the_knights_rule said:
was prices high tackle anything to worry about?
I didn't see much to worry about in it, but then again I was concentrating on the fact Matt Gidley had just been impeded. Price's reported tackle occurred after Gidley's attempts to take the ball from dummy half were seemingly thwarted by offside defenders who grabbed at the ball on the ground. I'm not sure how legal it was -- perhaps Gidley was just too slow to get into dummy half. I didn't see a replay.
I would be surprised if Price was charged -- there have been worse tackles go without penalty.
i didnt get to watch or listen to the game, but it sounds liek our first half was pretty bad.
Spot on. Many people have joked that Hages must have given them a blast at halftime for them to come out and play so strong in the second half. It has been said with a humourous tone because you rarely hear about Supercoach Hagan being that fired up -- he is generally fairly reserved and keeps his emotions in check.
But having watch O'Davis on NBN News last night, talk about what was said at halftime, it seems Hages did actually give them a fair blast. O'Davis said he was getting stitches at the time and therefore missed what was said, but his teammates all agreed Hagan gave them a good kick in the pants, metaphorically speaking of course.
And, it worked. The Knights came out and put 18 unanswered points on Souths, keeping Souths scoreless for the entire second half.
I would suggest that given the rarity of Hagan giving his team a real blast, when it actually does happen the players sit up and take notice. That, in my opinion, is good coaching.