What I want to know is what was the go with Taylor feigning injury then getting up and charging onto the footy off the scrum??
Didn't think that was a real good look.
The commentators seemed to think he was having a dislocated finger put back in, i dont think he was feigning anything, if the trainer popped it back in quickly it wouldnt have bothered him to much.
My apologies, BDR, you were right right about Taylor feining injury. Its $(c)uff$ new stupid LOL@Setplay. f**king ridiculous.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...6350466197?from=igoogle+gadget+compact+bi_rss
A PHONE call from the NRL has forced Souths coach Michael Maguire to ditch a set play involving barnstorming forward Dave Taylor faking an injury.
The Rabbitohs were under investigation by the NRL yesterday after Kangaroo star Taylor feigned injury in a mischievous manoeuvre against the Sharks on Monday night.
Souths had a scrum feed in Cronulla's half when Taylor went down for "treatment" from the the club's head trainer on the short side.
The giant forward bounced to his feet the moment the ball was fed into the scrum and powered on to a pass from half-back Adam Reynolds.
It came as such a shock to referee Chris James that he had his back turned and got bowled over by Taylor.
The Sharks had numbered up on Taylor's side and managed to contain him. But the NRL's operations director Nathan McGuirk rang Souths CEO Shane Richardson to say it had breached the rules.
"Where we do have some concern is the involvement of a head medical trainer in any tactical on-field play," McGuirk said.
"Our operational rules do state that the head trainer is only to enter the field of play at a scrum for a player who is seriously injured. I am not saying at this stage that any rule has been breached but we will discuss the issue with the Rabbitohs."
The Rabbitohs are likely to escape a breach notice or fine but were warned not to do it again.
Maguire was happy to abide by the NRL ruling when contacted by The Daily Telegraph last night.
"It was just something different you come up with as a coach," he said. "I'm told I'm not allowed to do it again so it will go into the back pocket.
"The players talk about different things we can try as well.
"Hopefully we'll have a few other things to try in games coming up. At the end of the day we're just working hard as a group."
Sharks coach Shane Flanagan questioned whether the ploy was in the spirit of the game. "The trainer shouldn't have been on the field because Taylor obviously wasn't seriously hurt," Flanagan said.
"He jumped to his feet and went for it. Is it not in the spirit of the game? That's a 50-50 call. We'd marked up on him anyway but if they were to do it close to your line, that's when they could catch you out."
While the ploy has been banned, Maguire couldn't be happier with the Rabbitohs' improvement in recent week on the back of fullback Greg Inglis' sensational form.
