Re: Did we? : Tue May 25, 2021 7:18 pm  

FIL wrote:

Wasn't it Victor (the Inflictor) Radley who got sin-binned twice and put on report 4 times for the Roosters this weekend ???
I haven't seen the game, so can't comment on any of the incidents, and whilst we all agree that player welfare should always be paramount, surely that is making a mockery of the game ???

There has been some very dubious calls over the last couple of weeks in the NRL. It’s like any new rule that’s brought into the game, at first its over the top then eases off (hopefully) to a happy medium. With them having the bunker over there too, should make the process a lot easier. Radley has been made a scape goat, he’s an aggressive enforcer who obviously plays the game hard. He put a dodgy late hit on Albert Kelly (where’s he come from) and a shoulder to the head of Pengai Jr. I’d give my right nut to see Radley in a Trinity shirt!!

Re: Did we? : Wed May 26, 2021 2:58 am  

Pat Bateman wrote:

There has been some very dubious calls over the last couple of weeks in the NRL. It’s like any new rule that’s brought into the game, at first its over the top then eases off (hopefully) to a happy medium. With them having the bunker over there too, should make the process a lot easier. Radley has been made a scape goat, he’s an aggressive enforcer who obviously plays the game hard. He put a dodgy late hit on Albert Kelly (where’s he come from) and a shoulder to the head of Pengai Jr. I’d give my right nut to see Radley in a Trinity shirt!!

Has to be said that Pengai had been battering the little number 7 all game so Victor the inflictor gave him a bit of his own medicine to which he’s now suffered at the hands of the new rules . Have to say Watching the Aussie game it looked nothing out of the ordinary to what has been allowed in their games until this new rule change ,which according to Phil Gould is because of barristers and legal teams are breathing down the necks of the games hierarchy to clean the head high shots up before they get hit with huge law suits ,on the players welfare front

Re: Did we? : Wed May 26, 2021 8:30 am  

Just hope it doesn’t filter into the WC at the end of the year. It could potentially ruin this if the NRL based refs take the same stance.

Re: Did we? : Wed May 26, 2021 9:32 am  

supercat wrote:

Just hope it doesn’t filter into the WC at the end of the year. It could potentially ruin this if the NRL based refs take the same stance.

Think it will cripple their game as well in the long run if they don’t get it sorted ,head high I’m 100% against and no place in our game for it ,but looking at the games in Aus anywhere high on the torso is risking it and will do away with gang tackles and the like ,with only the legs and abdomen deemed a safe tackle . I’m all for player welfare and hate to see the cheap shots on players as it’s tough enough but if this gains momentum it will almost turn our game into touch n pass or tag rugby ,then we’ll find it hard to get fans interested in the game of RL