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2024 Match Review & Judiciary charges

skeepe

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The rules are black and white. If you’re on the bench you cannot get involved. There are no mitigating circumstances to this rule.

In all seriousness, Burton should be facing the same charge as the other two - and all three should have been referred directly to the judiciary for a harsher sentence. Two matches is ridiculously light.
 

yobbo84

Coach
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The rules are black and white. If you’re on the bench you cannot get involved. There are no mitigating circumstances to this rule.

In all seriousness, Burton should be facing the same charge as the other two - and all three should have been referred directly to the judiciary for a harsher sentence. Two matches is ridiculously light.
Two decades of posting on here (Lord help me) and I still can't figure out if you're the world's greatest troll or an A-grade moron
 

Iamback

Coach
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I do think its a bad look to have guys running in from the bench, however it was also about 9 on 1 QLDers on Luai. Tough one on Cam as he's one guy you can genuinely say 'its not his go'

When the Melee is happening on top of the bench though? It is different then running on and getting involved

It isn't a normal circumstance before you look at the number of QLders on Luai and To'o.
 

Iamback

Coach
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That just opens the door for pure thuggary not that I think Murray is one. Least we learnt one thing Murray really can't fight lol

Still not as dumb as Ola in a suit getting 2 weeks suspension for Manly!

No NRL only cares about image.

Some suit thinks it is a bad look so we get this
 

yobbo84

Coach
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Remember the sickening head high tackle from Dom Young on Blake Taaffe?

The NRL has deemed what Cameron Murray and Hamole Olakau'atu did to be worthy of the same suspension as Dom Young.

It's completely illogical, and like everything under PVL, directly connected to optics.
 
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Remember the sickening head high tackle from Dom Young on Blake Taaffe?

The NRL has deemed what Cameron Murray and Hamole Olakau'atu did to be worthy of the same suspension as Dom Young.

It's completely illogical, and like everything under PVL, directly connected to optics.

I can see some of your point but it's not quite the same. Dom Young was sent off to start with. Murray was sin binned, whilst Olakau'atu wasn't even in the squad and had no right to be there let alone involved in that (rightly or wrongly as people may think).
 

yobbo84

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I can see some of your point but it's not quite the same. Dom Young was sent off to start with. Murray was sin binned, whilst Olakau'atu wasn't even in the squad and had no right to be there let alone involved in that (rightly or wrongly as people may think).
Do you think they got a Grade 3 charge because,
A) they deserved it, or
B) they wanted to 'send a message' and realised "oh crap we changed the rules, it'll have to be Grade 3 to ensure they don't just get fined"
 

soc123_au

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Murray should be getting a medal, not a suspension. The whole QLD bench was involved, he did what any forward should have done. DCE and Nanai are the ones who should be suspended if anyone has to be.
 
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