Judiciary Charges 2019

[TheFrog]

If a can of worms was to be opened it would have been with the insanely dubious suspension Willie Mason got for it in 2015.

This has been going on forever. You only give a shit now because it's that dude fr your team.

This freak show isn't stopping any time soon.

I was critical of the Tariq Sims suspension as well, if you must know.

 

[t-ba]

I was critical of the Tariq Sims suspension as well, if you must know.

Then you should realise that nothing is going to happen, no heads will roll and the bullshit that has gone on for half a decade now will continue to go on.

Stop acting like this stupid decision is epoch defining.

 

[TheFrog]

Then you should realise that nothing is going to happen, no heads will roll and the bullshit that has gone on for half a decade now will continue to go on.

I do realise that. It doesn't mean I cannot be critical of a stitch-up that has happened for reasons not connected with player safety.

 

[t-ba]

I do realise that. It doesn't mean I cannot be critical of a stitch-up that has happened for reasons not connected with player safety.

Saying it's going to open a can of worms is pretty ridiculous hyperbole.

This is the judiciary. They are stupid. It's not changing anytime soon. Deal with it.

 

[TheFrog]

Saying it's going to open a can of worms is pretty ridiculous hyperbole.

What opens a can of worms is having two classes of shoulder charge. One when trying to stop a try which Annesley just this week has given the green light to, and the other at other times which gets you 2 weeks.

Now either shoulder charges are dangerous or they're not. Whether a try is being scored doesn't make them less dangerous. Nonetheless, the distinction has only this week been rubber stamped by Annesley in his weekly briefing as justification for not citing Dufty. That is the can of worms that has been opened THIS WEEK, not 50 years ago. Shoulder charges are either dangerous or they are not. Capiche?

 

[t-ba]

What opens a can of worms is having two classes of shoulder charge. One when trying to stop a try which Annesley just this week has given the green light to, and the other at other times which gets you 2 weeks.

Now either shoulder charges are dangerous or they're not. Whether a try is being scored doesn't make them less dangerous. Nonetheless, the distinction has only this week been rubber stamped by Annesley in his weekly briefing as justification for not citing Dufty. That is the can of worms that has been opened THIS WEEK, not 50 years ago. Shoulder charges are either dangerous or they are not. Capiche?

You keep telling yourself that.

Nothing appreciable will happen and the NRL and its judiciary will continue to be stupid morons making rules up on the fly. They'll probably completely forget this in two weeks time and suffer no sanction from it.

Capiche?

 

[mave]

Consistency.....oh yeah baby, its over-rated.

 

[roofromoz]

Ponga not charged.

Not buying into the Ponga NRL golden boy conspiracy theory at all... but surely Kikau must feel very hard done by with what he copped...

 

[TheFrog]

Ponga not charged.

Not buying into the Ponga NRL golden boy conspiracy theory at all... but surely Kikau must feel very hard done by with what he copped...

Look forward to Annesly's explanation on Monday.

 

[Someguy]

Ponga not charged.

Not buying into the Ponga NRL golden boy conspiracy theory at all... but surely Kikau must feel very hard done by with what he copped...

Ponga stopped contesting the ball and launched his shoulder into the head of a tigers player. First contact was to the head, has to be at least a week off.

Let’s just stop and think for a minute, what would be the result had ponga been victim to a hit like that!

 

[Valheru]

Kalyn 'protected species ponga bit charged because it was 'accidental'.

It is not possible to accidentally shoulder charge someone, it is a deliberate action, just like tackling. The accidental part would be point of contact which is irrelevant here because the action is illegal.

They really are petrified of him going to union.

 

[The unknown]

So what about careless high contact?

every week there's something to laugh about in the NRL world

 

[Surely]

So what about careless high contact?

every week there's something to laugh about in the NRL world

Fmd half the suspensions this year have been over something accidental.

Pongas wasn't even accidental it was a deliberate shoulder

 

[Apey]

Good decision. Braced for impact as Chee Kam was pushed toward him by Hunt.

Hope Chee Kam's okay.

 

[Danish]

Little bitch ponga protected on both sides of the judiciary it seems.

Any player that did the same thing to poor darling ponga would probably be taken out back and shot

 

[Jean Capdouze]

Kalyn Ponga is a brilliant young player, that was not intentional against the Burmese super star Michael Chee Kam. There was no malice intended at all.

 

[Knuckle-dragger]

 

[forby]

Kalyn Ponga is a brilliant young player, that was not intentional against the Burmese super star Michael Chee Kam. There was no malice intended at all.

Just like most that get charged! Kikau's tackle wasn't anywhere near as dangerous as Ponga's, who deliberately led with the shoulder and was never attempting to make a tackle.
He is a protected pretty boy!

 

[Fangs]

Just how embarassing is this? What a terrible week for the NRL.

 

[Jean Capdouze]

The judiciary is a bit of joke really. There’s no consistency, they need to look & get advice from the English Super League officials. It’s a tougher game in the UK & there’s no where near the amount of charges & inconsistency with officials.