LazyDreamer
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Just stumbled on the Watts vs Farah stoush in this arvo's game. Watts belts into Farah as a scrum is completed, gets warned. Next scrum, despite ref warnings, Farah opens a can of woop-ass on Watts, definitely taking the points decision. 2 x sinbins, penalty to Tigers.
There's 2 messages coming out of "foul play" this year & particularly in the last week.
1) Despite the do-gooders, AFL nay-sayers & general killjoys, it's evident a good blue - particularly today with an immediate get-square - is loved by the crowds and the commentators. After SOO3, Gould was calling for SOO4 to be played. Why? For the blues that would inevitably occur. Dead setm, after the way game 3 ended, they could play game 4 in Istanbul and probably sell 50,000 tickets (I know I'd be renewing my passport!). The stoush - especially the get-square stoush - adds to league's gladitorial appeal.
2) As far as I'm aware, punching another player is an action that attracts suspension. This is where I'm confused. JT's kick to William's head was treated lightly due to it's supposed lack of intent. It's kind of hard to argue the 'intent' aspect of aiming & landing a punch. Yet today neither player was placed on report. On Wednesday night, one player was sent, two sin-binned & another placed on report. Not one of these players had thrown a punch yet punches were thrown. It just doesn't add up & to me shows the citation/judicial system in the NRL has as much of a clue as the selection process for the NSW Blues.
Don't get me wrong - I had switched today's game on to see how my tipping was going. When I saw the frst stoush, I left it on and was damned glad I did. I live to see a fair, one-on-one donny-brook in a game. But does it all reek of massive inconsistancy?
There's 2 messages coming out of "foul play" this year & particularly in the last week.
1) Despite the do-gooders, AFL nay-sayers & general killjoys, it's evident a good blue - particularly today with an immediate get-square - is loved by the crowds and the commentators. After SOO3, Gould was calling for SOO4 to be played. Why? For the blues that would inevitably occur. Dead setm, after the way game 3 ended, they could play game 4 in Istanbul and probably sell 50,000 tickets (I know I'd be renewing my passport!). The stoush - especially the get-square stoush - adds to league's gladitorial appeal.
2) As far as I'm aware, punching another player is an action that attracts suspension. This is where I'm confused. JT's kick to William's head was treated lightly due to it's supposed lack of intent. It's kind of hard to argue the 'intent' aspect of aiming & landing a punch. Yet today neither player was placed on report. On Wednesday night, one player was sent, two sin-binned & another placed on report. Not one of these players had thrown a punch yet punches were thrown. It just doesn't add up & to me shows the citation/judicial system in the NRL has as much of a clue as the selection process for the NSW Blues.
Don't get me wrong - I had switched today's game on to see how my tipping was going. When I saw the frst stoush, I left it on and was damned glad I did. I live to see a fair, one-on-one donny-brook in a game. But does it all reek of massive inconsistancy?
