Which Tackle Looked Worst?

[El Diablo]

I'm talking about Fletcher and Woolford.

I thought Fletcher's was worse plus he was allowed to stay on the field. Fletcher was charged with a grade 2 careless and Woolford's was deemed a grade 3.

So in effect Woolford's copping 3 matches(seeing he was marched in the 7th minute) and Fletcher only gets two. Doesn't seem fair to me considering I thought Fletcher's tackle looked fairly reckless.

 

[~bedsy~]

I think that they both should have been sent off.
Fletchers was worse though. Woolford is now windging that the ref sent him off because of the crowd... Well maybe he shouldn't have done the high tackel.
Woolford is only getting 2 weeks as his pleaded guilty.

 

[Alan Shore]

Fletcher should get 10 weeks after the O'Donnell precedent.

 

[hrundi99]

I think that they both should have been sent off.
Fletchers was worse though. Woolford is now windging that the ref sent him off because of the crowd... Well maybe he shouldn't have done the high tackel.
Woolford is only getting 2 weeks as his pleaded guilty.

Woolford is entitled to whinge.

Why wasn't Morley sent off last week? Fletcher this week?

This is a hypocritical joke.

I hope that all of the high tackles for the rest of the season result in send offs. If they're not then it really is a farce.

 

[~bedsy~]

I think that they both should have been sent off.
Fletchers was worse though. Woolford is now windging that the ref sent him off because of the crowd... Well maybe he shouldn't have done the high tackel.
Woolford is only getting 2 weeks as his pleaded guilty.

Woolford is entitled to whinge.

Why wasn't Morley sent off last week? Fletcher this week?

This is a hypocritical joke.

I hope that all of the high tackles for the rest of the season result in send offs. If they're not then it really is a farce.

I think he has a right to whinge about other players not being sent off... But it wasn't the crowds fault.
They should all be sent off.. It would certainly teach them a lesson.

 

[Tupac Shakur]

Fletcher's was alot worse. His was a huge careless swinging arm compared to Woolford's average high tackle you would see every week, he shouldn't have got sent off for it but the referee probably used the fact that Williamson was knocked out as soon as he got hit.

 

[oro]

Is it a coincidence that we have witnessed two of the worst high tackles this year following comments about the Morley/Mclinden tackle?

 

[chileman]

Fletchers was worse...but they both deserved to go as many others this season!

 

[I Bleed Green]

I think that they both should have been sent off.
Fletchers was worse though. Woolford is now windging that the ref sent him off because of the crowd... Well maybe he shouldn't have done the high tackel.
Woolford is only getting 2 weeks as his pleaded guilty.

I disagree.

If that tackle happened at Canberra Stadium, he wouldn't have gotten sent off, I guarantee it.

I was at the ground, and the pressure of the crowd screaming "off, off, off" for a good 5 minutes while Williamson was getting back to his feet, was enormous.

I'm not insinuating he refereed specifically to the homeside, I'm just saying that the crowd had a great deal of influence over the final result. I have no problem with him getting sent off........ if the referees were consistent and were doing it on a regular basis, but they're not. Woolford was the scapegoat for Fletcher not being sent off.

 

[~bedsy~]

I was at the ground, and the pressure of the crowd screaming "off, off, off" for a good 5 minutes while Williamson was getting back to his feet, was enormous.

Did you hear us against Penrith when Wesser did the high shot? we were yelling OFF! for ages and he never got sent off.

 

[Purtell The Turtle]

I was at the ground, and the pressure of the crowd screaming "off, off, off" for a good 5 minutes while Williamson was getting back to his feet, was enormous.

Did you hear us against Penrith when Wesser did the high shot? we were yelling OFF! for ages and he never got sent off.

Was Homer Simpkins the ref that week though?

It wasn't just the fact that the crowd was chanting, the injury was taken very much into account. Willo was gooooorrrne. Homer had a good 8 minutes to think, I had no doubts he was going to be sent off. No doubts at all. But I disagree with what P.Peters said in the paper. How could Willo remember that? He was knocked into next week, he wont remember the game let alone the tackle before.

 

[Special K]

I was at the ground, and the pressure of the crowd screaming "off, off, off" for a good 5 minutes while Williamson was getting back to his feet, was enormous.

Did you hear us against Penrith when Wesser did the high shot? we were yelling OFF! for ages and he never got sent off.

it's how you got Gallen sent off! :evil:

and Fletchers shot was terrible.

 

[~bedsy~]

I was at the ground, and the pressure of the crowd screaming "off, off, off" for a good 5 minutes while Williamson was getting back to his feet, was enormous.

Did you hear us against Penrith when Wesser did the high shot? we were yelling OFF! for ages and he never got sent off.

it's how you got Gallen sent off! :evil:

Well I didn't think he would get sent off.

 

[j_tig]

without a doubt fletchers was worse. im speaking as a league fan and not a tigers fan here... he had one arm around claytons back, was staring right at him and then swung his other arm in and knocked him out in my eyes that was deliberate. woolford wasnt even looking at williamson when he hit him!!
compared to other tackles in this season woolford was not really deserving of a send off whilst fletcher should have been marched and then made to sit out the rest of the season!!! :evil: :evil:

 

[Tigerpete]

Fletcher's was way worse!!!!! Now i know that im a Tigers fan but i';; put all my loyalty aside here for a second.

* Woolford and Fletcher were both charged with "careless" high tackles. Under the grading system, there are 5 grades under 3 seperate categories, Careless, Reckless and Intentional. Woolford is charged with a grade 3 while Fletcher is charged with a grade 2, Now i cant believe they think Woolfords is worse.

*If Fletcher's tackle is careless than pigs might fly!!!!! The tackle is at the VERY least Reckless and in my mind there was even a case for it to be classified Intentional.

*Really what Jim Hall has said is that there are a further 13 more serious tackles that could be commited after fletchers. Does one of those include ripping an opponents head right off?????? It makes u wonder what it'll take these days????

 

[Mighty Tiger]

Fletcher's was way worse!!!!! Now i know that im a Tigers fan but i';; put all my loyalty aside here for a second.

* Woolford and Fletcher were both charged with "careless" high tackles. Under the grading system, there are 5 grades under 3 seperate categories, Careless, Reckless and Intentional. Woolford is charged with a grade 3 while Fletcher is charged with a grade 2, Now i cant believe they think Woolfords is worse.

*If Fletcher's tackle is careless than pigs might fly!!!!! The tackle is at the VERY least Reckless and in my mind there was even a case for it to be classified Intentional.

*Really what Jim Hall has said is that there are a further 13 more serious tackles that could be commited after fletchers. Does one of those include ripping an opponents head right off?????? It makes u wonder what it'll take these days????

Mate spot on! The scary thing is the Woolford actually got punished by being sent off and also suffers alonger suspention whilst Fletcher almost gets off free with what 2 weeks slap around the wrist.

Jim Hall should give himself a triple uppercut for his decision on the matter :roll:

 

[braz]

geez i wonder if it has anything to do with felcher being a high profile origin/international :roll:

different rules for different players :twisted:

jim hall has no idea

 

[Raider_69]

It is a travesty that Fleature remains on the park and scores the winning try when his tackle was much worse than Woolfords.........

At least it didnt cost canberra!
Great effort to rack up 51 points with 12 men on the park :shock:

 

[Anonymous]

I've only seen Fletcher's tackle once and I couldn't believe how bad it was. Maybe I need another look before passing judgement, but I'm still scratching my head about how he got off so lightly.