[quote="The Rock":2cnfqe3k]
gUt said:
Seriously, he saw Inglis on the ground and he wanted to just smash the shit out of him, but do you honestly think that Barrett went into that tackle thinking, "Ok, I am going to smash him as hard as I can around the head with my arm and hope to knock him out so we can get him out of this game......."
Are you suggesting that people get accidentally hurt in a high intensity contact sport?
I know that players can go with intent to take someone's head off - I've seen it many times.
But think about the Barrett incident. And think about what sort of player Barrett is. Never usually the one to go out of his way to intentionally take someone's head off. In his first Origin game for ages, behind on the scoreboard, NSW down 1-0 in the series, Barrett's Sharks team 2nd last on the ladder...do you really think his intent was to put an illegal shot on Inglis with the possibility of being sent off and with the CERTAINTY of being put on report?
In the moden day game, are you serious?