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I understand Luke Lewis lifted past the horizontal point but it ended without drama and the tackle was seriously only worth a warning. Does anyone else think this current points system is rubbing out players way too early.
It appears that it doesn't take much of an offence to reach 100 points, and 100 points = a suspension for a week. In times gone by a suspension was thrown at a dirty player, now we are throwing suspensions at misguided accidents and one off physical confrontations.
I think the point system should remain in place, with it's scaling system of careless tackles etc. But I think the point of suspension should be raised.
A suspension shouldn't be incurred because of accidental play where no one was hurt, or stupid acts where nothing serious happened (ie Jarryd Hayne headbut).
I think suspensions should be for repeat offenders (a little like how Stevie Matai received his suspension) or something serious like a Hopoate head high, a Danny Williams dog act punch, MG's elbow on Paul Hauff, you get the idea.
I reckon maybe the points for suspension should be raised to around 250 points, this way it controls the repeat offenders who are involved in repeat serious stuff, flat out dog acts or the absolutely one off serious acts that do deserve suspension.
I can't believe a career long clean type player such as Luke Lewis misses out on an Origin game for that lifting tackle, an origin game. What are we doing?
It appears that it doesn't take much of an offence to reach 100 points, and 100 points = a suspension for a week. In times gone by a suspension was thrown at a dirty player, now we are throwing suspensions at misguided accidents and one off physical confrontations.
I think the point system should remain in place, with it's scaling system of careless tackles etc. But I think the point of suspension should be raised.
A suspension shouldn't be incurred because of accidental play where no one was hurt, or stupid acts where nothing serious happened (ie Jarryd Hayne headbut).
I think suspensions should be for repeat offenders (a little like how Stevie Matai received his suspension) or something serious like a Hopoate head high, a Danny Williams dog act punch, MG's elbow on Paul Hauff, you get the idea.
I reckon maybe the points for suspension should be raised to around 250 points, this way it controls the repeat offenders who are involved in repeat serious stuff, flat out dog acts or the absolutely one off serious acts that do deserve suspension.
I can't believe a career long clean type player such as Luke Lewis misses out on an Origin game for that lifting tackle, an origin game. What are we doing?
