Sam Thaiday Judiciary Hearing

[Big Pete]

Sam flies down to Sydney to plead his case tomorrow night.

Hook has just released a public statement with some very interesting quotes - I wonder if it will influence the officials at all?

"We certainly don't condone anyone direspecting officials or acting outside the spirit of the game," said Griffin.
"Sam didn't touch the official, he grabbed him by the shirt.

"He wasn't being aggressive towards the official, the referee was never in any danger.
"He was frustrated and grabbed him by the shirt to demonstrate what had happened to him.
"What I think is against the spirit of the game is the grabbing of our player trying to get out of the scrum.
"And what else is against the spirit of the game is that the referees got that wrong - and that's their words, not mine. They told us they got it wrong."


"What is within the spirit of the game is that Daniel Anderson has come out and said they got that wrong and Sam Thaiday shouldn't be charged," said Griffin.
"My whole point is the NRL has discretion in the way they can use that.
"It doesn't have to be straight away that we go to the charge book.
"They can act in the spirit of the game too and realise there are a couple of things that go wrong in that instance and deal with it in another matter rather than just slapping a charge on someone."

 

[Big Pete]

I really hope that Daniel Anderson's support can influence the result here and get Thaiday off.

While it's important that referee's are shown the support they deserve I also think player's should be shown some understanding.

Unfortunately, I don't think the judiciary will see it that way and we're going to receive another kick while we're down.

 

[nopatience101]

waste of time and unwanted distraction imo.

 

[Son Edo]

I reckon he'll get off.

Everyone's taking this situation too seriously. He grabbed his shirt, big deal, get over it.

 

[Bucking Beads]

I'm against the loading for a tackle in 2011 to be the reason he has to miss a week. I think fines should be punishment for touching the ref.

 

[Kimlo]

Bit of a joke if he doesn't get off it. Hayne should get a full season suspension for being a massive sook to the refs if Thaiday gets a week suspension for that.

 

[Anonymous person]

He plays for the broncos, so no he has no chance in hell.

 

[OXY-351]

I reckon he'll get off.

That's what Darius and Karmichael said the last time he touched someone inappropriately

 

[broncos4life]

That's what Darius and Karmichael said the last time he touched someone inappropriately

Bahahaha ill pay that, that's hilarious

 

[Porthoz]

Not that I needed another reason for it, but here's another example of why I hate that Bellyache POS:

Storm coach Craig Bellamy said it wasn’t clear that Thaiday was restrained illegally.
“I think they were still packed. I could sort of understand a little bit where (Thaiday) is coming from, just a little tiny bit,” Bellamy said.

 

[Big Pete]

LOL, Bellamy is such a turd burglar.

Clearly he wants to use that play again.

 

[broncos4life]

Not that I needed another reason for it, but here's another example of why I hate that Bellyache POS:

There is no way to describe exactly how much I loathe Bellamy and he's pack of cheating scum

 

[broncos4life]

LOL, Bellamy is such a turd burglar.

Clearly he wants to use that play again.

Slater has already said they will. When asked would they use it again, he responded "well it lead to a try, so we will definitely use it again"

All class

 

[Broncoman]

Should be fined at the very least, this isn't soccer you can't lay your hands on a ref in any way shape or form.

 

[OXY-351]

Probably little consolation for the broncos, but I bet they'll get penalised for it next time

 

[Fozz]

I don't think he'll get off.

He's a Bronco and a Queenslander (even though it's not Origin time), that's two strikes right there.

He'll probably get charged with malicious breathing at the judiciary too.

 

[GCBRONCO]

Got no problems with a fine but there needs to be a line between getting a refs attention/showing what happened and actually intending to do something to the ref to intimidate/hurt them.

 

[pennywisealfie]

Slater has already said they will. When asked would they use it again, he responded "well it lead to a try, so we will definitely use it again"

All class

Not like the Storm to be dodgy.....