SMH story: Sharks rage over hip drops

[Don Tweddle]

Original story

Meanwhile, Cronulla are angry at the NRL’s explanation as to why Wests Tigers forward John Bateman avoided any charge for a tackle that left Rudolf in a moonboot at Leichhardt Oval.

Scans on Sunday confirmed that Rudolf is facing at least 4-6 weeks out with syndesmosis damage suffered in a 55th-minute tackle by Bateman during Cronulla’s 32-6 defeat to the Tigers.

Follow-up x-rays on Monday will confirm whether Rudolf needs to go under the knife to repair ligament damage in his ankle. Should Rudolf need surgery he would be the third Cronulla player in the past 18 months sidelined by a tackle where the defender fell across a ball-carrier’s ankles.

The Sharks sent the NRL a please-explain regarding Bateman’s tackle on Sunday, which was not penalised on-field, and are unimpressed with the response provided.

An NRL source, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to the private nature of the correspondence, told this masthead that Bateman was ruled to have attempted a conventional legs tackle before being dragged onto Rudolf’s legs through momentum.

The Match Review Committee ruled that Bateman tried to get his body weight to the ground first, before Rudolf’s legs.

Toby Rudolf is assessed after an injury at Leichhardt Oval.CREDIT:GETTY

Sharks coach Craig Fitzgibbon declined to comment on Sunday. But privately the club is fuming at what it believes are inconsistencies in the MRC’s rulings on hip drop tackles.

Rudolf was the victim of a tackle earlier in the game that drew a dangerous contact charge against Tigers skipper Api Koroisau for swinging around onto the Cronulla prop’s legs.

 

[shadowboxer]

They could risk upsetting the Leichhardt faithful. Just another case of ‘what happened there’ - I might be wrong but Corey Parker said something like, nothing in that, when Tony got hit high. A bloody shame too, as he was going well.
NRL whipping boys we be

 

[Cheese sandwich]

Next high tackle we do "sorry ref I was aiming at his ankles but momentum took my arm to his jaw"

 

[Quicksilver]

They could risk upsetting the Leichhardt faithful. Just another case of ‘what happened there’ - I might be wrong but Corey Parker said something like, nothing in that, when Tony got hit high. A bloody shame too, as he was going well.
NRL whipping boys we be

I don't understand how that high tackle was let go.

 

[Frenzy.]

Timely story. I was ruminating on this after watching a million replays of NRLPhysios insta.

Dead set hip drop that one. I will say I didn't pick it up during the run of play but the hindsight through the replays is damning.

What I want to know is if the syndo is the same leg as the turf toe. If needs a screw, plate or a tightrope or whatever type of ORIF they do in 2024 he will be in for one uncomfortable rehab if both injuries are on same side.

 

[PJ]

"was ruled to have attempted a conventional legs tackle before being dragged onto Rudolf’s legs through momentum."

This is what sh!ts me. When Nikora got pinged for a hip drop a year or so ago in the pouring rain the above description described his exactly.

But that was no excuse at the time.

NRL inconsistency does my head in.

 

[Frenzy.]

"was ruled to have attempted a conventional legs tackle before being dragged onto Rudolf’s legs through momentum."

This is what sh!ts me. When Nikora got pinged for a hip drop a year or so ago in the pouring rain the above description described his exactly.

But that was no excuse at the time.

NRL inconsistency does my head in.

Do you think they actually write any of these descriptions down anywhere? It's very hard to find anything in writing about any of these annual "rules in flux" changes. Not even in the laws of the game. Seems to be that maybe they write secret policies which will never see the light of day until they are tested in court. That is, used to protect themselves.

"It's not our fault, we told them, we sent them an email. Look, here, we even wrote it on parchment!"

Fekking politicians.

 

[shadowboxer]

"was ruled to have attempted a conventional legs tackle before being dragged onto Rudolf’s legs through momentum."

This is what sh!ts me. When Nikora got pinged for a hip drop a year or so ago in the pouring rain the above description described his exactly.

But that was no excuse at the time.

NRL inconsistency does my head in.

It’s why the end result was no where near as aggravating as I would have taken it years ago. Become old and numb to the whole game.
What’s the point in getting shirty when the officials just play favourites.
Gus Gould, love him or hate him, he doesn’t hold back on this crap, for the love and longevity or the game( and his livelihood)
Rant over (again)

 

[PJ]

It’s why the end result was no where near as aggravating as I would have taken it years ago. Become old and numb to the whole game.
What’s the point in getting shirty when the officials just play favourites.
Gus Gould, love him or hate him, he doesn’t hold back on this crap, for the love and longevity or the game( and his livelihood)
Rant over (again)

Yeah, I find myself less and less interested as the years go by.

 

[shadowboxer]

But still on here ranting.
Jets playing Saturday - great day to get back to some old fashion normal-cy

 

[Ozzi_78]

Let’s be honest if we won we’d not be raging. We’d be like oh well Toby is shit anyway.

 

[Frenzy.]

It’s why the end result was no where near as aggravating as I would have taken it years ago. Become old and numb to the whole game.
What’s the point in getting shirty when the officials just play favourites.
Gus Gould, love him or hate him, he doesn’t hold back on this crap, for the love and longevity or the game( and his livelihood)
Rant over (again)

I might ave that but may also have developed late onset Asperger's. Although I maintain interest I don't seem to have many emotions in terms of how I sit through, talk about and generally experience games.

There is no offence intended in this post.

 

[Frenzy.]

Let’s be honest if we won we’d not be raging. We’d be like oh well Toby is shit anyway.

Apathy is bliss. I hope to be there soon.

 

[Cheese sandwich]

I particularly liked the player going up for the bomb about 20 minutes before it came down but he was in the "dropzone" whatever tf that is. Yet will was penalised 2 weeks ago when watching the ball the whole way and actually competing for it.

 

[Quigs]

I reckon we got away with one (a hip drop tackle) against the Warriors with the tackle that injured Capewell.

I think the league just needs more Racecourse Hotel incidents and less charges from bullshit rule changes.

 

[Frenzy.]

I reckon we got away with one (a hip drop tackle) against the Warriors with the tackle that injured Capewell.

I think the league just needs more Racecourse Hotel incidents and less charges from bullshit rule changes.

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Where's Daniel Ninness? We could use a prop now. Even a shyte one

 

[shadowboxer]

I might ave that but may also have developed late onset Asperger's. Although I maintain interest I don't seem to have many emotions in terms of how I sit through, talk about and generally experience games.

There is no offence intended in this post.

If you were offended easily, you wouldn’t be a fan of the Cronulla Sharks or in here typing with furious intent.
It’s just like a lot of things - your views change and dim over time.
You want a jolt to your system, go watch Oppenheimer - puts a lot of things into perspective

 

[Quigs]

I just finished watching Lockerbie which is a 4 episode doco on 7 plus.

That was a very interesting eye opener on the 1988 PanAm jumbo being blown out of the sky over Scotland.

I was on the 1990 League Week Supporters tour to the UK and I still remember looking out the window as our bus/coach drove right past Lockerbie and the very visible big hole in the ground where what was left of the plane nosedived into the village.

 

[Craigshark]

I particularly liked the player going up for the bomb about 20 minutes before it came down but he was in the "dropzone" whatever tf that is. Yet will was penalised 2 weeks ago when watching the ball the whole way and actually competing for it.

kennedy on the warriors fullback round 1 lol the inconsistency is f**ked. It would be a nice change if nrl360 started talking about this and showing examples..

 

[Dragon Slayer]

Interestingly they just banned the hip drop tackle in the NFL.

Defenders are blowing up about it but most players on offence are happy about it.

Wonder why?

lol