OFFICIAL Bryce Gibbs [Discussion]

@innsaneink said:
"Me big, me strong, must stop one with ball….but how"?!?

Haha, reminded me of John Cena during his rapping gimmick, to paraphrase

"Me Bryce Gibbs, here comes the pain
God build me strong.. forget to give me brain"
 
To be expected considering its Gibbs and not someone who kicks someone in head like media lovers Thurston and Soward
 
The Wests Tigers rolled the dice and lost..8 point try and 3 weeks for that is a blooming joke….The road to the finals has become so much tougher without him :brick:
 
Considering the defence case and watching the replay at full speed we were very hard done by IMO. Burt actually rolls to an extent that means Bryce may not have actually contacted him if the roll wan't done
 
Yeh, Bellews argument was valid after hearing then watching, Gibbs may have landed under or next to Burt had he not did what he done

hard not to feel hard done by here, bellew gets blokes off on the most ridiculous of arguments, we cant take a trick
 
Yeah until I watched that and heard the reasoning I was expecting the grading to stand. But seriously after seeing it I am furious at the outcome.

In Poores case it was accepted that Elford contributed to his position by his body movement but a body movement by Burt which had more of a contribution to the impact was dismissed out of hand. Disgraceful.

Typical NRL though with pathetic skirts like Bob Lidner on the judiciary
 
Rubbish decision. Reminds me of Jim Comans suspension of Bob Cooper from Wests many many years ago - to make an example of him they gave him a massive suspension for what used to be considered a week or two offence. That's real fair isn't it?

Rapidly losing interest in league. Referees decide matches and the League seems to consider the likes of Stewart and Inglis guilty until proven innocent.
 
@Muffstar said:
@softlaw said:
Fire up Big Daine!

So he is in ?

no idea but i hope so.

& to all those who thought Gibbs could get off you've got to remember he plays for the Tigers. Different rules apply for us. We need to just accept that. Slightly more chance of success if it was Benji or Robbie because the media at least likes them but for any other member of our team no hope.
 
Pathetic decision!! If Burt didnt clutch at his back, barely a thing wouldve been done.

We see a lot more worse things then that get off.
 
From Telecrap

Bellew also used comparable incidents - including the grade one hit which cost Eels backrower Nathan Hindmarsh one match for kneeing Darren Lockyer earlier this year - to plead his case for a downgrade.

I had forgotten that. Friggen Hindmarsh slides in late knees first in a tackle contacting Lockyer to the head and got a grade one. Friggen joke
 
@softlaw said:
@Muffstar said:
@softlaw said:
Fire up Big Daine!

So he is in ?

no idea but i hope so.

& to all those who thought Gibbs could get off you've got to remember he plays for the Tigers. Different rules apply for us. We need to just accept that. Slightly more chance of success if it was Benji or Robbie because the media at least likes them but for any other member of our team no hope.

Yeah you are not wrong with the Judiciary discrepancies ! Look forward to seeing Laurie hopefully on Saturday, we drove up today for the game, can't wait I think we can beat this mob.
 
Wests Tigers prop Bryce Gibbs guilty of dangerous conduct
By Steve Jancetic
August 26, 2009 The NRL judiciary hammered in what could well be the final nail in the coffin that is Wests Tigers' brave finals bid after suspending prop Bryce Gibbs for three matches on Wednesday night.

Gibbs was unsuccessful in gaining a downgrade on his grade two dangerous conduct charge, with his only hope of playing again in 2009 being if the Tigers make it to week two of the finals.

That scenario is looking more and more unlikely however with Gibbs's suspension compounding a lengthy injury toll with the back three of Shannon Gallant, Taniela Tuiaki and Beau Ryan all missing.

That list could grow before Saturday night's must win clash against Gold Coast at Skilled Park with forwards John Skandalis and Chris Heighington both in doubt due to injury.

The tenth-placed Tigers need to win both of their last two matches to be a chance of a finals berth, but Gibbs won't play any part in that bid after kneeing Luke Burt in the buttock as the Parramatta winger scored a try midway through the first half of Friday night's NRL clash.

Had Gibbs been granted his downgrade, he would have been allowed to play this weekend.

"Very disappointing for us tonight. In the context of our season we paid a very big price for the eight-point try and add into that a three-game suspension for Bryce for what was accepted as accidental contact, it's a tough one for us," Tigers chief executive Stephen Humphreys said.

"But we'll accept the judgement and move on."

Gibbs declined to comment after the hearing, with Humphreys acknowledging the tough prop was shattered by the result.

"He was very disappointed as you would expect and was quite shattered, but he'll regroup," Humphreys said.

"Hopefully we'll stay in the competition long enough to get him back on the field this year.

Judiciary counsel Peter Kite SC claimed the reckless nature of Gibbs' late hit on Burt deemed the charge worth of a higher grading.

"It was reckless in the sense that he must have foreseen this incident occurring, but he carried on anyway," Kite argued.

Kite claimed Burt was in a vulnerable position when attacked by the Tigers front rower, adding "there's no justification for the conduct" as he called for the higher grading in a bid to help eradicate the practice of tryscorers being attacked after touching down.

Gibbs's legal representative Geoff Bellew SC claimed his client was only one metre away by the time Burt touched down and could not have pulled up in time.

Bellew also used comparable incidents - including the grade one hit which cost Eels backrower Nathan Hindmarsh one match for kneeing Darren Lockyer earlier this year - to plead his case for a downgrade.
 
<big>**Bryce Gibbs banned for three games**</big>
The NRL judiciary hammered in what could well be the final nail in the coffin that is Wests Tigers' brave finals bid after **suspending prop Bryce Gibbs for three matches on Wednesday night.**

**Gibbs was unsuccessful in gaining a downgrade on his grade two dangerous conduct charge, with his only hope of playing again in 2009 being if the Tigers make it to week two of the finals.**

That scenario is looking more and more unlikely however with Gibbs' suspension compounding a lengthy injury toll with the back three of Shannon Gallant, Taniela Tuiaki and Beau Ryan all missing.

That list could grow before Saturday night's must win clash against Gold Coast at Skilled Park with forwards John Skandalis and Chris Heighington both in doubt due to injury.

The tenth-placed Tigers need to win both of their last two matches to be a chance of a finals berth, but Gibbs won't play any part in that bid after kneeing Luke Burt in the buttock as the Parramatta winger scored a try midway through the first half of Friday night's NRL clash.

Had Gibbs been granted his downgrade, he would have been allowed to play this weekend.

"Very disappointing for us tonight. In the context of our season we paid a very big price for the eight-point try and add into that a three-game suspension for Bryce for what was accepted as accidental contact, it's a tough one for us," Tigers chief executive Stephen Humphreys said.

"But we'll accept the judgement and move on."

Gibbs declined to comment after the hearing, with Humphreys acknowledging the tough prop was shattered by the result.

"He was very disappointed as you would expect and was quite shattered, but he'll regroup," Humphreys said.

"Hopefully we'll stay in the competition long enough to get him back on the field this year.

**Judiciary counsel Peter Kite SC claimed the reckless nature of Gibbs' late hit on Burt deemed the charge worth of a higher grading.**

"It was reckless in the sense that he must have foreseen this incident occurring, but he carried on anyway," Kite argued.

Kite claimed Burt was in a vulnerable position when attacked by the Tigers front rower, adding "there's no justification for the conduct" as he called for the higher grading in a bid to help eradicate the practice of tryscorers being attacked after touching down.

**Gibbs' legal representative Geoff Bellew SC claimed his client was only one metre away by the time Burt touched down and could not have pulled up in time.**

Bellew also used comparable incidents - including the grade one hit which cost Eels backrower Nathan Hindmarsh one match for kneeing Darren Lockyer earlier this year - to plead his case for a downgrade.

From NRL website… tough luck for the big man... was hitting some form, but IMO did cost us big time with stupid penalties last Friday
 

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