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northey

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was it used????
i think so....
there is so much evidence to show that it had been used last night.
all night danny and the boys were blowing up about the way melb were tackleing....
there was no reason for them to use the tackle... i do believe that if they had not have used the grapple tackle last night we may have been able to score more tries.
i think that the knights should make a complaint to the NRL about the game last night. as the melb team have been warned before about the grapple tackle.
did anyone see danny on the tv this morning on channel 7???
he did want to say anything... which is fair enough as he could get into trouble. but you could tell he was upset about the melb team using the grapple tackle.
i haven't seen anyother melb games this year. have they been using the grapple tackle prior to this game???
melb have been warned about the grapple tackle before. if say they were found to be using the grapple tackle again. should they be punished???
 
Kaz

Kaz

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Will the Knights make a complaint about the grapple tackles they did last night.

Will Hagan put in a complaint about the grapple tackles the Blues used on Wednesday Night.
 
Risa

Risa

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They showed many examples of Melbourne using the grapple tackle on the Footy Show this morning. If we want to make a complaint, there's plenty of evidence there.

This should in no way detract from Melbourne's win last night. They played really well, and really, from the outset, we looked flat.
 
Holla if ya hear me

Holla if ya hear me

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Im currently battling this in the NRL section here
There is enough evidence to suggest that something was going on.
People are saying that its not grappling unless there is a "twist"
I maintain that holding the head in the crook of your arm is just a variation of the technique.When this happens and there is another player around your legs and hips all going in different directions its no wonder that you submit!
You think about survival
THe point has to be leave the head alone in any tackle.
The last thing league needs is a broken neck.Penalise it out of the game.
 
Holla if ya hear me

Holla if ya hear me

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Im sure that if Hagan feels strongly enough about it-Then a complaint will be made.
The club must look after its players and if the complaint goes any further then thats the leagues decision.
 
~bedsy~

~bedsy~

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Danny went off... he was near us and we were booing and he went off the lines men. I saw it, there necks were even being twisted. He even pointed to us booing at one stage.
I thought it was bad... I saw it this morning as well when they asked him about it on Sports World.
I think we have complained about it before and nothing happened. They have been doing it all yr though, all the games of Melboure I have seen, their doing it, and it should be stopped, some ones neck will end up in a brace or broken.

Kaz, I saw some of the blues doing it, but QLD were also doing it.
 
Matt23

Matt23

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I thought the NRL instructed them not to use it, after Canberra complained about it last season?
 
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Jaime_Koeppe_Is_Hot

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David Gallop has warned Melbourne if they r found guilty of using the grapple tackle again they would take action against them. If we do make a complaint well Melbourne may be in a lil trouble
 
~bedsy~

~bedsy~

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They just showed it on the news and there is a fare few views of it.
It's really bad, I thought it was bad last night, but to see it up close in footage, it's really bad.
 
~knights~

~knights~

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http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,9700004-23214,00.html

NRL referees boss Robert Finch has admitted he fears for the safety of players after Melbourne's grapple tackle resurfaced at the weekend.

Finch forwarded three tackles to the game's match review panel yesterday morning in a move that is expected to become a litmus test for the NRL's intentions regarding the tackle's future - or non-future - in the game.

"I'm concerned about the tackles because they are dangerous," Finch said yesterday. "I get concerned that a player's welfare is going to be impacted on in the future."

No NRL player has ever been charged over a grapple tackle but NRL chief operating officer Graham Annesley reminded that the judiciary had in the past been made aware of the tackle's presence and the need to police it.

"The judiciary have made some statements about the grapple tackle and the fact they are monitoring it," Annesley said.

The grapple tackle is so new there is even doubt as to what charge a player would face, whether it be a contrary conduct charge or even a reckless or intentional high tackle charge.

Concerns were raised on Saturday when Newcastle captain Danny Buderus approached referee Tony Archer twice in the first half of the Knights-Storm match to pass on complaints from his players.

Several Knights players were upset with the Melbourne players post-match after, they believed, having had their necks wrenched in tackles.

Finch watched the match yesterday before deciding to make his recommendations.

"I have passed them on to the judiciary, they will make a decision one way or the other," Finch said.

With the match review committee yet to charge anyone for a grapple tackle Finch would not comment on what action he expected to be taken over Saturday night's incidents.

"I don't want to talk for them," he said of the match review committee, a three-man panel comprising match review commissioner Greg McCallum, former NRL coach Peter Louis and former international Mark Harris.

Finch said Melbourne has made great strides to eliminate the tackle from their arsenal but said work needed to continue.

"We can both work together and try to eradicate it, but I would also ask that we need a bit of co-operation from the coaches to eradicate it from a team perspective as well," he said.



I think they could charge it as reckless?
 
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Danish Moo Cow

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It wasn't a good look, Melbourne. You don't need it to beat teams, and it gives our game the look and feel of an AFL game. Its not on.
 
antonius

antonius

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Watching the video package of it on the footy show, it is obvious it is a deliberate tactic, players are going out of their way to use it even to the point of applying it well after the initial tackle has been completed, there were instances of a second man applying it, in what could have been termed a second tackle. Your right DMC, it isn't a good look, and they don't need it, it is also only a matter of time before somebody is on the end of a serious neck injury from it, it should be enforced by refs as illegal.
 
astrogirl

astrogirl

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~knights~ said:
http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,9700004-23214,00.html

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Several Knights players were upset with the Melbourne players post-match after, they believed, having had their necks wrenched in tackles.
Click to expand...
This is horrendous and can't go on. This is extremely risky - (I'm no medical expert but) is it going to take player paralysis or a severe head injury for something to be done? And what about player health in the long term.
 
Andy

Andy

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The grapple tackling was no excuse for the loss.

Our defence and effort in the first half was lousy.

The boys need their backsides kicked.
 
astrogirl

astrogirl

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No, it's not an excuse for the loss.

But if I were playing I would feel apprehensive about carrying the ball forward if I were half expecting to have my neck twisted.
 
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