Justin Hodges Cleared to Play

[Super Freak]

Re: Justin Hodges on report

He has been charged.

Grade one dangerous throw.

 

[abashii]

Re: Justin Hodges on report

MRC have given Hodgo a grade one charge. Motherfuckers.

 

[Kaz]

Re: Justin Hodges on report

Hodges has been charged.

It's a grade 1 dangerous throw.

He has to fight it & win to play.

 

[Kimlo]

Re: Justin Hodges on report

**** the MRC.

 

[The Strapper]

Re: Justin Hodges on report

Can't say I am surprised at this but I think the real problem is the grading system.

There is no way a normal club game should be treated the same as a grand final.

If 100 pts costs you a club game then a grand final should be worth at least 200 - 300pts.

If the penalty pts system reflected the importance of the game then hodgo wouldn't be in this position.

The NRL should look at this for next season although that obviously won't help hodgo now.

Hopefully sanity will prevail on tuesday night at the judiciary.

 

[Alec]

Re: Justin Hodges on report

If the Roosturds and Souffs can escape blatant shoulder charge...charges, surely Hodges can escape this?

 

[Kimlo]

Re: Justin Hodges on report

When will they be fighting the charge? Tuesday?

 

[Super Freak]

Re: Justin Hodges on report

When will they be fighting the charge? Tuesday?

Yeah, it's on Tuesday.

 

[Morkel]

Re: Justin Hodges on report

For me, what I hope for is the opposite of what I think is right. Hodges lifts, there's no defence for that. And Guerra's position does look pretty bad, he could have got hurt. Regardless of whether Guerra contributes, I believe it's worth a week. And I don't subscribe to the theory that bigger games need more points to miss - you're just asking for grubby players to go way over the top in the knowledge that only a massive charge will rub them out.

What I hope for though us that we get the same leniency as most else have. The MRC has been a joke, and it's a lottery at best, but if the shoulder charge "crackdown" is over, the lifting one should be too.

Hodges to play.

 

[Brett]

Re: Justin Hodges on report

He'll miss the Grand Final. Calling it.

 

[Nashy]

Re: Justin Hodges on report

Yeah, they're not about to be nice to the Broncos all of a sudden. Especially for someone who NSW see as a grub.

 

[Porthoz]

Re: Justin Hodges on report

 

[tommy]

Re: Justin Hodges on report

Surely this is all just for a bit of hype . Surely he must play .

 

[ivanhungryjak]

Re: Justin Hodges on report

Guerra has admitted jumping to milk a penalty. How can he NOT get off?

 

[abashii]

Re: Justin Hodges on report

Guerra has admitted jumping to milk a penalty. How can he NOT get off?

Hodgo plays for the Broncos and QLD. If he was at the Roosters or Bulldogs he would have received a "great tackle" commemorative plaque and gift basket from the match review committee instead of staring down the barrel of a life ban.

 

[Nashy]

Re: Justin Hodges on report

JUSTIN Hodges will be suspended from the NRL grand final.This is the view of long-serving match review committee boss Greg McCallum who spent 10 years deciding what NRL players were charged with.
McCallum said Aidan Guerra’s testimony that he contributed to the dangerous position he ended in would mean nothing at the judiciary.
McCallum’s opinion will shatter the hopes of not only Broncos fans but rugby league supporters who want to see the retiring Hodges have a chance at completing his fairytale on Sunday.
McCallum said Hodges would be found guilty because his tackle on Guerra was very similar to numerous grade one dangerous throw charges.
He said Hodges’ only hope was a heavy hearted judiciary, which is expected to decide his fate tomorrow night, becoming sympathetic under pressure.
“You can’t put players on their heads. You just can’t,” said McCallum, who left the NRL in 2013.

Justin Hodges could miss the grand final for this tackle on Aiden Guerra.Source:Supplied



“The match review committee will see that Ben Hunt was involved and Aidan Guerra contributed but that’s why it is a grade one and not grade two.

“I have a lot of sympathy for Justin.
“In my view he is guilty for what he’s been charged with.
“My opinion is, unless the tribunal is sympathetic, he will miss the grand final.
“I have seen players at Origin and finals get off when we were sure we had an iron-clad case and the pressure of the evidence and the way it is presented made it a compelling case.
“I know the Broncos will present a compelling case.”

Broncos v Cowboys NRL grand final

 

[lynx000]

Re: Justin Hodges on report

I have to agree with Morkel, I think he is gone as well. There is an appeal process from a decision of the judiciary to the NRL Appeals Committee, but once that body rules that is it, there is no review of their decision. I guess they will have nothing to lose by trying the further appeal. His best hope appears to lie with the the three players feeling some sympathy for him (a) retiring (b) being involved in an incident where clearly both Guerra and Hunt contribute significantly to the outcome and (c) missing out on a Grand Final for a relatively minor incident.

 

[Nashy]

Re: Justin Hodges on report

I have to agree with Morkel, I think he is gone as well. There is an appeal process from a decision of the judiciary to the NRL Appeals Committee, but once that body rules that is it, there is no review of their decision. I guess they will have nothing to lose by trying the further appeal. His best hope appears to lie with the the three players feeling some sympathy for him (a) retiring (b) being involved in an incident where clearly both Guerra and Hunt contribute significantly to the outcome and (c) missing out on a Grand Final for a relatively minor incident.

That's how we got our points back after the Parker on the field fuckup years ago.