Quigsy, that only way that works is if you can show that he was indeed a decoy runner. Creagh was running in support. Look at the tape, there's a few angles on the replays and just fiddle with that new fangle pause button on the remote.
Its pretty obvious that Sa aimed up with the intention of taking a support player out of the line.
As it turned out, Sa blind-sided Creagh who was knocked off his feet. His head hit the ground and he was knocked out cold (no real head clash). It was the consequence of an illegal tackle and the perp copped nothing more than a scratch on the noggin from another player's boot.
It was the 5th tackle, Rogers (the ball carrier) was locked up in a tackle, Creagh was coming around behind the ruck, no way he was a decoy runner. Easts were under the hammer defending their goal line. We can only speculate what the next play would have been.
Quigsy, us old farts love watching blokes hurting each other and doing stuff that would hospitalise you and I for a year. But the pleasure is watching them doing it legally and then getting up and giving it back in return. There's a reason why we don't have coat hangers and spear tackles anymore....they're relics from the past and no longer part of football.
Yes and in the context of the contest it might of stopped you blokes from scoring a try in a very important game.
Great defence I say. Dinosaur or not I love it.
It's all this disecting every second of every tackle (players coming into contact with other players) that is killing the game.
The game is a boring as batsh!t these days because they have taken the contact out of the bloody game. Its had to be refined to grapples and chicken wings and ---- arhhhhh give me strength.
You want to run decoys or off the hip support play only metres from the tryline then you should be prepared to cop a hit or three. If you are a blockheaded forward you would expect to be hit.
If you are the same bloke defending your line and a bloke comes at you like that then you would want to put a hit on him.
Fair dinkum I thought a game only went for 80 minutes. These days they go on for days and days. You've got three officials on the paddock, an imposter upstairs, the option of on the spot replays, and now they have a match review.
If those on the day, cant get it right then unless it is first degree murder - let it farkin' ride.
The game is so politically correct it is embarrasing.
You Stains might remember back to when Trenty Boy was picked up when a nine cameraman (or similar) found a swinging arm in a replay.
I honestly believe that the players are embarrased with what goes on and the carry ons in todays game.
Cheers
Quigs
