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Kikau charged with a Grade 1 Shoulder Charge.
Which goes back to my original point. Had Kikau hit Nicholls with an ordinary tackle, nobody would have batted an eye-lid. However since he got him without possession, it was always going to carry a bigger penalty.
It will be interesting to see Kikau face the charge. For mine, that's a shoulder charge every day of the week but the rule has been so weak that players have been argue around it.
You see that same tackle 80 times a game (slight exaggeration) and nothing is ever done about it. Kikau’s wasn’t even late. I mean sure, you slow everything down enough and you can find a freeze frame for whatever you are looking for at some point.
The fact it was penalized is a joke. The fact it was sin binned is ludicrous. The fact he has been charged is purely to try and at least look professional in the eyes of some. I’d be absolutely livid if that was a player on my team.