Burgess eye gouge

[Headless Chook]

Not his go.......except for that other time....which also wasn’t his go.

 

[Captain Apollo]

An important part of his testimony was in Georgte's opening statement -

"My hands ended up in a dodgy place. I wasn't thinking about it at the time. I was sort of in auto-pilot. I'm angry with myself about the situation. I want people to know that's not something I think about doing in a game."

"I was in autopilot trying to save the try and slow the play the ball down. It wasn't until after I realised I got him in the face. I was shocked really.

"Towards the end I realised I might have been on his face. I didn't realise in the tackle that I had contact with his eye. It was only until I saw the footage did I realise.

"Things are going a million miles an hour. I swear on my kids lives I didn't know I had my hands in his eyes.

"That was the most careless thing about the tackle, I was going in blind with my hands. My eyes were looking out and obscured by player Damien Cook who was in front of me on the tackle.

"I won't accept that I deliberately went out to poke his eye. I just can't accept that. It's not the kind of person I am."

Source: https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/07/02/live-blog-george-burgess-and-tariq-sims-judiciary-hearings/

Whether he was doing it deliberately or not, had his hand not been in Robbie's face the whole issue would not have occurred. Fact is it did occur, and George realised it. Otherwise he would have plead not guilty which he did not do. In fact George Burgess plead guilty. The charge was not "deliberate eye gouging" so deliberate or not, it was a piss poor act and I think he got off lightly.

 

[yobbo84]

9 weeks, would've been 6 without priors. I think that's fair enough.

However if that was 9 weeks, then both of McGuire's should've been 4-5 weeks.

 

[Perth Red]

9 weeks fair call. Dog act and needed a harsh punishment which it got. McGuire must have some blackmail material on the judiciary!

I think people flogging him as the devil incarnate for this have probably never played the game. There was times I did some dumb sht when the red mist appeared and I'm a sedate calm person normally lol.

 

[big hit!]

must be awkward when eddie farah is giving georege b a rubdown down at redfern these days, although he won't be needing one for 9 weeks

 

[mave]

9 weeks, would've been 6 without priors. I think that's fair enough.

However if that was 9 weeks, then both of McGuire's should've been 4-5 weeks.

No way should McGuire have got 4-5 weeks.

Its Origin season !!

George is simply unlucky that he was born in the motherland.

 

[Aliceinwonderland]

9 weeks, would've been 6 without priors. I think that's fair enough.

However if that was 9 weeks, then both of McGuire's should've been 4-5 weeks.

In 1987 Linnane was suspended for 20 weeks by NSWRL for an eye gouge on Penrith's Greg Alexander.

Mcguire and Burgess should have gotten the same.

Both should buy themselves lottery tickets.

 

[kbw]

Should have got more. effectively 8 weeks + 50% then subtract 25% for early guilty plea.
It will be a great day in RL when there are no Burgess, dirty filthy things they are.

I guess he may have been warming himself up for a contract at the Storm though

 

[Knuckle-dragger]

Bennett would be pissed off as f**k at this merkin...

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Tatola is coming along nicely to replace him

 

[Saxon]

You are interpreting it wrongly. George Burgess is a vicious animal who should go back and play for his pathetic home town club Dewsbury.

Aaaand the racist, anti-English francophile speaks.
(Or should that be "racist anti-English cheese-eating-surrender-monkey-ophile"?)

 

[TheDMC]

I agree 100%
There was something seriously fishy with McGuire’s ‘punishments.’

Australian representative player. Been happening for decades.

"Not happening" perhaps more accurate.

 

[TheDMC]

He swears on his kids lives.

Not at all surprised that person who likes to push people's eyes through their brains doesn't place much value on their kids' lives.

 

[BadnMean]

This penalty is reasonably in line with Raiders rookie Young's ban of 5 weeks (no carryovers for similar) for a facial into the eyes recently. Can argue they should be longer, but both fair enough- grub act, long suspension.

The outlier is McGuire's two gouges, each easily in the same category as Young's or Burgess' who gets off scott free entirely because without him Qld wouldn't even be able to field a competitive pack & would squeal like stuck pigs while Origin would be "compromised" by a dominant NSW vs a weak Qld pack. Which just wouldn't do. Qld get favours when they lack depth just make sure Origin is ok. Weak as piss.

 

[AJB1102]

because without him Qld wouldn't even be able to field a competitive pack & would squeal like stuck pigs while Origin would be "compromised" by a dominant NSW vs a weak Qld pack. Which just wouldn't do. Qld get favours when they lack depth just make sure Origin is ok. Weak as piss.

It was a good post until this bit. Poor ending, must be a Raiders thing.

 

[BadnMean]

It was a good post until this bit. Poor ending, must be a Raiders thing.

How do you explain McGuire in amongst the other examples?

 

[AJB1102]

How do you explain McGuire in amongst the other examples?

Other than the standard NRL inconsistencies, I can't, mate.

I just don't think:

a) They're competent enough to run a conspiracy
b) is McGuire really the bloke you'd risk bad press on just to have him play? Inglis, JT, Slater types in their prime sure, but f**ken McGuire, nah.

 

[mistertaylor]

He swears on his kids lives.

I can't help but be really fcking annoyed by him using that line as some sort of proof that he didnt know his fingers were wrapped around Farah's eyeballs, FFS.

 

[BadnMean]

Other than the standard NRL inconsistencies, I can't, mate.

I just don't think:

a) They're competent enough to run a conspiracy
b) is McGuire really the bloke you'd risk bad press on just to have him play? Inglis, JT, Slater types in their prime sure, but f**ken McGuire, nah.

I don't think it's a conspiracy. It's just outright double standards. There's nothing secret or hidden about it.

Old have outside back options. But none in the forwards. We've seen it before when PNG suddenly became part of Qld when they had no halfback. A competitive Origin trumps anything else happening in the game.

 

[Knuckle-dragger]

He's gotta see some serious time off for that. That is just not on. A player shouldn't have to worry about some grubby f**kwit trying to blind them in the act of playing.