State of Origin 2026

[Tucker]

Probably didn’t deserve a send off, but his shoulder did connect with Koula’s head and put him out of the game. Yes their heads clashed, but that was after the initial shoulder to head contact. He didn’t even try to wrap his arms around the player, which in my book is a shoulder charge. It’s not a good look and he does it all the time. Ponga is going to have to change his technique to avoid any future problems.

I don’t agree.
It was a body tackle that went wrong when another defender changed the alignment of the attacker a split second before collision.
Pure accident, 10 in the bin for being negligent.

 

[Flippedy]

I don’t agree.
It was a body tackle that went wrong when another defender changed the alignment of the attacker a split second before collision.
Pure accident, 10 in the bin for being negligent.

Fair enough, I guess we see it differently. In any case, I still think it would be wise for Ponga to maybe stop leading into tackles with his head and shoulder so much. It could cause serious injury to a player if it goes wrong and problems for himself also if the tackle, rightly or wrongly, is deemed to be dangerous.

 

[tiger_one]