It was a hard match to referee as emotons went high for the rabbitohs.It was bad luck for the rabbitohs that GI was knocked out in the first 5 minutes. There was nothing illegal in the tackle and our player could have been the party that was knocked out.. Our player was aggressive without self preservation as GI was such a big bloke compared to our tackler who was so much smaller in size. We were lucky that our player was not hurt but he did an excellent match like all the other players in the West Tigers.
For the Pat Richards tackle, the refreree and the video referee erred in the fact, that Pat Richards foot was not out when he was tackled. A foul was committed in the act of a try was being effected, thus a penalty try would have ben justified.
As for Woods tackle, that should not have been placed on report, Woods was merely completing the tackle. Woods had not been dominating in the past, I thought his game stood out last night.
As for Gavet kneeing, it was to the fist that was to get it loose although it was not a good sight.
The Rabbitohs were frustrated and off their game more than anything. They were expected to win and by a big margin. When that did not happen, they were trying to score every time they got the ball and in doing so made too many errors, made too many head high tackles and had too many missed tackles.
