This wanker has become very vocal since moving to Melbourne - good riddance to a shit player who believes his own hype!
He's as dumb as dogshit too!
Stefano Utoikamanu was disappointed Francis Molo escaped being binned for a high shot that ended his Tongan debut.
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An angry Stefano Utoikamanu could not believe Francis Molo avoided scrutiny for a high shot that ended his Tongan debut in 90 seconds, saying: āI donāt know what more evidence you need to sin bin someone.ā
Utoikamanu had to fly back to Sydney with the Samoan players on Monday rather than join the Tongans in New Zealand, following Sundayās
34-6 loss at a packed Suncorp Stadium.
The front-rower confirmed he would miss Sundayās must-win clash against New Zealand as part of the sportās concussion protocols. Heās also stunned Molo was only penalised, and not sent to the sin bin, over the incident.
The match review committee charged Molo with a grade-two careless high tackle, but the sanction for that in an international match is 13 per cent of his $3000 match payment, or $390.
āItās shit I got ruled out so fast, and I also felt like he [Molo] should have been sin-binned for that ā Iām done for the game, and he just gets put on report,ā Utoikamanu told this masthead.
āHis shoulder went straight to my face. I donāt know what more evidence you need to sin bin someone.
āI get it we lost, but that [moment] affects our game. We werenāt even two minutes into the game.
āI knew as soon as he hit me and I went down, I wasnāt coming back.
āIām all right now. But Iām out for 11 days. He came up to me afterwards, but Iām disappointed. Itās not the way I wanted to start my Tongan journey.ā
Utoikamanu switched his allegiance from Samoa to Tonga this year
to honour his fatherās heritage.
He had been on a high just a few weeks ago after his powerhouse performance in Melbourneās preliminary final win against Cronulla prompted Storm coach Craig Bellamy to label him the
form prop in the game.
The 25-year-old then caused a stir in grand final week when he admitted he did not like a few of the Broncos players, and thought they were
āstuck upā. Utoikamanu was ridiculed for those comments by some of Brisbaneās stars as they celebrated the win.
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āAs I said before the grand final, this time last year I was doing the total opposite to what Iām doing now. Itās been a massive year, I canāt wait for next year, and to see what next year holds for me,ā Utoikamanu said.
āThat whole thing during grand final week, it dragged on.
āI donāt really know most of those [Brisbane] boys. Like any footy player, you need motivation before you go on the field, and that was mine.
āI said I donāt like them, so I play better and do my job better. Itās shit we lost, but I canāt do anything about it. I got to play in a grand final. And Iām stoked for those boys, they got the win.ā
Tongan coach Kristian Woolf said Utoikamanuās concussion did not cost them the game, but the rules needed to be looked at. The bunker still had an opportunity to intervene if it felt the incident was a reportable offence.
āYou donāt just lose a player, you lose an interchange, you potentially lose a player for two weeks, and thereās not much repercussion the other way; it needs to be looked at,ā said Woolf, who is hoping Jason Taumalolo (knee) can come straight into the side to replace Utoikamanu.
Earlier this year, Rabbitohs coach Wayne Bennett
said he was a fan of binning players once a rival had failed an HIA, and the NRL trialled the concept during the trials.
āI donāt think they should bring this proposal in next season ā they should bring it in now,ā Bennett said midway through the year.
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