South Sydney's Latrell Mitchell in hot water

[Furious1]

“If Latrell Mitchell deserves 4 weeks on the sideline for that incident, I am an astronaut,” Gould tweeted.
“This game just keeps finding ways to make a fool of itself. Really? 4 weeks?

Is Gould right? Is it possible the judiciary panel are trying to put a stop to his poor on field Argo behaviour?

I personally don't think it was worth 4 weeks (on past tackles), however in the context of concussions and doing everything they can to minimise them, there is absolutely no doubt in my mind Mitchell deliberately struck Nofo in the face. Therefore he made deliberate contact to the head despite any injury that did not occur. I think this will be something they are very strong on moving forward.
To me it was completely different to Radleys, as he was lazy in his technique and flung out an arm as opposed to Mitchell who didn't need to make any contact but chose to anyway.

 

[the_third]

classic ref losing control. penalties, or sin bin prevent repeat issues. A sin bin may have got him a downgrade as there was a penalty at the time.

haha

 

[sleeve]

A lot of this drama should be blamed on the referee.
If a decent penalty , such as a sin bin, or even a send off was given on the day, i doubt he would have received 4 wks. When Madges complaints were tabled and the game reviewed i'm sure the league felt compelled to show some balls.

 

[mike]

4 weeks is a good punishment.

Should have got an additional 8 weeks for kicking to the head of an opponent rather than a fine, but that's another story.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

In the context of his behaviour throughout the whole game, it did deserve four weeks. He was lucky to have not been binned at a minimum for the late shot, knees into Garner or showing him the studs.

 

[krissy]

To the people saying that 4 weeks was too much of a penalty, it would have been 3 weeks but Latrell and Souths gambled and lost.
Gamble responsibly 😎

 

[twentyforty]

“If Latrell Mitchell deserves 4 weeks on the sideline for that incident, I am an astronaut,” Gould tweeted.
“This game just keeps finding ways to make a fool of itself. Really? 4 weeks?

Is Gould right? Is it possible the judiciary panel are trying to put a stop to his poor on field Argo behaviour?

I personally don't think it was worth 4 weeks (on past tackles), however in the context of concussions and doing everything they can to minimise them, there is absolutely no doubt in my mind Mitchell deliberately struck Nofo in the face. Therefore he made deliberate contact to the head despite any injury that did not occur. I think this will be something they are very strong on moving forward.
To me it was completely different to Radleys, as he was lazy in his technique and flung out an arm as opposed to Mitchell who didn't need to make any contact but chose to anyway.

To my mind it was definitely deliberate. 4 weeks shows that the nrl are serious about head injuries, but something tells me the judiciary may have been influenced by Mitchell’s previous poor form.

 

[twentyforty]

To the people saying that 4 weeks was too much of a penalty, it would have been 3 weeks but Latrell and Souths gambled and lost.
Gamble responsibly 😎

I had forgotten about that, thanks for clearing that up.
Two wrongs don’t make a right at the judiciary hearing 😂

 

[tigerbalm]

Have to say, but most of the posts leading up to the verdict in this thread were embarrassing. The NRL hadn’t even done anything and they were copping it for being bias and accused of only giving LM a slap on the wrist. The whole “everything is a conspiracy, the world is against us” is beyond tiring. He was never going to beat it. As for LM, contesting the charge when clearly guilty, so do murderers. If there’s any chance you can beat it, you’re gonna try,

Not sure what you hope to achieve with comments like this?

"Most" is just not accurate, in fact if you look back through the comments "most" people where commenting on the thuggish act. There are several comments that are alluding to favouritism but given the recent Kent article an previous examples we have seen with the NRL judiciary, its a fair point to raise.

I get you like to be contrary, an that's fine but this is a odd comment to make. If anything, i can only really see 1 embarrassing take in this thread and I'm replying to it.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Have to say, but most of the posts leading up to the verdict in this thread were embarrassing. The NRL hadn’t even done anything and they were copping it for being bias and accused of only giving LM a slap on the wrist. The whole “everything is a conspiracy, the world is against us” is beyond tiring. He was never going to beat it. As for LM, contesting the charge when clearly guilty, so do murderers. If there’s any chance you can beat it, you’re gonna try,

Not sure what you hope to achieve with comments like this?

"Most" is just not accurate, in fact if you look back through the comments "most" people where commenting on the thuggish act. There are several comments that are alluding to favouritism but given the recent Kent article an previous examples we have seen with the NRL judiciary, its a fair point to raise.

I get you like to be contrary, an that's fine but this is a odd comment to make. If anything, i can only really see 1 embarrassing take in this thread and I'm replying to it.

I don’t really care if you think is embarrassing. Just because an opinion might not be popular doesn’t mean it’s wrong

 

[Peter_B]

He's a brilliant player with a natural ability - but he needs to control his aggression. His actions have now cost him any chance of winning the Dally M this year & hopefully he'll think about this during his 4 week holiday.

 

[Geo]

Thug shoulda got Life

 

[hank37w]

It’s bizarre that they were fighting the charge, yet he wasn’t named in their 21 man squad this week. So they must have known he was no chance of getting off.

From what I understand, he was going to get at least a week even if they won the appeal.

***Edit: I see someone else has also mentioned it.***

 

[hank37w]

Bunnies fans are absolutely delusional it's actually incredible. The amount of comments saying the NRL only did it "cause he's aboriginal", "wasn't even anything in it", "NRL are cheats suspending trell so papenhuyzen can get dally m". Absolute scenes.

Dont be surprised there maybe an appeal because the judiciary panel were racist and didnt display ethnic diversity. These days i would not be surprised by anything

Did they call him a grub?

*Edit: or was that thug that was the racist word?*

 

[rah53]

I’m glad his appeal failed but fact remains he stayed on the field after an act which he copped 4 weeks for.

And who benefits from this? Certainly not us. We get nothing out of it. Only the next 4 teams the Bunnies play against will.

 

[Vince Farrar]

I didn't think it was worth 4 weeks. Interesting that the Roosters in their defence used an incident involving Mitchell and Garner the year before - another reckless tackle. How that was allowed before Mitchell faced the judiciary is absurd - would have to influence them to a degree.

I love the roosters for today

 

[Elderslie_Tiger]

As concerned members of the the WESTS TIGERS FORUM we should start a BLM movement in regards to the decision handed by the NRL Judiciary ONLY ours would have a different connotation to it ours would
BAD
LUCK
MITCHELL

 

[twentyforty]

It’s bizarre that they were fighting the charge, yet he wasn’t named in their 21 man squad this week. So they must have known he was no chance of getting off.

Perhaps the Rabbitohs themselves thought that he needed an extra week and some squirming in the hot seat to drive home the lesson he needs to learn. You don’t get an opportunity to hear and reflect on all sides of the argument if it’s an open and shut case. This case went until almost midnight. If Wayne thought he could bench him without benching him as a last resort, then I think he would grab at the opportunity. I doubt the club would impose an extra week on a first timer?

 

[earl]

He’s a brilliant player with a natural ability

He is close to if not the best player in the comp when he is on. His top level is amazing. I'd love to watch him play if he wasn't such a dirty player.

 

[Elderslie_Tiger]

It’s bizarre that they were fighting the charge, yet he wasn’t named in their 21 man squad this week. So they must have known he was no chance of getting off.

Perhaps the Rabbitohs themselves thought that he needed an extra week and some squirming in the hot seat to drive home the lesson he needs to learn. You don’t get an opportunity to hear and reflect on all sides of the argument if it’s an open and shut case. This case went until almost midnight. If Wayne thought he could bench him without benching him as a last resort, then I think he would grab at the opportunity. I doubt the club would impose an extra week on a first timer?

He was always going to miss a game or two they were only going for a downgrade on the severity of the charge to lessen his suspension on looking at replays again this morning Souffs should be fined $10000for bringing the game into disrepute he was GUILTY AS CHARGED and it only took the panel 8 minutes to throw the appeal out.On being a first timer he has sailed pretty close to the wind on many occasions now that he has form any future charges we be dealt with accordingly its over to GRUB .