought in something now that if a player goes down injured they have to come off for a period of time??? If so, good, if not they need to do it now.
PS (Just so you don't think I'm on an anti Saints thing - Gale deserved everything he got for A/ Leading with studs/foot up and B/ trying to pick an injured player up).