Burgess banned for eye gouge

[some11]

https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/11/07...tches-over-dallin-watene-zelezniak-eye-gouge/

 

[Perth Red]

Not his go. Anyone else think rep suspensions should be served in rep calendar not in club world?

 

[muzby]

I agree with him.

He would never gauge anyone.

He clearly loves to gouge people though.

 

[seanoff]

Not his go. Anyone else think rep suspensions should be served in rep calendar not in club world?

No

And it should have been at least 6.

And the referee and the video ref should be disciplined as he should have been sent off

 

[AlwaysGreen]

What were his intentions?

 

[t-ba]

He has clearly made first contact with his pec so it's not a shou..eye gouge

 

[muzby]

Kind of ironic that the first ball he manages to properly hold on to is an eyeball..

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Lol@souffs

 

[Bobby DIGital]

We could have at least got a penalty....

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Not his go. Anyone else think rep suspensions should be served in rep calendar not in club world?

Don't give the NRL clubs that option or they'll make a rule stating that all suspensions are served in rep football, even the offenses carried out at club level - lol

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Don’t like rep suspensions only applying to rep games. What if Merritt or buhrer got cited?

 

[Canard]

Gauge??

What a shit-for-brains northern monkey!

 

[Saxon]

f**kin' grubby merkin. Just like his brother.
To be fair though, he's dumb enough that he was probably actually trying for a squirrel grip but mistook 'ball' for 'eyeball'.

 

[9701]

He has clearly made first contact with his pec so it's not a shou..eye gouge

Gauge*

 

[gerg]

What were his intentions?

Poor DWZ had his contact lens dislodged and GB was just re-positioning the lens.

 

[Life's Good]

Only in the bizarro world of league could a suspension for a deliberate eye gouge be punished only slightly more than a player throwing a bottle.

 

[shaggs]

Not his go. Anyone else think rep suspensions should be served in rep calendar not in club world?

How would that work? Not everyone gets to play multiple rep games. Some get 1, of you are lucky you get 2.

If you are guilty of foul play then you are suspended for the next full game you would be eligible for.

Same as, if you are suspended in a normal game you miss a rep game or a semi. You can’t be rating games for foul play differently for different stages of the season.

 

[shaggs]

No

And it should have been at least 6.

And the referee and the video ref should be disciplined as he should have been sent off

Didn’t Steve linnane get 20 weeks in 1985 for eye gouging.


Sorry gauging

 

[RufusRex]

Didn’t Steve linnane get 20 weeks in 1985 for eye gouging.


Sorry gauging

Yeah ... but in that instance he was touching the back of Greg Alexanders skull (on the inside) .. It was horrible.

 

[Exsilium]

It’s a real eyesore on the international game.