I’d say I would be one of the youngest people on here this isn’t me being old fashioned this is me saying that is not a 3-4 week tackle. Corey brought the force required to break the jaw I can’t see a reasonable way how the broken jaw can be put solely on Drinkwater. The outcome sucks but we can’t be handing out 4 week suspensions for that. Like I said if that happened in the middle of the field and there was no broken jaw there is every chance the ref doesn’t pick it up let alone a suspension. To suggest someone with zero record gets 3-4 weeks for their first offence in that nature is shocking. 1-2 is completely acceptable in my eyes for this unless the NRL consistently inflates suspensions of all kinds to align with the fact the NRL is now being held liable for life long effects on the body.
Because it's an illegal action. By your argument Drinkwater could have stuck his elbow out and it would still be Corey's fault because it was Corey who brought the force.
No it’s not Corey’s fault it’s just Corey’s force is what turned that from a high tackle into an 8 week stint on the bench and now Drinkwaters 4 week stint on the bench. It is entirely Drinkwater fault that Corey was put in a position where he could break his jaw but Drinkwater himself did not produce a tackle that was capable of breaking his jaw without other substantial forces and factors. As such a 3-4 week suspension is a joke. I’m not usually this impartial my reasoning behind this isn’t some unconfessed love for drinky and the cows. I am actually quite disappointed he chose to get himself and Corey in that position rather than concede he had been beaten and misread the play. But I don’t think that is a 3-4 week tackle when I genuinely believe it would have gone no further than the bin if there was no injury. It is a very low grade tackle that has a more disastrous outcome than most high grade tackles which is the pickle. He isn’t in a position where a low grade tackle can turn into a 3-4 week suspension cause some unfortunate change of movements and speed of Corey really turned that poor choice tackle into this huge issue we have now. I am very against injury for low grade tackles inflating the suspension that significantly but honestly I don’t care enough to keep arguing I just find it very ironic that heaps of you are trying to preach the exact thing you were so against when it was patty getting suspended for a way worse tackle.
Yeah the onus is on the tackler but if they are walking that doesn’t break a jaw does it. If they are walking that doesn’t get a suspension so it is the mrc’s duty to take into account what grade of a tackle that is without taking into account the outcome and it is a low grade tackle as it is a low force contact with the head. You lot are all pressed cause Corey broke his jaw and the only reason he broke his jaw was cause of the force he brought to the tackle not drinkwater as such he cannot be punished and should not be punished as a result of the outcome if he has minimal force and balance to even perform a tackle of the magnitude to break a jaw severely enough to leave a bloke out for 8 weeks. It wasn’t that sort of tackle so yes it very well is relevant.
You seem to be missing the point, deliberately or not. No-one is fixated on the injury outcome except you. Drinkwater shoulder charged Corey's face. If Corey was walking or hell, even stationary, absolutely Drinkwater is still binned and still sits out a few weeks for it. Shoulder charges have been illegal for years now, everyone knows that. It's that simple.
By your logic we are expecting a similar suspension for SOS. Late, highish and absolutely no attempt at providing arms. If it isn’t solely about the outcome of the tackle then he has dished up a tackle of similar types with substantially greater force. You lot are putting plenty of mayo in drinkwaters tackle cause of the result it was not a high grade tackle on any fucken planet. Changed directions and he copped him high I would even back the cows to be able to prove he had enough motion in his left arm to demonstrate a genuine attempt at trying to wrap. Unfortunate tackle gone wrong in a change of movement that is being judged like it is horrendous it is absolutely not a horrendous tackle and far worse have gone unpunished let alone a 3-4 week suspension for a first time offence.
It is illegal to hit a player high. It is illegal to shoulder charge and he did both. The shoulder charge has been outlawed for ages this isn’t some new rule they have made up.
I know that independent thinking is commendable and all that but sometimes when everyone says left and you are the only one saying right it isn’t enlightenment it is stupidity.
I find he has improved a lot on his runs. He is finding his front far faster now. A lot of the 20m issues have been poor coordination and him receiving the ball out of nowhere.
Not watching close enough.
The dropped ball/strip calls have been annoying me too. Though I think Staggs was offside on the penalty where Holmes ran and Reynolds hit the ball out.
Staggs makes tons of kick chase tackles. He may have been offside or backing up Ezra.
Was this a joke?
Thanks, mate. Saved me a long post. Staggs is doing his job helping protect Reynolds in defense. I'm glad you pointed out the Fox/media talking points. It's pretty easy to get swayed by some of that bla bla. When the ball goes left all the time, what do people expect him to do? He's the angel on Reynolds' shoulder in defense right now. He and Riki are definitely working hard to protect our vital 7.
