I agree with you, but also the Tigers were on point with emotion and aggression yesterday - the mindset that has them flipping the crowd and throwing gestures is the same that got them the W.
Which is a bit of a concern. You can’t rely on emotion every week.
I agree with you broadly, in that I don't mind it personally, but your end comment is silly and out of touch with reality. Any player who makes a rude gesture to the crowd, in any Aussie sport, will get in trouble, because the game needs to protect their brand as they try to expand viewership and participation to immigrants, women and kids.
Not a concern for me when emotion is partnered with performance.
Interesting how they get so arrogant so fast, where only a few seasons ago they were going through what we've recently been through.
SMH article mentioned Dogs have made the complaint to the NRL. Don't have the link
I couldn't find anything regarding punishment for NRLW player Tazmin Rapana flipping the bird to NSW supporters last year during Origin. There may have been some sort of penalty, but I couldn't find anything. I don't care whether she was or wasn't punished, but surely a number of young kids and women would have seen it and I'm sure it wouldn't have damaged the brand as the NRL keeps telling us how much the womens game is growing.
We haven't carried on like that with our other wins - the media created this rubbish plus i think the players were a lot more hyped up than what was being said before the match. Also your post the other day about Joseph Tapine being a sore loser was interesting. I saw it in a different light - i thought how refreshing to see a player have the shits at losing. I'm over teams being beaten badly and then players standing around having a joke with the team that just gave it to them.
Yeah for sure but sometimes wins are more emotive than others. It's sport. Call me old fashioned and non-PC. Sport is too watered down these days due to PR.
What did he do in the celebrations?
