Corey Parker has no time for players who dive to milk penalties

[Super Freak]

BRONCOS captain Corey Parker has lashed “embarrassing’’ players who dive to milk penalties.

Parker is worried this year’s State of Origin series could descend into farce if players stayed down so the bunker could review grazing high shots and award penalties.

The bunker has been increasingly reviewing incidents of alleged foul play, often awarding a penalty for minor incidents.

The issue came to a flashpoint in last week’s clash between Sydney Roosters and St George Illawarra when Roosters prop Dylan Napa was crucially penalised for a borderline high tackle.

Parker said NRL players were exploiting the bunker and diving was becoming a regular occurrence in NRL matches.

“Some of them are embarrassing. You don’t want to use that word with rugby league,” Parker said.

“It is not within the fabric of our game. I have never encouraged it and nor do I support it.

“It is within the rules though. If you bring in video refs when someone has a wack across the nose, they will slow it down, look at it and they have no other option then to adjudicate.

“Is that rule being exploited? I believe so.

“Maybe I’m a little old school but I couldn’t do it just for my ego’s sake. I think it is a bad look.

“You want the game to flow, to have the attributes of a rugby league game but when you are pulling up everything to have a look that has an effect.

“If you are hit high and you stay down then shouldn’t you be coming off?

“We have an Origin series coming up and there is a lot of passion and a lot on the line. You would hate to see decisions swayed.’’

Parker said Broncos players would not stay down for penalties because it was not part of their culture.

Justin Hodges’ grand final last year was almost ruined when Aidan Guerra dived to milk a penalty.

To Guerra’s credit he fronted the NRL judiciary to admit he dived.

“We played the Titans and Matt Gillett got hit high and he got up. He could have stayed down if he wanted to,” Parker said.

“The way he plays the game he got up and got on with it.

“You are in a tight spot. You want to protect players but not encourage that sort of stuff.”

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[Foordy]

This quote from Parker is the key to eliminating (or at least seriously reduce) diving in the game

“If you are hit high and you stay down then shouldn’t you be coming off?"

if you force players to go off for a concussion test (or some other determination of how long they stay off the field) then players would be far less likely to stay down as coaches wouldn't tolerate their teams being disadvantaged for long.

the other option is a blanket rule prohibiting the video referee from adjudicating on anything except tries, restarts and 40/20s

 

[austin71]

Every player in the Nrl will stay down to win a penalty for their team if it gives them a better chance at winning the game Imo.. Parker included.

 

[pennywisealfie]

I disagree with Parker.

If a player was hit in the head and a penalty was missed, I feel it is only fair for the player to stay down so the correct call can be made. Too many high tackles get missed.

 

[Jason Simmons]

I disagree with Parker.

If a player was hit in the head and a penalty was missed, I feel it is only fair for the player to stay down so the correct call can be made. Too many high tackles get missed.

I disagree with this. If you're not hurt, get back up and play the damn whistle.

If you're not and you stay down. Ref should stop the game and that person should go off for a mandatory 15 minute medical check from a club independent doctor.

Player safety is paramount afterall...

 

[Mitch06]

I disagree with Parker.

If a player was hit in the head and a penalty was missed, I feel it is only fair for the player to stay down so the correct call can be made. Too many high tackles get missed.

I agree with you mate, too often players head-highs are allowed off but at the same time, as we saw last round, apparently if a player stays down from a head collision it is a 'high-tackle'. It is far too inconsistent in our game and it pisses me off. I don't mind if the odd one gets missed but I have seen it happen tackle after tackle and it is frustrating to watch. This is the same case with forward passes as well.

 

[ivanhungryjak]

Off topic but did anyone see the hit Parker put on Wallace at training today? It's on the Broncs Insta.

 

[Dash]

The players stay down because a free interchange is on offer. No other reason

 

[Fat Gandalf]

I disagree with Parker.

If a player was hit in the head and a penalty was missed, I feel it is only fair for the player to stay down so the correct call can be made. Too many high tackles get missed.

I disagree. Thats the minority. It seems the majority of interventions these days are players milking for a penalty. Case and point was Josh Reynolds for the Bulldogs the other night, on first look it looked horrendous, that he was knocked out and would be stretchered off (Graham was calling for stretcher immediately), on replays he got slightly grazed, barely even get touched and the dogs were awarded a penalty. He then got up and played the rest of the attacking set. If players were forced off the field for staying down it would completely prevent the act.

 

[Porthoz]

I don't have a problem with video review, but the rule should be really simple:

- If a player is judged to have been hit high and a penalty/report is awarded, said player needs to be taken off the field for a concussion test, because player welfare comes first.
- If the video review reveals that the player took a dive, he should be put on report for unsportsmanlike conduct and a penalty awarded to the other team.

Of course, this require someone with a semblance of a brain in the bunker, so yeah... not Luke Patten.

 

[Morkel]

Anyone remember Parker milking the chicken wing by his now team-mate Adam Blair?

 

[M.B.88]

Luke pattern isn't actually the issue. . It's the way the nrl's position on rule interpretations are forcing his hand on adjudication

 

[M.B.88]

And i like that desi pulled him from the game irrespective of the scoreline and game being in the balance. He didn't like what he saw from his player and roped him out.

 

[BroncosAlways]

And i like that desi pulled him from the game irrespective of the scoreline and game being in the balance. He didn't like what he saw from his player and roped him out.

He stayed on..

 

[Fozz]

I don't have a problem with video review, but the rule should be really simple:

- If a player is judged to have been hit high and a penalty/report is awarded, said player needs to be taken off the field for a concussion test, because player welfare comes first.
- If the video review reveals that the player took a dive, he should be put on report for unsportsmanlike conduct and a penalty awarded to the other team.

Of course, this require someone with a semblance of a brain in the bunker, so yeah... not Luke Patten.

That's incredibly hard to judge. I know we all scream dive when it looks like there wasn't contact with the head but there are too many factors involved to say a player wasn't actually winded. Unless it's a soccer style dive then you just can't make that call.

 

[Tunza's Chin]

He stayed on..

They took him off after the set on the try line didn't they?

I bet if they had of scored that set he would have finished the game, to try get the win. But once they were no chance took him off to avoid trouble with the NRL.

 

[lynx000]

My pet hate and something that seems to happen all the time to us is where we are deliberately fouled in the attacking quarter to buy time for the defence and allow them to get their line set. It not only happens against us I should note as well.

In my view this is a professional foul and if it happens repeatedly the refs should be growing a set and sin-binning the players involved (after having given a warning of course).

Until this starts occurring it seems to have become a legitimate coaching technique and there is no disincentive to it occurring.

 

[BroncosAlways]

They took him off after the set on the try line didn't they?

I bet if they had of scored that set he would have finished the game, to try get the win. But once they were no chance took him off to avoid trouble with the NRL.

I think the water runner tried taking him off but he stayed on, made a few more runs a few minutes later as well