Opinion The NRL are all talk when it comes to protecting the head

[chisdog]

So the NRL have charged Papalii with a grade 3 CARELESS high tackle:

Round 10 charges: Titans duo accept bans; Papa out of Origin

All the official charges from the match review committee for round 10 of the Telstra Premiership.

www.nrl.com

This has a base penalty of 300 points. Firstly, it was a shoulder charge which carries a base penalty of 500 points. Secondly how can it be said it was careless? At the very least it was reckless, but for mine it was intentional.

Judiciary Code

Listing of NRL judicial code table penalties, including tripping, kicking, striking, high tackle, dangerous throw, shoulder charge, dangerous and contrary conduct.

www.nrl.com

Any intentional high tackle goes straight to the judiciary.

So if they were REALLY serious about protecting the head, surely they would have 1) increased the penalties & 2) charged Papalii appropriately.

Whilst we are on this weeks judiciary charges, Wighton was lucky to get a grade 2 for his cannon ball & Josh Hodgson was VERY lucky to only get a grade 2 chicken wing. It was a bad one.

And why wasn't Elliott Whitehead charged for kicking Cotric's arm when Cotric was scoring? He could have broken his arm!

I wonder sometimes if they see 3 Raiders charged & say that's enough, any more & Ricky will go off

 

[EzyB]

The NRL makes rules that would have a grey area’s not black or white, They do this so they can manipulate the outcome depending on the team/club and its media influenced.

 

[Doogie]

So the NRL have charged Papalii with a grade 3 CARELESS high tackle:

Round 10 charges: Titans duo accept bans; Papa out of Origin

All the official charges from the match review committee for round 10 of the Telstra Premiership.

www.nrl.com

This has a base penalty of 300 points. Firstly, it was a shoulder charge which carries a base penalty of 500 points. Secondly how can it be said it was careless? At the very least it was reckless, but for mine it was intentional.

Judiciary Code

Listing of NRL judicial code table penalties, including tripping, kicking, striking, high tackle, dangerous throw, shoulder charge, dangerous and contrary conduct.

www.nrl.com

Any intentional high tackle goes straight to the judiciary.

So if they were REALLY serious about protecting the head, surely they would have 1) increased the penalties & 2) charged Papalii appropriately.

Whilst we are on this weeks judiciary charges, Wighton was lucky to get a grade 2 for his cannon ball & Josh Hodgson was VERY lucky to only get a grade 2 chicken wing. It was a bad one.

And why wasn't Elliott Whitehead charged for kicking Cotric's arm when Cotric was scoring? He could have broken his arm!

I wonder sometimes if they see 3 Raiders charged & say that's enough, any more & Ricky will go off

U know we only got 3 penalties for the game - and tbh - thought Hodgsons chicken wing was a textbook case were as wighton's wa scaused partially by the position of the guys upstairs in the tackle.

Going to post another thread as to how I think the NRL have f'kd up RL and what you've posted is part of it. Anyways have a like purely coz meeting Robbo for me as a 7 yr old was how I became a dogs supporter. Hard to argue with the guy the old man bought home from work one day to have a beer when he asked me who I supported after telling me he played for the dogs. Scary dude back then

 

[N4TE]

Only yes
Because of the legal implications down the road..

 

[Alan79]

Wouldn't surprise me if they've quietly settled a potential lawsuit with someone with CTE and have decided on the spot that they don't want to spend anymore money than necessary on it down the track. So this is an attempt to show they're being responsible in advance of when current players start displaying signs of CTE. In some ways I think that clubs can be just as guilty because they used to send players back out to play if they were a key player.

 

[chisdog]

U know we only got 3 penalties for the game - and tbh - thought Hodgsons chicken wing was a textbook case were as wighton's wa scaused partially by the position of the guys upstairs in the tackle.

Going to post another thread as to how I think the NRL have f'kd up RL and what you've posted is part of it. Anyways have a like purely coz meeting Robbo for me as a 7 yr old was how I became a dogs supporter. Hard to argue with the guy the old man bought home from work one day to have a beer when he asked me who I supported after telling me he played for the dogs. Scary dude back then

Yep, the 3 penalties we got all game got Raiders suspended, other than that they were perfect!

Robbo was always a favourite of mine because of his fearlessness & he could ball play too. I know he got into a little trouble with the law later on, but I hope he has been a good boy since then.

 

[Doogie]

Yep, the 3 penalties we got all game got Raiders suspended, other than that they were perfect!

Robbo was always a favourite of mine because of his fearlessness & he could ball play too. I know he got into a little trouble with the law later on, but I hope he has been a good boy since then.

Heard he married an english girl and was captain coaching some english park team into his 50's. Anyways, have always tried to follow in his footsteps by aleing and ciggying as much as I can.