Burgess eye gouge

[Diesel]

Just saw the replay again. How on earth was he not ordered off straight away I will never know. But the Maguire nonsense has stupefied the league tremendously.

Refs too scared to send a player off, let alone sin bin

 

[no name]

This one is so much worse than McGuire's its not even close. Burgess can expect a long ban.

Which one?

 

[SDM]

Sin bin for foul play is only to be used if an Eels player does a high tackle

 

[gerg]

One of the worst acts of foul play in the game. Should be 10 weeks.

 

[skeepe]

It’s not his go.... oh wait.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Well he can't say he was nose gouging Robbie and missed with a honker that big.

 

[TheFrog]

He got 4-5 weeks (not sure which) from the Pommy league for gouging DWZ in the 3rd Test last year (see above). The Raiders kid got 5 weeks, I think it'll be 6 weeks. Straight to the judiciary hopefully.

 

[Suitman]

Seriously, there is basically NOTHING a player can be sent off for these days.
With video tech available now, if this wasn't a send off offence, then nothing is.
f**king disgraceful.

 

[jiorl]

Tsk Tsk Tsk. If he gets less than Hudson Young, especially since he has repeatedly offended in this area, than im Norm Macdonald!

 

[Spot On]

There's no way the NRL will let this go.

That's the worst one so far and leaves the viewer with no doubt as to what his intentions were.

You would think so.

 

[Sans Souci Sainter]

Ex-teammates no less?!

 

[Wizardman]

Lets see how seriously the NRL treats the most blatant version of an eye gouge you will ever see. If he only gets 6 weeks or less, than the NRL should be held liable for any future eye gouge that results in damage to a players vision. He should be out for a season for that.

 

[muzby]

 

[typicalfan]

It's an eye sore.

 

[moffla]

Eye gouges need to be seriously punished. It’s f**king dangerous. Give him 8 weeks

 

[lockyno1]

Forget Burgess but the ref was 1m away...why wasn't he sent off?

 

[Suitman]

Eye gouges need to be seriously punished. It’s f**king dangerous. Give him 8 weeks

I'm sorry, but 8 weeks isn't nearly enough for that shit.
Burgess knew exactly what he was doing. He would have known he had his fingers in the eyes. It was deliberate. It was a cheap shot and f**king grubby. It's a blight on our game.
If the NRL do not come down hard on this, then they are just as complicit in endangering the safety of players as Burgess was.
Look how long it has taken them to crack down on the crusher tackle? They are lucky that no one has ended up in a wheelchair from one of those, due to their lack of action. They have allowed the wrestle into the game and it is destroying it. This eye gouge just takes it to another level and if the NRL seriously do not rub this grub out for months, it will be a disgrace to the game.
I have nothing personal against George Burgess. It is the act, and the fact he has previous, that I despise.
Beyond that, a player could have lost their sight in one eye tonight. Burgess's finger looked almost 1st knuckle deep at one stage. It was horrific.

 

[King hit]

He must be given a long suspension. It was dirty and intentional.

 

[moffla]

I'm sorry, but 8 weeks isn't nearly enough for that shit.
Burgess knew exactly what he was doing. He would have known he had his fingers in the eyes. It was deliberate. It was a cheap shot and f**king grubby. It's a blight on our game.
If the NRL do not come down hard on this, then they are just as complicit in endangering the safety of players as Burgess was.
Look how long it has taken them to crack down on the crusher tackle? They are lucky that no one has ended up in a wheelchair from one of those, due to their lack of action. They have allowed the wrestle into the game and it is destroying it. This eye gouge just takes it to another level and if the NRL seriously do not rub this grub out for months, it will be a disgrace to the game.
I have nothing personal against George Burgess. It is the act, and the fact he has previous, that I despise.
Beyond that, a player could have lost their sight in one eye tonight. Burgess's finger looked almost 1st knuckle deep at one stage. It was horrific.

Fair call, agreed

 

[Exsilium]

Forget Burgess but the ref was 1m away...why wasn't he sent off?

Cause they’re gutless.