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[Stagger eel]

He didnt break his jaw its just they badaged under his jaw & around his head....he stayed on and played the game out....Parra players went on a Head hunting spree tonite and its just fortunate that no-one was seriously injured....PL standars ref (cecchin) contributed to the downfall of the game...poor 10 all nite....Parra got all the 50/50 calls....still dunno how Pearson got that final penalty Mr Cecchin?
Parra very fortunate IMO.

50/50 calls!!! your joking aern't you??

first of all great game, a good hard slog for both teams and I still believe both teams will be competative this year.

what about our disallowed try????...I spoke to Luke Burt after the game and he was certain it was a try.

 

[Stagger eel]

id we got the 50/50 calls that definetly would of been allowed no risk about that.

just for the recored Hindy,Wags and Grothe pulled out before the match.

 

[mickdo]

50/50 calls!!! your joking aern't you??

Yeah, those pesky 50/50 calls always seem to go to the other team don't they... maybe we should break out the violins.

 

[Eelementary]

Ah whinge whinge whinge!

Quit your whining, you baby!

That's football!

SO what if the ref was on our side tonight? It happens!

Just be gracious in defeat!

 

[Parraren]

Sounds like it was a good tuff game. Glad we didn't win comfortably because I think we needed a bit of a wake up call heading into round one. Make no mistake, the Dogs will be a very tuff match, scandal or no scandal.

My main concern is hearing young Michael Witt is playing off the bench in Premier League?????? :shock: What's the go there?

 

[Once Dead]

He didnt break his jaw its just they badaged under his jaw & around his head....he stayed on and played the game out....Parra players went on a Head hunting spree tonite and its just fortunate that no-one was seriously injured....PL standars ref (cecchin) contributed to the downfall of the game...poor 10 all nite....Parra got all the 50/50 calls....still dunno how Pearson got that final penalty Mr Cecchin?
Parra very fortunate IMO.

50/50 calls!!! your joking aern't you??

first of all great game, a good hard slog for both teams and I still believe both teams will be competative this year.

what about our disallowed try????...I spoke to Luke Burt after the game and he was certain it was a try.

LOL - so if Luke Burt says it was a try its a try? ahahahahahahah

Sorry, but neither team showed any consistent form that will allow them to compete with the big boys

 

[Jake the snake]

You are spot on about both teams last night, Lets just hope it turns around for both our teams so we can compete with the Bigboys once again.

 

[Twizzle]

Is it possible Smith had instructed the guys to play up the middle, just to finalise his forward pack for the first few rounds.

It was a trial after all.

The halves combination is a worry for me, we have three good halves but in the trials we have not seen any combinations of Witt, Dykes and Thorman, for a sustained period, and I would have thought that the trials were the time to sort those combinations.

Instead we've seens Wags and Brett Delany at 5/8 on more than one occasion. I dont think that their immediatede future is at 5/8.

 

[tiger_nick]

Hodgo had a decent game, but he got smashed quite a few times, and was all bandaged up for most of the second half. Wise absolutely creamed him (legally) to save a try after a long back line move where Hodgo only had to make the pass to the winger and they would score. The tackle forced Hodgson to knock-on and play was stopped for a few minutes while they tried to pick him up off the deck :lol:.

How can you get a jaw injury from a 'legal' tackle?

 

[Ron Jeremy]

Good point.....however it does occur quite often if the player is small and taken ball & all.

 

[mickdo]

Hodgo had a decent game, but he got smashed quite a few times, and was all bandaged up for most of the second half. Wise absolutely creamed him (legally) to save a try after a long back line move where Hodgo only had to make the pass to the winger and they would score. The tackle forced Hodgson to knock-on and play was stopped for a few minutes while they tried to pick him up off the deck :lol:.

How can you get a jaw injury from a 'legal' tackle?

We're talking about Hodgson here. For almost two years the guy has been getting injured if he stepped on a twig. It aint that difficult to get all sorts of head injuries in legal tackles. Head hitting the ground for one...

 

[The Colonel]

Great game though for a trial....why didnt the touchies have flags?

A Robert Finch initiative that was supposed to make the touchies concentrate more on communication with the ref - apparently something that WON'T be tried in the regular season.

 

[Goleel]

Well the big hit on Hodgo by Kativerata looked legal, it seemed the contact was either with Kativerata's head or shoulder, it certainly wasn't a dodgy hit, he just lined him up and smashed him with a big shoulder charge, although it was more a full body charge. Saved a try, which was lucky because it was Kativerata's fault that overlap anyway. It looked great, we were right in front of it, too.

Hodgo went great but, no denying it.

 

[Tigerpete]

So it may've been a little like Beckett's challenge on O'Davis last season?

 

[Ron Jeremy]

I have never heard a Parra supporter call Hodgson crap....we all know he's a great player but we didn't offer him the biggest contract due to his injury concerns!!

I still think we done the right thing....and Ash Graham will be a great player in the future.

 

[Tigerpete]

Ashley Graham does look a good replacement for you guys..... Didnt he suffer a simlar injury to Richards........Broken Leg and Fractured ankle??

 

[Tigerpete]

last season that is.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

Ashley Graham does look a good replacement for you guys..... Didnt he suffer a simlar injury to Richards........Broken Leg and Fractured ankle??

Yeah he did....the tackle was sickning to say the least & anyone in the same situation would have had the same consequences....should be back hopefully before mid year.

Great young player.

 

[Tigerpete]

Yeah, Richards injury was sustained in a incident similar. He seemed to get his foot caught between a bunnies player and the turf and was pulled down away from the way his leg was going. Some call him injury prone but that was plain rotten luck.

 

[mickdo]

I think Graham will struggle to get back in the first grade side. Burt is doing pretty well at the back now.