Send off dead?

[BadnMean]

Imagine being you.

Don't have the energy- I just exist as I am. Imagine being a troll poster with 13 000 posts on NRL forums you've been also banned from.

 

[DaveMc]

I see a tackle like that today and I feel bad for Cotric too. How would he be feeling after that ?

Unintentional, but the Dragons guy ended up in a really bad position, so Cotric will get what he gets.

It does however, make an absolute mockery of when guys like Josh Reynolds and Greg Inglis were purposely flipping themselves head over heels in order to win a penalty, and refs falling for it time and again.

I would’ve felt worse for Cotric if he didn’t act like a belligerent clown after getting sent.

 

[Marshall_magic]

Remember when there was a crackdown on lifting tackles for about a month after the Alex McKinnon injury? Shame it never continued, there's no reason for them.

crackdowns only last until a key player will miss a big game unless the relax the penalties a little.

 

[Exsilium]

It was the correct call to send him off.

It was dangerous, he had no other player involved, beyond horizontal and it was a spear tackle.

All for having good hits and tackles but that’s outright stupid and dangerous.

 

[BadnMean]

I would’ve felt worse for Cotric if he didn’t act like a belligerent clown after getting sent.

Yeah righto. In the NRL league of belligerent clowns he's about a 2/10.

 

[skeepe]

Yeah righto. In the NRL league of belligerent clowns he's about a 2/10.

Might be time to put the keyboard away for a while mate.

 

[BadnMean]

Might be time to put the keyboard away for a while mate.

Outstanding argument. Eloquent, substantial, logical, well phrased. Would read again.

 

[bileduct]

Outstanding argument. Eloquent, substantial, logical, well phrased. Would read again.

Imagine being so geniused that you make skeepe the voice of reason.

 

[TheVelourFog]

so whose multi is this then

 

[DaveMc]

Yeah righto. In the NRL league of belligerent clowns he's about a 2/10.

Well he carried on like an utter cretin upon being sent off. Though still less than you have throughout this thread.

 

[southwalesrabbitoh]

Yeah it was a shocker. Deserved to go.

Yes, Cotric rightly sent off. Though a tip tackle is a better and more accurate phrase for it IMO.

 

[kdalymc]

Haha Rickys like "but it was an accident", lol doesn't matter mate the bloke nearly broke his f**ken neck

 

[Front-Rower]

Haha Rickys like "but it was an accident", lol doesn't matter mate the bloke nearly broke his f**ken neck

Watching Ricky’s press conference, it’s quite clear he should keep quiet. IMO he did more damage trying to defend it then good. The icing on the cake was when he told the journalist asking the questions that he shouldn’t cover rugby league lol

 

[Quicksilver]

It's a very dangerous tackle but I'd be willing to call it an accident if done by Billy Slates.

Neville Nobodies should be sent for that.

 

[Someguy]

Remember when there was a crackdown on lifting tackles for about a month after the Alex McKinnon injury? Shame it never continued, there's no reason for them.

There was a selective crackdown, the next week a really bad one from a titans player on a storm player avoided suspension

 

[nick87]

Well he carried on like an utter cretin upon being sent off. Though still less than you have throughout this thread.

Did he? I didn't see that

 

[adamkungl]

Only an insane person thinks that wasn't a send off.

There's no doubt there's some issues with consistency - the send off should be certainly used more often.

IMO - and this might seem over the top, but there is logic behind it

Anything that looks like it's a 4+ week suspension should be a send off.

Any foul play that looks like a suspension should be at least a sin bin.

Any foul play that results in a player being injured should be at least a sin bin.


There's a weird disconnect where we suspend players for weeks but they are allowed to continue playing the same game. It doesn't help the team that gets fouled if someone gets a few weeks on the sidelines and they lose an injured player for the game.
I don't expect referees to run a judiciary in their head, the suspension weeks above are intended as reference points. I'm happy for referees to use their discretion.

We should lean towards more on-field removals and less lengthy suspensions. Star players being off the field for weeks hurts competitive intensity and the fans. I would argue being sent from the field is just as big a deterrent for foul play as 2 or 3 weeks on the sidelines.

 

[bileduct]

Well he carried on like an utter cretin upon being sent off.

How so?

 

[nick87]

We should lean towards more on-field removals and less lengthy suspensions. Star players being off the field for weeks hurts competitive intensity and the fans. I would argue being sent from the field is just as big a deterrent for foul play as 2 or 3 weeks on the sidelines.

yeah i had never thought about it this way, but i think that's the correct way to go.
More sin bins and send offs, and lesser charges at the MRC would be good.

Like the Dragons at least got some benefits of this (not that it helped them,because they're f**king bums), had Cotric stayed on the park, they get nothing

 

[t-ba]

I'd start with refs penalizing shit that results in a three week suspension. If they can't get that right god knows what hopes they have with suspensions.