The Game 2021 Judiciary Charges

[Captain Apollo]

My original post was from the NRL's website and it had incorrect details for the charge on Curran. I have updated it to the correct details which are -

Curran, who like Pereira was sin-binned for his incident, is facing a 1-2 game scenario for his grade-two careless high tackle on Storm winger George Jennings in the 12th minute of the Warriors' loss in Melbourne.

Source: https://www.nrl.com/news/2021/04/23/round-7-charges/

 

[mave]

He's being punished for having a tough head. It was a head clash. If he got knocked out too would he be charged? Is every head clash where one opponent comes out worse off going to see the other bloke charged now? Insane.

Whoosh !!!!

 

[SBD82]

I see Pereira has been given the “no name” loading too.

 

[soc123_au]

The MRC have jumped in on the action and charged Curran and he is facing a suspension.
Surely the Warriors fight it.

Seriously? What is the charge? Whoever made the decision to charge him should be banned from any decision making in the future along with Chiddy. These f**kwits aren't fit to decide what to have for dinner, let alone anything important.

 

[This Year?]

If Jennings was the tackler would the decision be any different?
To me it's jersey bias.

 

[Valheru]

Saints would be absolutely mad to challenge the Pereria one.

I would be pleading guilty as quickly as possible to that one and be thankful it is only 3 weeks.

Roosters lost their best player for the game and he will probably be out next week too. He didn't mean to hit him high but it was also late and he could have pulled out of that.

 

[seanoff]

Curran needs to take that to an actual court That charge is so egregiously wrong it borders on cheating.

 

[Smug Panther]

Curran needs to take that to an actual court That charge is so egregiously wrong it borders on cheating.

The players association should honestly strike

 

[The_Frog]

Also, Pereira should fight his, Tedesco’s head is at rib height when he makes contact, was commited to the tackle, even the commentators wank on about how quick the ball movement is.

My guess is they lowered the grading because Tedesco was falling, but all the same he had plenty of time to pull out of it and it was a nasty hit. Definitely worse than the Hetherington one the previous week.

 

[SBD82]

Saints would be absolutely mad to challenge the Persia one.

I would be pleading guilty as quickly as possible to that one and be thankful it is only 3 weeks.

Roosters lost their best player for the game and he will probably be out next week too. He didn't mean to hit him high but it was also late and he could have pulled out of that.

The player’s injury shouldn’t play a role in the outcome. Isn’t that what we are always told?

It wasn’t late. He jammed and came at speed. Teddy ducks. Which makes grade 3 ridiculous. Pereira made a huge mistake when he took his eyes off the target, if he had kept watching he might have seen that Teddy had moved his head. Deserves to go for a week for that.

If it was Teddy on Pereira he’d be looking at a fine and no weeks off.

 

[blocka]

Nope

Shoulder of Crichton meets Clunes head.

 

[SBD82]

The ref’s boss’ impending response.

 

[Danish]

I would be 100% supportive of the players association going on strike to ensure he doesn’t miss a game.

what a ridiculous charge

 

[League Unlimited News]

Below is a statement from National Rugby League (NRL) Chief Executive Officer Andrew Abdo in response to public comments made about the NRL judiciary and its members:

“The Judiciary Panel operates in a challenging environment and its members are tasked with making difficult decisions, requiring independent thought and unique insight which comes through playing the game at the highest level.

“There are currently five Judiciary panel members who have played almost 1,000 premiership games collectively and won Grand Finals, State of Origin Series and Test Matches. Their knowledge and understanding of rugby league is unquestionable.

“The Judiciary panel are independent of the NRL or any Club. Our panellists are meticulous in their consideration of evidence and unquestionably independent in the way they deliberate. Aside from decorated rugby league careers our panellists are also successful in their chosen fields.

“There will always be varying public views about every Judiciary decision, just as the facts of every Judiciary matter are unique, but there is no place for anyone to question the independence of the panel.

“The game is very fortunate to have a Judiciary which is Chaired by Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Bellew. Justice Bellew’s services are an asset to our game. His summary of evidence and directions to the panel are again independent and mirror the process of a courtroom.

“Just as the court system issues harsher penalties to citizens with prior offences, our judiciary system also issues harsher penalties to players with prior offences and carry over points. This acts as a deterrent to foul play which assists in keeping players safe. It also recognises and incentivises those Players who maintain an otherwise clean record of play.

“The NRL Judiciary System, as is the case with all processes and systems within the game, will be reviewed during the year. As always, the review will be considered by the Australian Rugby League Commission who will determine what changes may be required taking into account all views.”

https://www.nrl.com/news/2021/04/26/statement-from-nrl-ceo-andrew-abdo/

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

Not much difference to me....except Talakai 4-6 weeks, Rooster not charged. Even Rava's hit which was nowhere near the head is looking at 2-4 weeks.

Ball player’s hands are in between his head and defender’s shoulders. Is it possible that first point of contact was on the ball, which you can see gets knocked out in the collision?

 

[Valheru]

Ball player’s hands are in between his head and defender’s shoulders. Is it possible that first point of contact was on the ball, which you can see gets knocked out in the collision?

His first point of contact was the shoulder and he didn't touch the head at all.

That picture is useless and I'm not sure why he keeps posting it.

 

[Valheru]

The player’s injury shouldn’t play a role in the outcome. Isn’t that what we are always told?

It wasn’t late. He jammed and came at speed. Teddy ducks. Which makes grade 3 ridiculous. Pereira made a huge mistake when he took his eyes off the target, if he had kept watching he might have seen that Teddy had moved his head. Deserves to go for a week for that.

If it was Teddy on Pereira he’d be looking at a fine and no weeks off.

Sorry but you have this one wrong. There was plenty of time to back out.

I agree it shouldn't be grade 3 high tackle, it should actually be grade 2 dangerous contact which is same as latrell.

 

[mave]

There are currently five Judiciary panel members who have played almost 1,000 premiership games collectively and won Grand Finals, State of Origin Series and Test Matches. Their knowledge and understanding of rugby league is unquestionable.

“The Judiciary panel are independent of the NRL or any Club. Our panellists are meticulous in their consideration of evidence and unquestionably independent in the way they deliberate. Aside from decorated rugby league careers our panellists are also successful in their chosen fields.

Hahahaha.

Our 5 panel members have played collectively 1000 games for clubs.

In the next breath....our panel members are completely independent.

 

[Meth]

If you could all dial down the outrage, NRL.com incorrectly reported Curran is facing 3-5 weeks.

He's facing 1-2 weeks, as per the correct graphic in our tweet.

still outrageous.

shouldn’t have been penalised

 

[t-ba]

Someone needs to find Steve Chiddy and dunk him in the Toilets for a swirly.