NRL Season 2018

Wayne Bennett is correct.

Dr E wrote: So what do you think PT, leading with your head in a tackle is fair play? That will bring the mums and their kiddies back to the game in droves!!! I'm sure Gus Gould would have said "... that's not a high tackle", yet if he had been on the end of it in his day, he would have been in a corner of the change room in the fetal position, before they could carry out the HIA!

He smashed Lodge early in game with same tackle, difference was Lodge didn't try to move at very last second. Game is becoming so soft

Disgusting tackle.
Just think Sam Burgess got 2 weeks for a forearm to the chest a few weeks back
Napa was 10 times worse

There’s zero doubt that it was an attempted shoulder charge gone wrong

Bad luck, should have been a hefty suspension

All true Dr but if you look before the collision as Simms side stepped,  Napa was leading with the shoulder and attempting to wrap his arms around as they are now coached to do to avoid a penalty.
Simms moving off line avided the shoulder charge that was coming and end with the horrific result.
The blame falls squarely on Napa

It's yet another consequence of coaches trying to by pass the rules of the game to the games detriment

Not sure about that Dr E. I think the goal line attacks have been quite conservative as a generalisation this year. The reason is simple - why take high risk scoring plays when you can just keep pounding the line one out with quick play the balls & get 20 to 30 cracks from penalties. I do agree their have been some cracker mid-field tries though.

Passing Through wrote: Dr E wrote: So what do you think PT, leading with your head in a tackle is fair play? That will bring the mums and their kiddies back to the game in droves!!! I'm sure Gus Gould would have said "... that's not a high tackle", yet if he had been on the end of it in his day, he would have been in a corner of the change room in the fetal position, before they could carry out the HIA! If what he is doing is illegal and/or dangerous it should be stopped, but this was an accident and the match review committee saw it that way He tackles like that all the time with no problem. On this occasion a player is wrong footed and falls into his head, as happens with a lot of ball and all tackles around the chest.

jujuno wrote: Passing Through wrote: Dr E wrote: So what do you think PT, leading with your head in a tackle is fair play? That will bring the mums and their kiddies back to the game in droves!!! I'm sure Gus Gould would have said "... that's not a high tackle", yet if he had been on the end of it in his day, he would have been in a corner of the change room in the fetal position, before they could carry out the HIA! If what he is doing is illegal and/or dangerous it should be stopped, but this was an accident and the match review committee saw it that way He tackles like that all the time with no problem. On this occasion a player is wrong footed and falls into his head, as happens with a lot of ball and all tackles around the chest.   "an accident"....geez, you chook supporters live in some weird world...the only "accident" with anything pertaining to Napa is when his mum forgot to take her contraceptive pill...

And yet...the match review committee said ''No case to answer''

So refs binning Napa surely have to sin bin all high shots or the like? Wait they aren't?

I hate the bunker being called on to rule on putdowns with tries. You have no confidence that downward pressure will be judged the same even in the same game. Roosters were not awarded a try on Friday night with a Titans player judged to have regained possession and forced the ball when clearly it was a finger in contact with the side of the ball and then with the next one you see them roll video back and forth and from 17 angles before saying that a hand rolling off the top of the ball and down the side doesn't constitute enough downward pressure.

Dr E wrote: Queensland win. That backline will rip us to shreds.

Agree Dr E. Mitchell & Roberts are a massive defensive liability. Defence wins these games....we never learn !

Tlazolteotl wrote: We've finally got a halfback- hallelujah- NSW dominance ahead. Can you imagine if Queensland had lost as much as we have in the last 12 years. They would have changed the rules to annex PNG, England, all the PI and NZ as part of Queenland by now.