2016 Match Review Committee / Judiciary

[Pete Cash]

 

[Hawkins]

unfair probably. Happy? you're god dam right I am

 

[TheFrog]

The judiciary cracked faster under peer pressure than I did when I had my first ciggy

Good luck to Wighton for beating the charge, but the judiciary needs fair dinkum legal eagles, not ex-players on its panel.

 

[Walt Flanigan]

The judiciary part isn't the problem, it's the MRC that's dropped the ball here.

 

[Pete Cash]

I think legal experts would have found found him not guilty on the grounds the judiciary did. The nrls shoulder charge rule is badly written and it needs a rewrite.

 

[Frederick]

I think legal experts would have found found him not guilty on the grounds the judiciary did. The nrls shoulder charge rule is badly written and it needs a rewrite.

The whole rule book needs a rewrite, especially the obstruction section

 

[The Undertaker]

I think legal experts would have found found him not guilty on the grounds the judiciary did. The nrls shoulder charge rule is badly written and it needs a rewrite.

not only that but they're clearly different tackles anyway.
One guy has his shoulder "cocked" before impact and the other doesn't.
The MRC should be able to see that though I don't remember Beutts being the sharpest tool in the shed when he played from memory

 

[East Coast Tiger]

The MRC have been shown up yet again as incompetent. Imagine if they didn't offer reductions for guilty pleas just how many of their ridiculous charges would be thrown out. They wanted four weeks. The bloke gets zero. Pretty stark proof they have NFI what they're doing.

 

[Surely]

Especially when you can break a guys jaw, end his season and any chance of his team making the finals, then not miss a match.

 

[adamkungl]

The MRC have been shown up yet again as incompetent. Imagine if they didn't offer reductions for guilty pleas just how many of their ridiculous charges would be thrown out. They wanted four weeks. The bloke gets zero. Pretty stark proof they have NFI what they're doing.

Yep.
Thankfully the judiciary is one group that seems to act in the best interests of the sport more often than not, rather than on whatever idiotic directive has been handed down from Greenberg's office depending on the phase of the moon or whatever he bases his decisions on.

The MRC and rulemakers lost the plot long ago.

 

[Bgoodorgoodatit]

Good decision.... Best part being this has taken some air out if the battle of the bridge... Which I assume is a new bridge planned from the eastern suburbs to Canberra via Prague.......

As someone mentioned before just a sly move by the MRC to help our the NRL Marketing department. Haha

 

[Tiger5150]

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, sounds like a duck, its a duck. They were both shoulder charges pure and simple.

This year has been the most ridiculous for players getting suspended/getting off scot free.

Burgess water bottle throwing. Simona 3 three weeks for lying on a bloke, These two shoulder charges, Ryan James ending two players seasons in two weeks.

 

[THE CHAMP]

This is a disappointing result. I was so looking forward to Fifita having FJW on his wrist strapping this Satday.

What does the F stand for?

 

[wittyfan]

 

[Cuppy]

Lol gonna grow a party when Wighton goes down with a season ending injury.

Classy work there, well done.

 

[wittyfan]

 

[JamesRustle]

What does the F stand for?

F still stands for Flatten

 

[Bobby DIGital]

It was a great hit from a great defender.

Buettner's a hater. He's probably jealous of Stuart and the Raiders cos we owned his shit Parra & Bears teams of the 90's.

 

[skeepe]

While I think Ennis should have been charged, you really can't defend Wighton's one. Stupid, dumb, idiotic thing to do and deserves a spell.

Ennis should be facing suspension - the inconsistency is certainly alarming, but that still isn't an excuse for Wighton to walk free.

Go suck a f**k

 

[Generalzod]

It was a great hit from a great defender.

Buettner's a hater. He's probably jealous of Stuart and the Raiders cos we owned his shit Parra & Bears teams of the 90's.

Thats a long time to hold a grudge