Time to sin bin spear tackles?

[Perth Red]

Clearly the leniancy of the judiciary is no deterrent to players risking another Alex McKinnon situation. In SL they have brought in sin bin for spear tackles, is it time the NRL did the same? This is by far the most dangerous tackle in the NRL yet we see it so often. Does the NRL need to get serious? If someone else gets seriously injured the grounds for litigation would be huge given the half arsed efforts of the NRL to get rid of it out of the game.

 

[roostersrule2]

Yes.

Merrin's one tonight was ridiculous, there has to be an investigation.

 

[Danish]

Sounds good to me. I'd much rather a mandatory sin bin on lifting tackles than punching

 

[Tenacious Titans]

Merrin should have been binned for his.

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

The sin bin is dead in Origin...Unless of course you dare throw a punch while the cameras are rolling.

 

[Tenacious Titans]

The sin bin is dead in Origin...Unless of course you dare throw a punch while the cameras are rolling.

yeah apparently one punch is much more threatening than a spear tackle.

 

[Generalzod]

As long as Cameron Smith is ok the grub got up gingelly from Beau's tackle and what a recovery it was.....a miracle in the making. I was amazed how he even got up .

 

[Haffa]

As long as Cameron Smith is ok the grub got gingelly from Beau tackle and what a recovery it was.....a miracle in the making.

#riseforcameron

 

[carlosthedwarf]

Tamou should have at least got 10 in the bin, probably should have been send off.

Just put it on report though :sarcasm:

 

[LESStar58]

The sin bin is dead in Origin...Unless of course you dare throw a punch while the cameras are rolling.

Weren't you paying attention tonight?

You don't even have to throw a punch to get binned!

:roll:

 

[Shorty]

As long as Cameron Smith is ok the grub got up gingelly from Beau's tackle and what a recovery it was.....a miracle in the making. I was amazed how he even got up .

You mean after douchebag Scott upended him?! Yep totally legal.

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

Weren't you paying attention tonight?

You don't even have to throw a punch to get binned!

:roll:

Yeah what a crock of shit. If that were the truth, Merrin would've been on his way to the showers.

 

[myanonymoususername]

Weren't you paying attention tonight?

You don't even have to throw a punch to get binned!

:roll:

Ha ha! Since the no punch edict, the refs interpretation is basically that punching is the only reason for the sin bin. Except for the occasional professional foul. All the stuff like 3rd man in, running in to join the melee, etc have been forgotten - not that they were ever really consistently enforced.

 

[myanonymoususername]

Clearly the leniancy of the judiciary is no deterrent to players risking another Alex McKinnon situation. In SL they have brought in sin bin for spear tackles, is it time the NRL did the same? This is by far the most dangerous tackle in the NRL yet we see it so often. Does the NRL need to get serious? If someone else gets seriously injured the grounds for litigation would be huge given the half arsed efforts of the NRL to get rid of it out of the game.

I'd like to see league copy union on this. Dropping a player on his head, or especially driving him head first to the ground is a mandatory red card. That would rub it out of the game in about 5 minutes once a couple of players lost their team games by leaving them down a player.

 

[Haffa]

Why stop at spear tackles? Let's just do it for any foul play! Seriously...FMD

 

[drago brelli]

'riseforcameron'......I could believe it when I saw that....only in Qld....hope McKinnon didn't see it.

 

[Perth Red]

Because spear tackles are by far the most dangerous thing in RL. Amazing how the threat of sin bin has stopped punching and shoulder charges. Both pale in comparison to the risk a spear tackle puts on a players health.

 

[Charlie124]

'riseforcameron'......I could believe it when I saw that....only in Qld....hope McKinnon didn't see it.

Who cares if he did? why would showing support for Smith after his name was slandered all over 60 Minutes be offensive to McKinnon?

 

[Owen Da Saints]

As long as Cameron Smith is ok the grub got up gingelly from Beau's tackle and what a recovery it was.....a miracle in the making. I was amazed how he even got up .

Cameron shouldn't have put his head down !:sarcasm:

 

[BunniesMan]

I am shocked that the 2nd spear tackle didn't go for 10.

Both players will see over a month off.