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For me as soon as the onside player plays it.

I heard a different take on this incident during this years World Cup. I always assumed the player just didn’t know the rules. Apparently the players weren’t going to play the game in protest to miss treatment by the government. They eventually changed their minds with threats hanging over their families back home. So they played this game under protest and this was a deliberate attempt by the player to get sent off.

He said it didn’t reach the threshold which I assume he means the force of the tackle.

Am I right in thinking you can’t do it with the knee. I thought it was shin and below.

Absolutely if Saints have lead this they should have a replacement already lined up.

Connected to that last year or the year before I seem to remember a second ban for Nathan Cleary ruled him out of the running for the Dally m medal. Do we know if the RFL have a similar rule for the MOS.

Correction he does sneak in front.

Browns always behind the ball so should be fine.

It works perfectly well in the NRL as I stated. Not as an extra fixture but half the teams involved have to give up a home game. That way it just becomes a normal round.

it won’t work if Magic is an extra round of fixture like now. It is possible if magic is done as part of the season. So 28 rounds and on magic weekend half the teams have to give up a home game one team gets a bye.

I would imagine to stop teams setting the size of the pitch depending on who they were playing.

Ball was in play then. On this occasion tackle was complete. The Wigan player although injured can’t just let go of the ball that should’ve been Hull ball.

Not only that there was clearly a touch by both players in the air the minimum Hull should’ve got is set restart.

26-1 but I’m having another go.

It was a reverse pattern winners went Brazil 62 England Brazil Germany Argentina Italy (middle game) Argentina Germany Brazil France Brazil

I agree it should be a sin bin but I actually think it should be a sin bin even if the challenge is successful.

I think the cap needs to go up and has needed to for a few years. I totally agree though that the quota should go down I didn’t think the increase was required. I have no issue with NSW or Queensland cup player being signed as some of the best players from down under in SL have been players who hadn’t cracked the NRL or were seen as surplus’s to requirements. For me that’s about a good scouting network and the culture already at the club. What could help is taking players who have come through your academy either off the salary cap or at say a 50% reduction.

Clubs can barely pay a living wage to players at the bottom end of the squad now.

I’d agree with that and it’s why I’d like to see both players get a couple of games rather than one take all the punishment. Neither players actions on their own caused it but the combination of both did.

Why is Walters allowed to go up to lift the trophy. I didn’t think you could following a send off.

How would having tackle again fit in with this rather than 6 again. That way a ref could escalate it in the set. Tackle again first then another offence in the set becomes 6 again a third offence in a set would be penalty and sinbinning.

Wouldn’t that make every PTB a knock on.

Should be taking the two here.

It just needs to be played over a 3 week block. Which would allow other internationals to go on as it’s happening.

It wouldn’t matter if Field was offside you still can’t obstruct him. I’m just not convinced that was an obstruction.