Inconsistent high-tackle punishments! What is a send-off and what isn't? | NRL 360 | Fox League

After some controversial calls in round 23, players and fans have been left confused about the rules around high tackles.
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[@Kyrie501]

Compared to the other three cases, Luai was the only one that literally led only with his shoulder to the head and they say it's nothing. 💀💀💀

[@sammydavis5628]

He fully jumps into it too. I can't believe there's a guy here arguing that tackle is the least of the four.

[@imalwaysright]

That’s not true, but he should have been penalised

[@maxfish4770]

If it was the other way around Nelson gets at least 10

[@kers225abk2]

​@imalwaysright change your name bro, you have some of the worst takes ive ever seen 😂

[@trentsangston87]

Penref

[@danreid1134]

the Luai one had intent and was mallicious, he stopped his run, stepped, and lined Nel up with his shoulder, exactly what the illegal shoulder charge is also. Arguably worst of the 4 cases.

[@BenWick-oc8pv]

True but I would also charge the Storm player for lifting his forearm/elbow into the Penrith backrower which led to Luai payback However Luai already used his get out of jail card when he pushed the touch judge

[@danreid1134]

@@BenWick-oc8pv you mean where Luai jumped off the ground to shoulder his head? Regardless, nothing about the players, the ruling and interpretation isn't about the technique or what actually happened, it's been ruled on injury lately

[@ikimus]

Luai the grub.

[@kugsyy]

Luai jumps, purposely shoulder carges and strikes nelson to the head, if thats consistent with other charges he should be looking at not playing again until week 1 or 2 of finals

[@stokersruleok5863]

Nelson is legend of the elbow to the face! C’mon get real.

[@thatguyedits1920]

It was nothing tbh. Nelson didn't even realise what happened

[@thatguyedits1920]

If you're talking forceful contact it was literally piss weak lol. Sin bin for action maybe 1 week but feet leaving the ground when you can clearly see how little impact it had would be silly. Nelson literally didn't know that it even happened

[@kugsyy]

@@thatguyedits1920 there has been alot weaker sin bins. He clearly had all the intent but because he’s a puny panthers poof he couldn’t do any damage.

[@kers225abk2]

​@stokersruleok5863 that doesn't make it ok though? So if a grub gets nailed in the head its no penalty coz they are a grub? No mate, consistently is key here regardless of what team you follow.

[@Dude-etiquette]

Not suprising that Penrith player gets off the lightest

[@Kyrie501]

Honestly

[@nottoday682paore4]

The grubbiest player in the comp too.😂

[@AnaruAugust]

Knock Buzz out and see what he says. Sin bin or send off.

[@thecomander466]

Gordon Tallis is right, Gordon Tallis knows all about big hits

[@mririmanan27]

Direct contact to the head 10 mins, dangerous forceful contact to the head red

[@gregbishop610]

Poor Hoops is he still jumping on car bonnets full of booze or high as a kite

[@BrettGrady-vf4kx]

What! When was that? Link?

[@donkereopa2039]

If your on the receiving end of these tackles it's not very nice. Being a recipient of multiple head shots through these kind of hits I'm now unable to participate in the game that I love so much. I constantly suffered from migrains dizziness and nuisea. Common sense and reviews into the act of intent makes great common sense to me. Wally the king Lewis is a prime example of what can happen from repeated head blows.

[@whiteboyjared529]

you should have played touch if you didn't think you were going to get hit..... the game is what it is and has always been, a gladiator sport.... my uncle had 2 hip replacements after playing for the Roosters in the 70's, a broken jaw from a punch in the scrum, its tough, even as a schoolboy I broke my nose 12 times, broken wrist and concussion often...... all sports have risks, stuff the insurance companies they are ruining the game..... stiff arm and spear tackles aside, the bin is there to deal with the rest...

[@donkereopa2039]

Bullshit

[@paperboy...8667]

​@@whiteboyjared529 Nutter

[@Opian008]

Talking about consistency, what about the Broncos game with Jesse Arthurs. Initially got a penalty, you can see Granville's shoulder hit Arthurs in the chin/cheek (accidental of course), we lose Arthurs for a Category 1 HIA and potentially lose him for this week as well but then the Bunker overrules the on field ref saying there was no contact with the head so the penalty is also taken away from the Broncos and it is play on..........so why did we just lose a good player for a few weeks to HIA if there was no contact with the head? As everyone says we just want consistency and this was the first game Saturday, immediately after the two send offs we had the night prior!

[@Tully_23_32]

We can't blame the on field refs, blame the bunker. Credit where it's due to Jason D & his brutally honest comments about his Bunnies in the presser. It's so refreshing to see a coach actually praise the ref, touchies & bunker against his own side coz then u compare Jas to Ivan. U see in Ivan's pressers why his players are the arrogant upstarts they are. Look the Riff are a brilliant side & the most dominant side for the last 4/5 years but with that comes with humility & it's starts at the top. Ivan's as arrogant as his players & do we even need to speak about Luai? The Riff are the Storm of a decade ago, the NRL's protected species. If Nelson hit Luai in a reverse scenario not only would've Nelson been sent but Ivan would've blown up & the talk once again would be about protecting the playmakers, the little men like Joey craps on about constantly like a broken record.

[@thestoicwhinger]

Best comment here. 100% spot on

[@toranaxu1601]

I remember the days when rugby league players mocked football players for playing a girls sport, now look where rugby league is at the moment, players taking dives at the slightest hit, crying to the referee as soon as someone scores. It’s turned me off watching, I think the women even are putting the men to shame at the moment.

[@scruffy74]

Why do the send offs receive a one week suspension while the sin bin gets three? Presumably being sent off indicates that it’s the worst tackle?

[@sammydavis5628]

It's the third offense for Burgess so he gets a longer suspension because of that.

[@scruffy74]

@@sammydavis5628 ah ok that makes sense. Thanks for the answer :)

[@tevitapasikala8493]

Good on ya Gordy. Leave the head alone

[@grantwood1086]

i support the Panthers and tbh i think Luai should have been sat down and suspended for that hit for sure... i feel like if you get someone directly in the head then you sit down.. irrelevant of how big or small you are...

[@Taniwha123]

All cheap shots, intent or not. get down and tackle, it's not just the head, but the attention around the neck - caused by wrestling, that's what I'm sick of, good on the refs, this might force players to lower and actually tackle again. Good eg. The abolishment of the hip drop, has caused players to tackle low with their legs away from the player. if your taller than another player you have to adjust, and you can still get the same result of a stinging tackle. Players have become lazy in the 2 up 1 low tackling system, causing it to become dangerous. It's time to start tackling again, not wrangling players like cattle

[@imalwaysright]

🎯🎯

[@ronanrogers4127]

Burgess wasn’t a cheap shot. That was chest to chest, with force. The impact caused whiplash but there was no direct contact to the head.

[@CTA12356]

Most if not all has the player falling in the tackle… they weren’t cheap shots

[@Taniwha123]

@@ronanrogers4127 maybe not, but he's got to lower himself,, he still hit him in the jaw, they just paused it, with his shoulder on his jaw

[@Taniwha123]

@@CTA12356 really, it's taller guys not lowering themselves to tackle...and C,mon Burgess does this alot. In union they all sendoffs

[@zaccbruv3693]

Penrith are protected species 😂

[@leannecaton1673]

Tom Burgess always plays dirty.

[@whiteboyjared529]

They were all sin bins..... let's get some consistency, there was no stiff arms or spear tackles involved, there was intent but that's rugby league for you.

[@HeftyReefs]

Golden boy luai gets away with it

[@julianalderson3938]

Yer clockstasd was high. I think

[@texan-rp4wc]

what about that elbow from manly 14 on roosters 15?

[@robd3529]

Bring back the 5 min sin bin

[@coala1980]

Brown clear send off,titans player head collusion can happen and the third one just penalty nothing more.

[@jamesmatheson5115]

I see a lot of send offs in the modern game, its total BS, unless there is intent to harm, then its not a send off, RL today is quickly becoming Touch Football, if they were penalised for a ball and all tackle because his chest or shoulder touched his head, then its time to make every player wear head gear, RL is turning into a girls game, they dont have the same issues in RU.

[@julianalderson3938]

Tell the fulla whos been knocked out. Buzz

[@andrewturk6562]

Look the bottom line is has been footballers are coming out crying about there head nocks and so on

[@sharp3y333]

Over this game

[@stag718]

The NRL has lost the plot!

[@gerardroll6468]

That’s obvious to us fans but clearly NOT to the NRL. Some clubs’ players get let off lightly (punishment wise) while others absolutely cop it.

[@gerardroll6468]

@RAM_845 … Yeah, they tend to view where the teams are on the ladder before deciding on punishments, especially this close to the finals. I’m a Tigers fan (yes, mental help is coming 🤪) but even their women’s side are more entertaining to watch than the men’s team 👍😂. The NRL obviously want teams making the playoffs to be at full strength so they can make more money from the games than weaken them by suspending players.

[@BrettGrady-vf4kx]

​@@gerardroll6468bring back Madge!

[@DarrenYoung-vt9ic]

They lost the plot 10 years ago

[@fu8713]

EXACTLY !

[@lexchambers8329]

luai left the ground and hit him in the face not to mention it was a shoulder charge witch is not allowed

[@deadlycob6910]

It's the panthers bra😂

[@BrettGrady-vf4kx]

Yeah but you got to go to work tomorrow morning!

[@nikhilpatel981]

Oh don't worry the Panthers need to do 3peat. They are allowed to do that. 😂

[@SlaintheMhath]

He hardly hit the top of the head with his upper arm, Romy was in more danger than Nelson. Which not witch.

[@TheJuanvegas]

I love the fact because Laui is small, and Solomona is big, try say "that's nothing". He leaves the ground, leads with shoulder to the head, even worse I that th defender can't put up the bumpers like the other examples. If it had been the other way around, Solomona wouldn't play again this year. Absolute flops

[@yossarianrespawned2465]

Nelson broke Wade Egans jaw with a forearm drop to the face and didn't get anything lmao

[@fitysense]

Did Kenty get a send off for his high shots? I just want some consistency in the media coverage if the players had done the same things as Kenty?

[@michaelolofsson8558]

Of course he did that's why he's MIA

[@tommacpherson5852]

The fact Panthers don't get penalised and it's ruled a Storm knock on is absolutely insane. Then a couple sets later, Harry Grant collects someone on the shoulder and it's penalised. Panthers need to stop being treated like endangered species. Maybe then they'd have some more competitive match ups with the rest of the comp...

[@AndrewinAus]

Oh I think you would have to do more than that to "have some more competitive matchups' you would have to dismantle Panthers junior program which is holding up half of the junior development for the entire comp.

[@taiyonatiare7918]

Even so they wouldn’t have more competitive match ups 💀 it’s really only Brisbane, bunnies and maybe the warriors

[@healthymindhealthybody9692]

100% Remember the Luai hair pull? That player got suspended , but then 2 weeks later, Luai did a hair pull Dominic Young , with dreadlocks in his hand that he shook away because they were stuck to his hands , but the ref didn't see anything. Yet Cleary has done the same thing about 8 weeks ago. The ref didn't see either, but all the talk in the media on how he was lucky to get away with it !!! I am personally sick of seeing the ref's/Match committee being paid off from the Panthers , there is literally no other explanation . Unless you can explain something I don't know?

[@TimTamGaming]

@@healthymindhealthybody9692I can explain it. You, like most of the league, can’t accept that Penrith are a level above, so you pretend that referee incompetence is actually a conspiracy…

[@healthymindhealthybody9692]

@@TimTamGaming You keep pretending that's the answer 🤣🤣

[@Grimasaurus]

Everyone should know that Panthers are a protected species and can do whatever they want.

[@stokersruleok5863]

🤡

[@shanewilson199]

Luai is for sure. You can push a ref, come in late with a shoulder and not suffer any sort of punishment.

[@brettmcgowan8634]

Jerome luai can do what ever he wants to any player, and he makes sure the referees know as well. Bloody joke!!!

[@SlaintheMhath]

He got fined $3000 and he was fined $1800 after he pushed the ref and immediately apologised when he realised it was the touchie.@@shanewilson199

[@Hullabaloo23]

Wasn’t too long ago a certain Storm team were the protected just goes to show how fickle refs and fans are really😂

[@kers225abk2]

Luai is a shoulder charge through and through, even left the ground to make it count. Ridiculous to say its not a sin bin or send off.

[@healthymindhealthybody9692]

OMG and I thought of was the only one that saw it as clear as day . Touching ref's ,pulling hair , hip drops , ankle twists , eye gouging, gloating about loosing in SOO when does it come to an end . LITERALLY THE WORST PLAYER IN NRL

[@calvindusava5912]

Buzz right.. consitancy is all we want

[@daleviker5884]

Well you need to follow another sport because in any game refereed by humans you will never get two people who see a fast-moving 360° impact involving multiple parties in exactly the same way. Every tackle is unique, so by definition "consistency" is a meaningless concept. People who say they want "consistency" just mean that they want other people to see the same things they do, while ignoring the aspects that make a tackle different from others. These guys on the panel all see tackles differently, yet it doesn't dawn on them how ridiculous it is that they then demand that others agree 100% on every minor detail.

[@yossarianrespawned2465]

Gordon Tallis forced to retract his defamatory comments, another L for the gang

[@struandickson9082]

NRL officials have to be clear that shoulder contact to the head is off. Then just keep with it, instead of enforcing intermittently throughout a season.

[@stokersruleok5863]

I have been watching this game since 1972 when the great Manly team won!! I was 9 years old. This game today is a disgrace., I switch off as soon as the forward passes are allowed to flow. A knock is when a ball bounces towards the opponents goal one. But every ball that hits the ground the whistle goes? WTF!

[@whiteboyjared529]

Yep it ain't the great game it once was...... my uncle palyed for the Roosters in that GF....

[@satisfactory3368]

There need to be a massiv ecrackdown on forward passes

[@FatPanda24]

NAS comes straight off after that hit, looked concussed. Commentary team even say "NAS looks tired" because he walks off groggy. Ref let Penrith play the set and no advantage at all

[@movieklump]

When I was a kid I used to watch shows like this talk about inconsistencies. And so did every kid in every sport. Perfection and humanity are oxymorons.

[@shanewilson199]

Spot on comment. Got to generate content though.

[@daleviker5884]

Yep, this show is truly pathetic. They just generate fake controversy to sell newspapers. "All I want is consistency" says the dribbler Rothfield, as if every human being sees exactly the same thing on every incident. They show a series of incidents where these four panelists can't agree on anything, yet they can't grasp the irony of them demanding that a bunch of officials agree on everything to four decimal places, all the time. You are never going to have eight humans see and think exactly the same thing, and only idiots carry on about it the way these clowns do.

[@mr33spitnbarz28]

360 has had the tigers in their headlines all year with made up rifts, rumours, and nonsense. For the second time this year the refs have cost the tigers wins against the raiders in both games. Yet not a squeak out of any of these muppets! These 4 are the biggest flogs that the nrl wouldn’t notice if none of the 4 woke up tomorrow

[@BrettGrady-vf4kx]

How so cost the Tigers on the weekend?

[@Hullabaloo23]

You had me then instantly lost me as soon as you mentioned the Tigers lol

[@kennethbarrington5773]

Can’t believe Jerome didn’t get a suspension!!

[@Kyrie501]

I'd suggest making it a touch comp but at this point, that'd still be too dangerous.

[@buddysally886]

😂

[@paperboy...8667]

dumb

[@arturoapilado8188]

That's why Penrith is on top because ref favourite

[@nameless1873]

Its hard to be consistent when its calls made by different refs they all would have seen it different exactly the same as 4 different people watch the same thing and could have different views and opinions

[@MrJuninho11]

"Penlaty" You'd think fox league would do a spell-check especially for the thumbnail

[@gerardroll6468]

I reckon the comments section will just about explode with differing views & opinions on this topic 💥😜💥

[@hellagood67]

The NRL has shown that they don’t give a flying about the players or the fans. Fair enough about concussions, but come on….we just want consistency. If we don’t have refs, there’s no game….BUT referees are not untouchable. They make mistakes, however they seem to be making more glaring and game changing decisions these days. They should be put under scrutiny and challenged, especially when their f-ups are so obvious Blind Freddie can see them. I don’t mean they should be insulted. That’s just rude. But coaches and captains should be able to comment and questions decisions, without being fined.

[@SadéN333]

NRL is getting soft now🤣🤣😂

[@brentondean2094]

Tallas the clown,clearly doesn't remember his time playing and what he got away with

[@kadencampbell2531]

the majority of the inconsistencies stem from the fact that the bunker considers the damage done to the player. if a player stays on the ground for 5 minutes then they’re obviously gonna send them off or bin them because it’s a bad look for the game. but if a player gets straight back up, the consequences are lessened (eg jarome luai). if it’s the exact same tackle, they need to enforce the same consequences regardless of what the tackle did to the player

[@railoperationsofaustralia9027]

Jarome is a protected species.

[@robbariffic]

Nothing wrong with the Luai hit. You can clearly see Big Nelson attack Jerome's shoulder with his head. Play on, nothing to see here 😂

[@michaelwalsh9881]

Laui’s is possibly the worst, he left the ground shoulder charged to the face. On an already tackled player. If the roles were reversed Nelson wouldn’t be playing the rest of the year.

[@jeffdavison3955]

Lets just call it NRL TAG and we can get on with it ...the game is a load of bullshit crap no one knows whats going on its a disaster

[@lachiehutton6526]

As soon as the tackler hits high such to the head should be sent off accident or not

[@nzpiro]

The hit of CNK was definitely a send off chanze was unable to continue

[@sully9438]

Panther double standards well done nrl this is getting ridiculous

[@williammcgechie4504]

Quite right Buzz, if any player kills another player they should only get sinbinned for 10 mins. Harden up NRL ! LOL

[@NZ-ms3vc]

Shoulder to head… red card! Simple solution tackle lower

[@amandstunts]

You forgot Randal high shot on DWS on Report. And the innocuous face swipe that resulted for 10min in the bin for Nikora

[@bondoqbn7318]

Yeah, it all depends on which NRL team is flavoured to win.

[@ikimus]

NRL is rigged anyways.

[@sandorclegane3658]

League in the 90s and naughts when I started watching was absolutely brutal. So much grub behaviour in the tackles. The intensity always leads to grub behaviour. These battering rams have to have a life after league. Stop charging shoulders into heads. Get better at tackling. Go lower. It's a skill issue. Times change and the dinosaurs don't have to worry about CTE.

[@Bruul619]

Luais was the worst of them, he was third man intentionally shouldering the head

[@edwardosanchez94]

these muppets don’t even know if they agree with each other or not hahah

[@mwilkins1644]

The rule is very clear: If a Panther does it, it's okay

[@bjscoular1047]

So easy to fix. Any contact with the head, 10 min. and the four examples show Forceful contact sent off. The problem is we will see 9 on 10. 4-5 sin bins a game, The media and fans whinging. So we don't call it unless some one gets knocked out or some one comes out like the king and says they have CTE.

[@stokersruleok5863]

Then the game is done?

[@bjscoular1047]

@@stokersruleok5863 that's what i mean, its an easy fix but it will destroy the game. one big chicken and the egg situation

[@tommygunrz]

burgess tackle was chest on chest absolutely pathetic from the NRL refs to call this as a 3 week ban

[@erikfraser8082]

Ben Trbojevic could’ve of stopped breathing

[@DjDmt]

Luai was 10 in the bin, shoulder charge to the head 🙄

[@MrMeldarionx]

Luai is a dog. He didn't even attempt a serious tackle.

[@buddysally886]

Only time buzz is right

[@vectorzvideos9396]

Shoulder charge to the head while his arms are held back and lui only gets a fine what the actual f. is this even a professional sport anymore or is the entire nrl run by the panthers?

[@AussiePrisonTalk2878]

The NRL Is Messing With The Game We All Love, They Need To Bring In A CEO Who Lives And Breathes Rugby League And Who Won't Ruin The Game.

[@stokersruleok5863]

It’s in bad shape!

[@AussiePrisonTalk2878]

@RAM_845 I Hear Ya

[@AussiePrisonTalk2878]

@@stokersruleok5863 Facts 💯

[@wolfs1bane]

who is in charge of media on this account. IF you are reading this. up your game, poor poor work

[@TRA-00]

Should be based on leading with the shoulder. Burgess and Mo both led with the chest and got unfortunate with the ball runners head position. If you want to crack down you’d say they are sin bins, to me they are just penalties. Brown leads with the shoulder with intent, but doesn’t necessarily collect him too high so should be a sin bin also. Luai leads with the shoulder with intent and collects NAS on the point of the forehead. Regardless of outcome of the tackle Luai’s probably should’ve been the most likely to be sent off. Should be a 3 point checklist of; Point of contact, leading with the shoulder, and the ball carriers ability to defend themselves. To me a 1 on 1 tackle that goes wrong is a lot less dangerous than defenders joining a tackle while the ball carrier is already wrapped up with no ability to defend themselves I.E Luais tackle. Bringing in “force” as a mitigating factor brings too many negative factors to the game, we should want blokes flying out of the line trying to whack each other because that’s the entertainment factor of the game. Send offs should be purely used for malicious acts and players blatantly playing the game in an unspirited way.

[@japdiver5090]

Here they go again.. the NRL Kardashians --creating fake Drama ---specifically Buzz, Kent, Crawley, Hooper, now add Riccio to the mix.

[@mikehardy1912]

Again the major issue seems to have gone completely over the heads of people. The world has learnt much more about head, neck and more importantly brain concussion effects compared to the past in all sports. In motorsports drivers are sitting out races because of the effects of your head and brain taking a hit even with a helmet on. Its not about being consistent on the field. Nothing is consistent when it comes to brain concussion or those long term effects. Of all those players who were on the receiving end of a head knock, the potential side effects for each of those players won't be consistent it will be very much inconsistent. Sadly those effects on those players won't be known until 5 - 10 years down the track with the most common side effect being depression.. The NRL is moving with the times and its not the 1980s - 1990s anymore. Let's hope the rugby league media machine and the fans also move with the times.

[@StanslaMichael]

Different games? It's the same sport WTF Buzz. The NRL are the ones to blame here and also players making tackles. It's far easier to be standing up straight than it is to get low and go for the ribs, and that's just being lazy. The incidental head contact that comes with colliding together should not be a sin bin, this is the reason players are using to milk for penalties. There needs to be a clear understanding of incidental and intentional head contact with officials. They need to all be in the same room deciding what is what. Until that happens we'll just continue to get, bad calls, lazy tackles, players milking. Kaufusi proved at the beginning of the season how to get low and target the ribs.

[@healthymindhealthybody9692]

Luai puts a shoulder charge with his feet off the ground. In slow motion, his feet are CLEARLY off the ground using the point of his shoulder intentionally at the Melbourne storm player . I don't support either team, but fuk me, it's as obvious as a dog taking a sht .

[@paulkelvau7350]

A whole lot of rubbish from the refs. The refferees seems to winning and loosing games for the nrl clubs. We have 4 idiots, of a reffery , 2 linesman and the bunker. They have a mess in tackles , forward passes resulting tries and list goes on. Have learnt anything??? Load of rubbish...

[@neilhyde3039]

why should a taller man be penalised for purely being taller? you cant just shape up for a chest tackle and because the ball carrier is 1 ft shorter and your chest/shoulder accidentally touches his head you get sent? why not just field a team full of midgets like in american pie naked mile??? and you will every single match! its a joke. and gordon talking about having the right to not have your head hit? wow! hypocrite!

[@peterfairbrother3218]

Gordon has it right, if he was on the field he expects no one to hit him in the head. This should be the standard and all head contacts should be sent off. Just watch the sloppy tackling improve quick smart. At the same time the NRL judiciary needs to be clear on the penalties involved. How about offenders serve a length of time that matches the recovery time of the struck player? If that is six months then so be it!

[@carlosspencer7491]

Not a big fan of halfbacks trying to be Sonny Bill, stick to guiding the team around the paddock, that's why your in the side boy, leave that other stuff to the boppers who don't know better....

[@rocknral]

They are worring too much about the outcome and not the intent. Luai's wad actually the worst in that regard. To think a guy can come flying in with a cocked elbow an miss, he'll get nothing but be an inch closer and break a jaw hell get 10 weeks is ridiculous. Gordy is the only sensible one here.

[@Alakazam551]

Has a team ever won the GF after being beaten by the wooden spoon team during the season? Was just curious hahah

[@BrettGrady-vf4kx]

Penrith this year

[@Alakazam551]

@@BrettGrady-vf4kx Bruh, most likely haha. They're not my team (which should be in finals - Warriors) but at paying over $2 for the GF win still atm might put a 50 or 100 on the Panthers.

[@BrettGrady-vf4kx]

@@Alakazam551 lol yeah still seems good odds. I wussed out of putting $200 on them at 6-4 last year. And they obviously won GF unchallenged.

[@mickconnolly5784]

Nelson didn't get up spewing or pushing or grabbing or anything, so it was like a fly hitting him nothing in it by Nelson reaction

[@chucktaylor759]

The tackling techniques for league is horrible. Defenders need to much lower and also need to be rewarded for a legs tackle rather then a quick play the ball. Bring back the shoulder charge

[@crystaltheresavincen]

How soft as the NRL become series when ever anyone put a big shot on it a penalty the people running the game that ran into the ground and it's clear that they put their own egos before the fans and the Play all they care about his watering down the game so they can get more sponsors which puts more money in their pockets and if something's not done about this soon people are going to give up watching it

[@js854]

Week or two late boys. How does RCG get 4 weeks but super star Harry Grant gets a a fine??? Vale homes gets nothing but sivo gets 4 weeks.

[@jakewalsh9657]

It should be like union they have it spot on its a tiered system 1. Did he get contact to the head 2. Did he try to avoid 3. Was it an aggressive hit. It’s not hard union have had the blueprint for years

[@carlosspencer7491]

As far as consistency in penalties goes, well its obvious the referees are not on the same page so until they come together as one and agree on a suitable punishment for this sort of misdemeanor, the inconsistency will continue....

[@romanlockey2946]

Look it's close to finals do sloppy tackles U should get sent off simple as that but if want tackle lesson get some union guys in to teach proper tackling techniques

[@honeheke1128]

This week another rule change no will get sin binned, forward passes will get called, common sense will come back...

[@ronanrogers4127]

The fly should have been sent off. Burgess was very unlucky, no direct contact, whiplash.

[@jettstream2886]

The bunker is the problem, we're seeing more replays than ads and they're not really consistent with their rulings, and linesman seem to be there for decoration

[@gqakathemagazine6111]

Big time lost the plot. Imperfect game and it’s ok referee makes mistakes as they are human but the players get smashed for mistakes.

[@FT-NWO]

Trial.. NO REF ROUND. i bet it would sort it self out like the old school yard games.