Hayne cleared - nrl ZERO CREDIBILITY

[IronTiger]

Correct decision made - there was nothing in it. If it was us playing in the GF this week (yeah right!!!!) and Farah was in the same boat - there would be a very different tune around here.

Your missing the point. IT's not that the decision is right or wrong but when you give Gibbs 3 weeks for arguably a lesser severity you have to be consistent. I agree with Phil Gould to an extent but whatever rule you decide on has to run for the full season and not change it when it is convenient.

 

[Illek]

We all knew this was going to happen and it is a completely unfair ruling. I wish the tigers would appeal or make some noise over the issue especially as Bryce still won't be available for us in round 1\. I doubt they will though. I think we all would have liked to see a consistent and fair ruling but it's never the case, there are two groups of clubs and players, those that get suspended and those that don't. Unfrotunately we are in the latter group.

I wish I could pretend that I am shocked by the decision, but I don't think anyone on here is. The nrl will continue to ignore it and not make any comments. It's their standard response. I think for the first time in my life I will be supproting the storm I guess as a result.

 

[Illek]

Correct decision made - there was nothing in it. If it was us playing in the GF this week (yeah right!!!!) and Farah was in the same boat - there would be a very different tune around here.

Your missing the point. IT's not that the decision is right or wrong but when you give Gibbs 3 weeks for arguably a lesser severity you have to be consistent. I agree with Phil Gould to an extent but whatever rule you decide on has to run for the full season and not change it when it is convenient.

+1, also I'd say farah would have copped a week. I doubt we would have gotten away with it.

 

[tigh]

Correct decision made - there was nothing in it. If it was us playing in the GF this week (yeah right!!!!) and Farah was in the same boat - there would be a very different tune around here.

Your missing the point. IT's not that the decision is right or wrong but when you give Gibbs 3 weeks for arguably a lesser severity you have to be consistent. I agree with Phil Gould to an extent but whatever rule you decide on has to run for the full season and not change it when it is convenient.

Grade 1 carelss was the correct decision for the Hayne incident. The same should have been made of Gibbs' incident. Just because the wrong decision was made with Gibbs - doesn't mean the same incorrect decision should be made again with Hayne.

As I said - correct decision made. I agree - more consistency needed. I guess one way of looking at it is one involved a bottom 8 team in round 24, the other a team about to play in the GF. I'm glad they got this one right.

 

[anderson_silva]

We all knew this was going to happen and it is a completely unfair ruling. I wish the tigers would appeal or make some noise over the issue especially as Bryce still won't be available for us in round 1\. I doubt they will though. I think we all would have liked to see a consistent and fair ruling but it's never the case, there are two groups of clubs and players, those that get suspended and those that don't. Unfrotunately we are in the latter group.

I wish I could pretend that I am shocked by the decision, but I don't think anyone on here is. The nrl will continue to ignore it and not make any comments. It's their standard response. I think for the first time in my life I will be supproting the storm I guess as a result.

gibbs can serve his suspension in a trial match.

 

[system]

How is Keating playing though?

 

[Illek]

We all knew this was going to happen and it is a completely unfair ruling. I wish the tigers would appeal or make some noise over the issue especially as Bryce still won't be available for us in round 1\. I doubt they will though. I think we all would have liked to see a consistent and fair ruling but it's never the case, there are two groups of clubs and players, those that get suspended and those that don't. Unfrotunately we are in the latter group.

I wish I could pretend that I am shocked by the decision, but I don't think anyone on here is. The nrl will continue to ignore it and not make any comments. It's their standard response. I think for the first time in my life I will be supproting the storm I guess as a result.

gibbs can serve his suspension in a trial match.

completely right, forgot about those.

 

[system]

Only one trial match can be counted towards the suspension after the rules were changed

 

[king_sirro]

How is Keating playing though?

Surely u dont think Keating should have been suspended? If u look at it in fast motion, i dont see how anyone could think he deliberately did a "chicken wing".

 

[anderson_silva]

How is Keating playing though?

i thought they would sacrafice keating to take the heat off hayne not being suspended but obviously not, the judicial system in the nrl is a joke.

soward bites someone but because it isnt reported on field it never happened, but they can go through tape after tape and charge people with grapple tackles that werent reported during the game?

knees and kicks to the head are ok but a knee to the bum isnt? merritt led with his feet and made no contact and missed a week because of it, the NRL are a joke.

 

[system]

How is Keating playing though?

Surely u dont think Keating should have been suspended? If u look at it in fast motion, i dont see how anyone could think he deliberately did a "chicken wing".

Players have been suspended for less

 

[anderson_silva]

Only one trial match can be counted towards the suspension after the rules were changed

he only has one game left though he missed the titans and dogs game through suspension so he will be sweet for game 1

 

[stryker]

Correct decision made - there was nothing in it. If it was us playing in the GF this week (yeah right!!!!) and Farah was in the same boat - there would be a very different tune around here.

Your missing the point. IT's not that the decision is right or wrong but when you give Gibbs 3 weeks for arguably a lesser severity you have to be consistent. I agree with Phil Gould to an extent but whatever rule you decide on has to run for the full season and not change it when it is convenient.

Grade 1 carelss was the correct decision for the Hayne incident. The same should have been made of Gibbs' incident. Just because the wrong decision was made with Gibbs - doesn't mean the same incorrect decision should be made again with Hayne.

As I said - correct decision made. I agree - more consistency needed. I guess one way of looking at it is one involved a bottom 8 team in round 24, the other a team about to play in the GF. I'm glad they got this one right.

Dont agree Tigh, Haynes actions were extremely dangerous…..he drove Goodwins head into the ground with both his knees and his 100 kilo frame bearing down on the back of his head at full force.
That can not be excused. Lucky he didnt break his neck or worse.
Terrible decision.

 

[alex]

I dont think Keating shouldve been suspended. Hannant's arm was caught in a bad position as he was charging through the 3 or 4 tacklers and got caught behind Keating's arm as he held Hannant's body. Other chicken wing tackles have players holding an arm with their hands and trying to roll the player over.

 

[anderson_silva]

How is Keating playing though?

Surely u dont think Keating should have been suspended? If u look at it in fast motion, i dont see how anyone could think he deliberately did a "chicken wing".

Players have been suspended for less

ask luke ricketson…......

 

[king_sirro]

How is Keating playing though?

Surely u dont think Keating should have been suspended? If u look at it in fast motion, i dont see how anyone could think he deliberately did a "chicken wing".

Players have been suspended for less

That wasnt the question.

 

[weststigerman]

Complete joke.

All of a sudden I'm more interested in the GF, I want to see Storm smash hayne and parra.

 

[system]

Under the current system that kind of tackle has been punished as a grade 2 or higher.

As such I think yes because consistancy is needed across the board.

Otherwise it just re-inforces the idea that some players, because of their standing in the game, get off

 

[RatedRKO]

As I said - correct decision made. I agree - more consistency needed. I guess one way of looking at it is one involved a bottom 8 team in round 24, the other a team about to play in the GF. I'm glad they got this one right.

If Gibbs wasn't suspended and we beat Titans, eels don't even make the finals. That suspension hurt us bad.

If they admitted they got the other one wrong, it might of made it a little better. But we all know they will never admit their mistakes.

 

[king_sirro]

Under the current system that kind of tackle has been punished as a grade 2 or higher.

As such I think yes because consistancy is needed across the board.

Otherwise it just re-inforces the idea that some players, because of their standing in the game, get off

Its been punished when its deliberate. In normal motion its painfully obvious it wasnt intentional, so in reality that kind of tackle has not been punished and rightly so.