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2018 R24 Sat - Roosters 8-22 Broncos @ Allianz

Round 24: Roosters v Broncos

  • Draw after Golden Point

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    14
  • Poll closed .

wibble

Bench
Messages
4,661
This Napa tackle and binning is a symptom of the NRL's head in the sand approach to "running" the game.

When it happened earlier this year it was controversial. Napa was binned, but not sent off. The MRC didn't give it a grading, but Greenberg said he didn't like it.

Greenberg, if he didn't like it, could have asked the MRC in the future to refer a head clash from "careless" technique. Or he could have asked referees to treat it as a send off offence.

Or he could have backed the MRC and confirmed it was an unfortunate accident.

Instead, it was left as a "little bit naughty" and in effect, the referees were given the green light to treat careless head clashes however they like.

So players don't really know if that sort of Napa technique will get themselves into trouble or not.

And so it happens again, is binned again, and again Broncos fans can say a careless tackle has hurt them with no send off, and Roosters fans can say an accident has been penalised with a sin binning. And no one can really say either set of fans is wrong for feeling hard done by.

A bit of direction from the NRL would go a long way.
 

blaza88z

Coach
Messages
15,187
He won't get off this time, you can't do it twice in the same year, get sent to bin and have it tagged as "accidental", he clearly has a technique issue, either that or half the Broncos team has helped themselves to his missus
 
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