Karmichael's Shot On Anasta.

[Russo]

He'll get either a week, or with an early plea have 90 odd carry over points [icon_pray.

 

[GCBRONCO]

Fittler and Anasta both had no concerns over the high shoulder charge that knocked the five-eighth out briefly, with Anasta's nose still bleeding more than half an hour after the game.

"I cannot remember it, but everyone told me I slipped into it a bit," said Anasta.

"(Hunt) was very apologetic and I have no worries with (the tackle) at all.

"All I know is I have a lot of respect for him for apologising

 

[Aeetee]

Anasta Tripped end of story. K had him lined up before he fell, his elbow is clearly tucked into his rib cage. No intent other than a shoulder charge, if he gets anything more than a slap on the wrist then its a joke.

 

[Kaz]

Fittler and Anasta both had no concerns over the high shoulder charge that knocked the five-eighth out briefly, with Anasta's nose still bleeding more than half an hour after the game.

"I cannot remember it, but everyone told me I slipped into it a bit," said Anasta.

"(Hunt) was very apologetic and I have no worries with (the tackle) at all.

"All I know is I have a lot of respect for him for apologising

ABC will say Anasta is just protecting a fellow player.

 

[nopatience101]

for those who havent seen it yet................

 

[ronnyd]

Completely innocent. Best hit in the last 10 years IMO.

Is this the first game you watched in the last 10 years?

 

[ALH]

Completely innocent. Best hit in the last 10 years IMO.

Anasta was falling, Hut threw his shoulder out and Anasta's fat nose hit his bicep. It looks like the elbow but it wasn't.

So basically, the 2 factors are:

A)Hunt DID NOT raise his arm at all - he in fact lowered it!

B) Anasta was falling.

End of story, case closed.

I am with you.

 

[Vogstar90]

Does anyone have a link to the footage of Les Boyd smashing Darryl Brohman?

 

[fenomeno]

Hahah nice work Hunt, i bet Craig Wing was having a laugh.

 

[minto-man]

nah any great hit on anasta is up there in the best hits of the last 10 years.

Hopefully common sense will prevail.

 

[Sway]

Hunt should get off without any problems. it was obviouse that he didn't stop line himself up and then ram his shoulder into anasta....to be honest it was Anasta who ran into hunt leading with his nose....not so smart imo.

sure it would have hurt but well i luaghed especially with the 'special' straping they used after it [icon_razz1

 

[Playboy Bunny]

I guess Karma can be a bitch sometimes. Poor Anasta, I have no sympathy.

I think there was nothing in the hit but who knows what the NRL will do.

 

[pennywisealfie]

i was blowing up coz i dont think it shouldve even been a penalty. how is it hunts fault that anasta tripped? if anasta stays on his feet, its an unbelievable tackle. fucking N(SW)RL

 

[Kris]

If Anasta didn't have a gallon of blood spilling out of his nose, they probably wouldn't have looked at Hunt's hit IMO. Hunt was actually moving his upper body downwards before the hit and Anasta was already on his knees.

 

[Sway]

[icon_non oooh seeing all that blood. all head injuries bleed alot even without alot of damage, so it was always going to look worse then it was. however i can't say i would have gone back out with a broken nose...but oh well

 

[ningnangnong]

I can't believe he got put on report TBH.

 

[Denny Crane]

I can't believe he got put on report TBH.

I'll quote NNN but to all those who share the same sentiment you guys need to open your eyes.

He hit him flush in the head, broke his nose in about 40 places, had to go off for a second time in the second half with blood dripping out of his nose like a tap. Anasta showed a mountain of ticker to still be on there and I respect him for that, I also respect him for coming out and having no hard feelings towards Hunt shows what sort of men they both are but of course this view is beyond a lot of you all.

It was an innocent shoulder charge gone wrong, but it did go wrong. The impact was massive and resulted in a horrific injury. Report warranted and I wouldn't be surprised to see him sidelined for a few weeks - since when is 'I didn't mean it' a defense?

 

[Kingaroy Redant]

Haha yeah I heard ABC went off - would love to hear audio of them going off. :P

They seem to get on their high horse and get violently angry about something every week....

I have the ABC commntary on audio tape. icon_smile They called it a deliberate 'elbow' to the head and said it was similar to Boyd/Brohman incident. They called for ref and video ref to be sacked.