Gotta say I think Willie has a point.
Complete farce that Mason has been hit with that charge. F*ck me that is just soft to the enth degree.
And they send out the advice of the rule chance on a Friday afternoon with the game played that night? :crazy:
Would sanity not dictate that they announce a new rule change on a Tuesday morning so that it gives all teams due notice?
Rule change? The shoulder charge has been banned for 3 years ffs. What next, nrl reminding people not to do high tackles?
They did change it moron.
It went from a discretionary call to blanket bans.
Take a look at Kane Evans last week and tell me there was no rule change.....
The charge against Mason is so bad that it'd be great if fans boycotted attending matches en masse. Just empty stadiums.
I can't believe a bloke can cop two weeks for something that imo wasn't even a shoulder charge.
They should be penalty sufficient, with bans for charges that make contact with the head or cause injury. But an automatic grade 2 for even a gentle glance with the shoulder is pathetic.
Sandow got out at just the right time given he makes more than one shoulder charge per game.
It was funny when they were showing the replay of this, someone went to say "Was that a..." and Sterlo quickly cut them off and said "Don't say it, let's just leave it alone" and quickly changed the topic. You could tell how disappointed he was that the hit was going to land a player in trouble.
So if speeding fines went from $100 to $300 that means they have changed the rule about speeding?
Its still illegal like everyone knows it has been. Penalties have just been increased for illegal play.
Players should learn to tackle then.
Shillington gets 0 weeks? When was that announced?
I didn't think the MRC had released anything from that game?
Edit: Sorry just saw the charges.
F*CK ME! If that does not demonstrate how upside down this whole process is then nothing will.