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2017 Judiciary & Match Review

mave

Coach
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Farcical.
Obviously the sqillions they are pissing away isnt being spent on wordsmiths.

Thanks for the info btw.
 

DiegoNT

First Grade
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Would love to read their reasons as to why Chambers' hit wasn't a shoulder charge
Because it wasn't a shoulder charge.
It was high, and he hit him with the point of the shoulder, but that doesn't make it a shoulder charge.
 

Danish

Referee
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Because it wasn't a shoulder charge.
It was high, and he hit him with the point of the shoulder, but that doesn't make it a shoulder charge.

As part of a change to the Judiciary and Match Review system, a player will be charged if:

• The contact is forceful, and;
• The player did not use, or attempt to use, his arms (including his hands) to tackle or otherwise take hold of the opposing player.
http://www.nrl.com/nrl-statement-on-shoulder-charge/tabid/10871/newsid/103470/default.aspx

I didn't see Chambers use or attempt to use his arms and hands to tackle or take hold of Pearcce. Did you?
 

SBD82

Coach
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Nope. The problem was the wording of the NRL Judiciary code. The Storm's lawyers managed to find a loophole as, for Chambers to attract a suspension he needed to be "convicted" three times to attract a suspension instead of a fine. As he had only been convicted twice, they argued that he was eligible to get away with a fine. The NRL had to reluctantly accept it. They are moving to change the wording of their Judiciary code to correct this for all future occasions.

Source: https://au.sports.yahoo.com/league/...-ban-for-brutal-hit-on-mitchell-pearce/#page1

Edited to fix spelling errors.
Ha. That's amazing.

FMD the NRL is amateurish.
 

POPEYE

Coach
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The NRL judiciary is dead. Put a fork in it.
You probably already know this NB, the judiciary agenda is no different than the badly disguised refereeing agenda . . . there are some things, however unfortunate, necessary to manipulate the 'premiership' into a close contest
 

Nice Beaver

First Grade
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You probably already know this NB, the judiciary agenda is no different than the badly disguised refereeing agenda . . . there are some things, however unfortunate, necessary to manipulate the 'premiership' into a close contest

Very true mate.
 

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