hullste
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Penalty after penalty in the last 20 to Catalans is what determined the outcome of the game. I'm done with RL it's worse than the Liverpool debacle in the premier League last weekend
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I like Matty Peer always speaks well but to call both disallowed tries the same is absolutely wrong, one is on the outside shoulder and stops the player moving accroas and one is on the inside shoulder and has no impact whatsoever. First time I've been disappointed with his comments, hope he's not on the slippery slope
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Think Wellens has stated in the past that any side would concede a 6 again and back their defence instead of conceding a try. It is the rule that is the issue but all sides have manipulated it however Clarke only called out Saints yet Wigan have employed the same tactic on at least 3 occasions this afternoon. Clarke is commentating but totally ignored it for his beloved cherry and whites
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I'm a Saints fan and also would like those mentioned to stop committing silly fouls which ultimately lead to repeated suspensions (lost count how many games between them they have missed this season). I also have no issue withe bans received. My only issue is that there appears to be more leniency towards Hudds this week from the MRP. I can accept that red card could be deemed sufficient for Greenwood however Hill almost decapitated two players and got away without a ban and I'm still scratching my head as too how they concluded that a cannonball tackle which is outlawed and can lead to extremely serious injury only lead to a caution
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I've watched the challenge a few times and can't tell if it is direct contact to the head or not. The MRP have deemed it was so inevitable that he copped a ban. I think they have been very lenient with Greenwood, Hill and Knowles however I can't believe that the cannonball tackle by English only resulted in a warning. It was an awful challenge, the worst by far in the game and totally unnecessary, luckily Percival avoided serious injury. If it had been a Saints player I'm convinced he would have copped a heavy ban.
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To be fair they tend to save it all for Saints players. It's hard being so successful Just to be clear Knowles deserved his bam and I'm fed up with all the bans for late hits as it appears the likes of Sironen and Matautia on particular need to learn quickly. However I don't believe any player goes out to seriously injure another.
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Most fans don't come on here to criticise players from their own teams. I don't know the figures on bans during this season but I would think Saints have had the most players banned (happy to be proved wrong) I think there have been a few soft bans but the vast majority have been fully justified.I haven't slated Asiata, I think that the threats etc... that he received are absolutely disgusting I just think his technique which also puts himself at serious risk is reckless and dangerous.
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You need to move away from the blinkers you have regarding saints. I'm a Saints fan however I believe Leigh deserved to win the game and I don't believe there was any malicious intent. Although I don't particularly like Lam I still hope that Leigh go on to win the CC. However I strongly believe the technique applied on those challenges is extremely dangerous and reckless and it needs to be addressed so that moving forwards we protect players from similar serious injuries.
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Just because it is not illegal doesn't mean he has done nothing wrong and it is not reckless. The first person to incorporate the chicken wing tackle or the hip drop technically did nothing wrong as it wasn't illegal at the time but the technique was subsequently banned because it was reckless and put players at risk of serious injury. I accept that under current rules technically it is legal although possivlbly something could have been done earlier. Not Shure if the clip shows the full interview as Smith said sometimes it is not just the technique but the tackler and also that he is glad that it has now been raised but not glad that it has taken a serious injury before it was raised
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Well said Tony Smith, and for all those who said there was absolutely nothing wrong with the technique applied by Asiata and asked questions like 'Have you ever played the game' I hope his view and that of Rohan Smith in an earlier press conference supports that there is widespread acknowledgement that the technique applied needs to be looked at to safeguard players.
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This is what Wellens says as part of the full interview: The bloke is out of control. He's just hurling himself at players' knees. "It's a tackle technique that he's not just brought into play on the weekend, it's a tackle technique he's been using and he used it against us in Round Three. "For me, this has been an accident waiting to happen. And this is why, in my opinion, the RFL and the Match Review Panel are culpable because they've had numerous opportunites to influence the way he tackles and to stop him doing it – and they've failed to do that.
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Just because it isn't illegal under current laws doesn't mean that it is an appropriate technique. Lots of tackle techniques have previously been legal and subsequently outlawed. Concerns around this individuals tackle technique had been raised earlier in the season but the RFL chose to ignore them. As a result 2 players have suffered significant injuries and 2 others also have been hurt and now the RFL have stated they will discuss the legality of the technique.