Re: Opponents injuries now affect disciplinary outcomes : Fri Feb 12, 2016 12:21 pm  

Him wrote:

Accidents I'll accept. Trained techniques I won't.

Nail on the head; and I share your suspicion of coaches and players. There is a mountain of evidence that tackle techniques are constantly evolving to 'win' the ruck, and the latest incarnation is the first man in going high and holding the attacker up, so that others can join one by one and chop him to pieces, turning him over in the process so he ends up on his back, with his head towards his own sticks - they then peel off one by one, which takes the longest possible time. That's considered a defensive 'win' from a coaching perspective, but I'm sure it's not what the rules intended.

I'm not at all in favour of removing collision or risk from the game - but I am in favour of removing the ability of coaches to play fast and loose with the rules to the detriment of player welfare and the spectacle.

Re: Opponents injuries now affect disciplinary outcomes : Fri Feb 12, 2016 4:36 pm  

Gronk! wrote:

There's 2 cameras and the option to zoom either camera in with simple editing if they wanted to do that too. Just like the "super zoom" Sky use.

The stitch up stuff/they don't like our club! stuff is just the usual spouted by every teams fans when someone cops a ban, doesn't matter which team it is someone always cries foul...HKR are not being painted in a good light with the coordinated effort by Hudgell & Campese to demean the governing body and bring the game into disrepute. They should try being the bigger men and move on.

Also, technically they aren't saying he broke any rules he was just negligent and was the cause of the injury albeit unintentionally:
Which I think everyone should be able to agree with?

In that case we should have a dozen players up every week. What I think will happen is that the RFL will quietly move on without doing this again, leaving us without any no 9's for a month.

Re: Opponents injuries now affect disciplinary outcomes : Sat Feb 13, 2016 9:11 am  

Quick question re 'leg whip'.
Does anyone else hear Family Guy's Stewie's voice when they read it?
Leg hwhip. It's a leg hwhip, Brian.