Klemmer facing three week suspension

[doggies15]

Bulldogs forward David Klemmer could miss the first three rounds of the NRL Telstra Premiership after he was charged by the NRL Match Review Committee on Monday afternoon.
Klemmer was slapped with a grade 2 dangerous contact charge for a tackle on Kenny Bromwich in his side's 20-0 win over the Melbourne Storm in a trial played at Belmore Sports Ground on Saturday.
Klemmer will miss the opening two rounds of the NRL Telstra Premiership with an early guilty plea, or risk missing three matches if he unsuccessfully fights the charge at the NRL judiciary.
Gold Coast forward Zeb Taia was also cited for a grade 1 dangerous throw on South Sydney's Greg Inglis, but will avoid suspension with an early plea.
Both players will have until midday on Tuesday to enter their pleas.

http://www.nrl.com/klemmer-facing-three-week-suspension/tabid/10874/newsid/93091/default.aspx

 

[FreshSoulL]

Klemmer Charged by Match Review Committee

Front row forward David Klemmer has this afternoon been charged by the NRL Match Review Committee for an incident that occurred in the 20-0 trial victory over the Melbourne Storm at Belmore Sports Ground.

The All Saints Toongabbie junior has been charged with a Grade 2 – Dangerous contact that carries a penalty of 262 points (2 weeks) for an early guilty plea, or 350 points (3 weeks) if he is found guilty at the judiciary.

The club has until 12 noon tomorrow (Tuesday) to enter their plea.


SRC: http://www.bulldogs.com.au/news/2016/02/22/klemmer_charged_by_m.html

 

[Interestingg]

How they reached that conclusion with such limited footage is beyond me

 

[DoggiesBoy]

How they reached that conclusion with such limited footage is beyond me

We should have sent them a capture of the infamous live stream.

 

[cookieman909]

Surely the club will fight it as there are limited camera angles. Also interesting to note no charge for the storm players tackle on liicha that started the whole thing?

One positive from this is good to see Klem sticking up for his teammates!

 

[OITENTA-E-NOVE]

im sure all games are required to be recored and if match committee need to view it you have send in the tape

 

[CrittaMagic69]

Surely the club will fight it as there are limited camera angles. Also interesting to note no charge for the storm players tackle on liicha that started the whole thing?

One positive from this is good to see Klem sticking up for his teammates!

There is no positive, getting yourself suspended is stupid and only costs us where it really matters.

 

[Papa Emeritus]

Video is here

http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl...g/news-story/c1942e298bd41e41eb9186f7bc2d625f


Hard to tell if he tripped or was being an idiot.

 

[Mitch Connor]

Dumb ****

 

[Mr Invisible]

Video is here

http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl...g/news-story/c1942e298bd41e41eb9186f7bc2d625f

Hard to tell if he tripped or was being an idiot.

At first I thought "you idiot!!", but on closer inspection it does look like he tripped over on of our players and fell into the tackle.

Why would a player (defending) put themselves in such a dangerous position when it's not a chargedown or something like that.

 

[boggie23]

What was the charge for? A low tackle? I couldn't see too much but it looked aggressive.

Was the storm player ok? I don't get how that's a 2-3 week suspension unless it's worse then what the footage shows (mind you I was watching it on my phone).

 

[BELMORE]

What was the charge for? A low tackle? I couldn't see too much but it looked aggressive.

Was the storm player ok? I don't get how that's a 2-3 week suspension unless it's worse then what the footage shows (mind you I was watching it on my phone).

I think its the nature of the tackle. E.g It looks like Klemmer is attacking the players legs

 

[Nexus]

I think its the nature of the tackle. E.g It looks like Klemmer is attacking the players legs

So are they saying you can't tackle the legs anymore?

The player wasn't kicking, wasn't being held, nor was he tripped. What rule did he break?

 

[cookieman909]

There is no positive, getting yourself suspended is stupid and only costs us where it really matters.

Yeah getting suspended is dumb, and I hate seeing players get suspended. But it shows a good spirit amongst the boys.

 

[Papa Emeritus]

So are they saying you can't tackle the legs anymore?

The player wasn't kicking, wasn't being held, nor was he tripped. What rule did he break?

You can with your arms. You can't throw your body at their legs.

 

[dogluva]

How can a tackle where a guy is smashed head first into the ground attract a grade one charge? ( Lowest grading for that type of offence so would hate to see a grade 5)

Once again it appears we will see inconsistency and confusion in the way various incidents will be viewed. Very poor vision of the Klemmer incident unless there is another film being viewed although the incident involving Graham was obviously " clear enough" for a fair judgement to be made on that . Found it a bit puzzling that a Melbourne bloke was not put on report for a tackle on Lichaa where he was held in a tackle by two players and was then bent back by a third coming in ( similar to a cannonball). Saw about three of four of those.

 

[Nexus]

You can with your arms. You can't throw your body at their legs.

That's true. But it did look like he slipped or something, not that he torpedoed into him.

In saying that the footage isn't the best

 

[Qld-Dog]

There is no positive, getting yourself suspended is stupid and only costs us where it really matters.

Here Here, how dumb is DK!! stupid thing to do.
David needs a little speech therapy too, same as big Sam .... both are shockers when it comes to interviews,

 

[Dingo]

Klem dog needs to cut this thuggy stuff out of his game

 

[dogluva]

Been described by Fox sports as "a controversial torpedo like tackle made without the use of his arms". Am guessing we will not fight the charge unless there are any better views of it if he has been charged on the very grainy video presented as evidence. Another good start to the season with a suspension we can ill afford. Klem will have a target on his head now with the NRL poised to pounce on any irregularity in his game.