Slater kicks Klemmer in the neck

[innsaneink]

Craig Bellamy and the other people who say "he is just protecting himself" are right. But you surely are not allow to protect yourself this way…how many times did former St George prop Craig Smith get suspended for raising his knee into defenders when he hit the line (I am positive it was more than once that he got rubbed out for it). He was just "trying to protect himself" too.
And what about players who carry the football leading with their elbow into the defence? They too are "just trying to protect themselves". But they get sent to the judiciary for it also.
Doesn't the rule apply re:dangerous contact? Not to our Billy they don't!

Maybe he should be allowed to protect himself in this way and by doing this he is also eligible to be tackled in mid-air and pummelled into the ground on his head (that would be fair IMO). I would say he would stop doing it if that was the case.

Camoron Smith's comments in the post-game press conference just goes to prove that he really is as dumb as he looks.

Theres a crucial difference to all the points you raised, and last nights incident…..

Youre not allowed to tackle//contact a player in the air.

Seriously, this game is going soft.

Nothing in it

 

[weststigers4life]

I thought that Slater shouldn't of even been penalized, clearly he only has eyes on the ball & IMO it was a reflex action seeing Klemmer was going to tackle him in the air as he was landing. Slater can be a grub sometimes with how he leads with his legs trying to stop a try but to me it was a natural reaction if some guys coming flying in & looking likely that he's going to take your legs out while your trying to take a bomb.