POST GAME Round 10 - Sea Eagles vs Broncos

[BroncsFan]

There is discretion allowed for tackled in the air and it is if the tackled player is put into a dangerous position.

An ankle / knee injury doesn't occur from being in a dangerous position it is just unfortunate. Can't go around penalising anyone who causes an ACL injury in a stock standard tackle.

Mead went in hard but he didn't specifically attack his legs and up end him. It was play on and has been for 100 years

 

[Dexter]

Sweet so we will just hire high jumpers at the Broncs, rather than prop forwards and have our forwards jump at the defensive line as a tactic and we will never be tackled ever again...

Sweet so you should read the rules and know that is not a penalty unless the player is put beyond the horizontal as has been said multiple times in this thread

 

[Dexter]

The attacking team doesn't get that now for balls in the air. Are we going to amend it when an attacking player gets hurt. Some things are inherently dangerous in rugby league, but trying to legislate sends you down a slippery slope. Letting the ball bounce for a bomb has always been a big no-no. It can go anywhere and in this case it went strait up. It was unlucky for travoyavich but so is the player that gets caught awkwardly in a 3 man tackle (note no-one is rushing to change the rules for poor old James roberts.)

Huh? wasn't Roberts defending and got hit by our player?

Yeah how far do you take that rule?

Player A could throws a deadset hospital pass to Player B who has to jump up and take it and be absolutely thumped mid air.

There would be alot of scenarios in which a player grabs the ball with both feet off the ground

No still not a penalty, how many times can this be explained in one thread FFS.

Attacking players can be tackled in the air as long as they don't get put in a dangerous position not sure how else to say it.

 

[BroncsFan]

No still not a penalty, how many times can this be explained in one thread FFS.

Attacking players can be tackled in the air as long as they don't get put in a dangerous position not sure how else to say it.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think this is in reference to "what if" the rule was changed to a blanket no tackles in the air.

I for one think it's fine the way it is. NRL is already too reactive with their rule changes. Tom's injury was a one off that I've never seen before, rarely does the ball bounce straight up when left to bounce, but it did and Tom had no other choice to take it the way he did and Mead played to the rules.

Had Mead intentionally tackled his legs out from under him then this would be a much different discussion but he didn't so play on

 

[Foordy]

A hater on the courier mail website has claimed that three of our tries should have been disallowed and that Grant, Greenburg and Archer should be sacked because of it ... butthurt much. lol

so he said we scored from

a forward pass (Milford)
a strip (Nikorima)
a tackle in the air (Oates)

I also saw that Archer said that Moga's try in the dying stages should have been given.

 

[mitch222]

I liked McCullough kicking from first receiver. Need to see more of that.
Kodi has been warming into his role fairly nicely.
Matt Gillett has been missing a lot of tackles in his last 2 games for the Broncs.
Disappointed Fai didn't get any game time.
Thaiday was gun off the bench.
Milford went well.
Moga wasn't shit.

Getting as many wins as possible until Origin penetrates us is awesome.

I think having Nikorima at halfback has messed up Gilletts combo a bit. He and Hunt defend pretty well together, but he doesn't have much confidence in Niko yet so he is trying a bit to hard and going in to make a tackle when its not needed. Time will be the factor in Gillett improving his defensive combo with Niko.

 

[tommy]

A hater on the courier mail website has claimed that three of our tries should have been disallowed and that Grant, Greenburg and Archer should be sacked because of it ... butthurt much. lol

so he said we scored from

a forward pass (Milford)
a strip (Nikorima)
a tackle in the air (Oates)

I also saw that Archer said that Moga's try in the dying stages should have been given.

I have seen a few complaining about this one as well. They showed a replay like 5 times and I couldn't see anything resembling a strip, in fact from memory there are no hands even on the ball. I don't know where they get that from. Taufua doesn't even complain at all which tells me he knows he lost it cold. Some people just make shit up to keep their hatred for Broncos going.

 

[Dexter]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think this is in reference to "what if" the rule was changed to a blanket no tackles in the air.

I for one think it's fine the way it is. NRL is already too reactive with their rule changes. Tom's injury was a one off that I've never seen before, rarely does the ball bounce straight up when left to bounce, but it did and Tom had no other choice to take it the way he did and Mead played to the rules.

Had Mead intentionally tackled his legs out from under him then this would be a much different discussion but he didn't so play on

And I am not suggesting to change the rule to not tackle attacking players but Turbo was defending and got tackled in the air. IF it's player safety that is the issue then it should not matter if the ball bounced. Anyway, I'm done with the subject and it was something that rarely happens so probably won't happen again for years.

 

[Big Pete]

"After reviewing the play, I'm of the opinion that Cherry-Evans makes a decision to defend Sam Thaiday," Archer said.

"The ball is received outside of Thaiday and as a result I believe there's insufficient evidence to overturn the live decision."

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...on-daly-cherryevans-dive-20170514-gw4hy3.html

Common sense prevails.

 

[BroncsFan]

I have seen a few complaining about this one as well. They showed a replay like 5 times and I couldn't see anything resembling a strip, in fact from memory there are no hands even on the ball. I don't know where they get that from. Taufua doesn't even complain at all which tells me he knows he lost it cold. Some people just make shit up to keep their hatred for Broncos going.

I believe Kahu has his hands clearly on the ball and it looked like it would be a strip. However, jordy's hand comes off the ball eventual and taufua still has a clean hold on it and then loses it when he comes in contact with the ground.

Yet again was a clear play on and people complaining are just rampant broncos haters

 

[Jason Simmons]

Sweet so you should read the rules and know that is not a penalty unless the player is put beyond the horizontal as has been said multiple times in this thread

I'll read the rules when you read the posts... It was a comment in relation to Barrett's call to ban ALL hits on a player in the air in order to 'protect them' regardless of whether the ball has bounced.

 

[meady]

I'll read the rules when you read the posts... It was a comment in relation to Barrett's call to ban ALL hits on a player in the air in order to 'protect them' regardless of whether the ball has bounced.

Yep i was only referring to all hits on players in the air.

 

[meady]

Yep i was only referring to Barretts call on all hits on players in the air.

 

[Porthoz]

Yep i was only referring to all hits on players in the air.

I'm really curious @meady ...

What does it feel like when your favourite player takes out your team's best player like that?
I'm not implying there was anything illegal or malicious in play btw!

 

[meady]

All part of the game and its not good for Manly or their fans. He was attacking the ball and realised late he wasnt gonna get it.

He had his vertebrate fractured yrs ago in a mid air collision.

 

[meady]

Manly will suffer from no Tommy. Fk

 

[JayPee]

This started with you contradicting an earlier poster who stated Barrett said that. That was his exact quote. Context is meaningless when I am simply redressing YOUR incorrect statement that Barrett never said this.

He did. It is black and white and you pretending he didn't deserved a smart ass reply, which is why you got one. The only 'shit for brains' in here is you when there is recorded video in an official NRL press conference no less, of Barrett saying the exact bloody thing, YOU say he didn't... I already gave you the exact quote and yet you still deny it...

For the record, the idea that no one can be hit if their feet are off the ground in order to 'protect the player' is ludicrous. Why aren't players in attack contesting bombs 'protected'? Why are blockers allowed? Why are players in defence so worthy of protection. Yet players in attack in the air get none? For one very simple reason.

Because you change that rule and the entire game will have to change. Jumping for the ball will have to be banned entirely.

Haha I said it was exaggerated. Which it was. Keep twisting those words champ. How is the context meaningless. He didn't say that the reason they lost is because they lost Turbo for the rest of the match. You are simply making this up and not listening to the context of it when he answered the question from the journalist. He said they lost because they let in a try from a play he believes should be banned which also injured his star. You are twisting it to suit your made up assumption of what Barrett said.

Saying jumping for the ball will have to be banned is fucking ridiculous and it boggles my mind how you come up with that. If they were to change the rule it would be just written as no matter whether a ball bounces or not the defending team has to allow the ball recipient to hit the ground before laying a tackle. How hard is that? Jesus Christ

 

[KnToad]

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...on-daly-cherryevans-dive-20170514-gw4hy3.html

Common sense prevails.

Bit late now. Lucky it didn't cost us a win.