Sam Thaiday Judiciary Hearing

[Broncoman]

At least we will have a proper leader on Friday night. I think the ban is fine as you can not lay your hands on a ref under any circumstances, you learnt this as a 5 year old. Off topic but in a game in 1999 3 Warriors players got 9 weeks suspension for man-handling referee Paul Simpkons.

 

[Kimlo]

Need video of said man handling

 

[GCBRONCO]

At least we will have a proper leader on Friday night. I think the ban is fine as you can not lay your hands on a ref under any circumstances, you learnt this as a 5 year old. Off topic but in a game in 1999 3 Warriors players got 9 weeks suspension for man-handling referee Paul Simpkons.

Actually I would have prefered Sammy to play this one, he showed against the Storm some real leadership qualities for a change and we could have used that against the Titans not to mention the strength it will take out of forwards pack now.

 

[GCBRONCO]

 

[Coxy]

Guilty. 2 minute deliberation.
I'm done. Rugby league is losing me

 

[broncos4life]

Guilty. 2 minute deliberation.
I'm done. Rugby league is losing me

Was about to say this. 2 minute deliberation? Wtf? Glad to see they really considered the arguments put forward. Our game is f***ed

 

[jarro65]

As long as they are consistant, then i'm happy with the outcome.

 

[Anonymous person]

I'm surprised it took 2 minutes...

did he touch the referee intentionally?
yes.
guilty.

30 seconds is all it should've taken.

 

[Jeba]

This is why the NRL is becoming more of a joke.

Who cheated in this incident? Melbourne. Not punished, awarded 4 points.

Who made a mistake in this incident? The referees, and the boss has admitted as much. No punishment, nobody dropped.

Who did nothing wrong? The Broncos. And they are the ones punished. 4 points against them and captain suspended.

I don't condone contact with the referee by the players - but if its minor contact (if that) with the referee's shirt as a direct result of an admitted mistake by the referees, as long as Sammy doesn't hit him, surely the judiciary should be able to apply a common sense ruling that the incident would never have occurred in the first place had the referees not made such a blatant and obvious error, that they admitted they got wrong.

 

[Coxy]

This is why the NRL is becoming more of a joke.

Who cheated in this incident? Melbourne. Not punished, awarded 4 points.

Who made a mistake in this incident? The referees, and the boss has admitted as much. No punishment, nobody dropped.

Who did nothing wrong? The Broncos. And they are the ones punished. 4 points against them and captain suspended.

I don't condone contact with the referee by the players - but if its minor contact (if that) with the referee's shirt as a direct result of an admitted mistake by the referees, as long as Sammy doesn't hit him, surely the judiciary should be able to apply a common sense ruling that the incident would never have occurred in the first place had the referees not made such a blatant and obvious error, that they admitted they got wrong.

100%
The nrl never misses an opportunity to make a joke of itself

 

[Kaz]

Guilty. 2 minute deliberation.

The NRL must have cut out the free dinner for the judiciary panel.

 

[Kaz]

As long as they are consistant, then i'm happy with the outcome.

That's an oxymoron.

 

[Coxy]

That's an oxymoron.

It's also a typo

 

[LittleDavey]

I'll be watching every game this year for any deliberate contact with the ref, and I expect it to result in the same charge.

Rules are rules, but only if they're policed properly. There's many things wrong with this situation.

 

[broncos4life]

He should have just shoulder charged someone, odds are he would be playing this weekend

 

[Coxy]

He should have just shoulder charged someone, odds are he would be playing this weekend

Lol. So true

 

[vertigo]

Oh well, we'll just have to win without him.

Tbh we could be better off with a different captain.

 

[Big Pete]

It was always going to be a long shot.

At the end of the day, you don't touch the officials, ever. Doesn't matter if you just touch his shirt or anything - you don't do it.

It's a bit ridiculous that an unrelated 2011 charge influenced this one and that he's facing the exact same punishment as a bloke who knocked somebody out with an illegal maneuver but that's just how it is.