NRL 2018
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I have no love for slater or Melbourne, but missing a GF for a shoulder charge to the shoulder of another bloke that doesn't hurt him seems like a gross injustice
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@mariner4life Refs should have given a penalty try to Cronulla or send Billy to the sin bin for a professional foul though. That's what the NRL will say on Monday.
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Another grand final appearance for Melb , 3 in a row , hasn’t been easy this year either with losing Cronk and injuries , awesome effort
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@mariner4life it wasnt your classic shoulder charge. His left arm was up , it just didn’t wrap around. I think he should be fine. How good did he play though. Why is he retiring
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@chchfanatic has had a lot of injuries the last few years , and wants to put more time into his other passion , racehorses
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Bovidae said:
Slater is also 35.
yeah his body is cooked , plays injured a lot more than people know about
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This could be it for the mighty Melbourne Storm dynasty: Cam Smith is hinting that he might ride off into the sunset too if the Storm win another Grand Final:
Smith hints he may retire after grand final
Melbourne Storm skipper Cameron Smith has dropped a bombshell ahead of next week’s grand final, declaring he could retire at the end of the season.
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Sneakdefreak said:
This could be it for the mighty Melbourne Storm dynasty: Cam Smith is hinting that he might ride off into the sunset too if the Storm win another Grand Final:
Smith hints he may retire after grand final
Melbourne Storm skipper Cameron Smith has dropped a bombshell ahead of next week’s grand final, declaring he could retire at the end of the season.
Hands up who would begrudge the big man his chance to finish up on top?
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Bovidae said:
Slater has an out now if the Roosters beat Souths as Friend's tackle was bad.
4-4 at HT.
I don’t know, on the replay I actually thought Inglis helped that look worse. Hard to explain without stills and arrows but it’s the way Inglis ducked his head.
Not that Friend would be missed. He’s a grub of a player.
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The quality of this game is very poor. Pressure is high no doubt but both teams might as well have Warriors jersies on with the number of errors in the second half.
Now a Barrett-esque miss from right in front by the Roosters.
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Reynolds is having an absolute mare.
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Haha Reynolds needed to take a couple of seconds to compose himself.
Game over.
The NRL fairytale is complete - Cronk vs Storm.
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Shit game won by the roosters line speed and not much else
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@act-crusader Inglis is a dog. It happens whenever he is lifted. He ducks his head to make it look worse. He whinged the whole 80 minutes too. What’s happened to Sam burgess , another terrible game from him.
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Friend was the third man in the tackle and lifted Inglis' legs. I think it was worse than Slater's "tackle". They'll both get off the charges.
@ACT-Crusader Cook was terrible as well, summed up by the forward pass near the end of the game.
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I dont think anyone thinks the slater tackle is malicous , but under the letter of the law he may find himself in trouble ,
here in AFL land melbourne , locals are scratching their heads saying ,
are you kidding , he may miss a GF for that , isnt Rugby ( both codes are rugby here ) supposed to be a tough mans game .
That is classed as a fair bump in AFL .
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kiwiinmelb said:
I dont think anyone thinks the slater tackle is malicous , but under the letter of the law he may find himself in trouble ,
here in AFL land melbourne , locals are scratching their heads saying ,
are you kidding , he may miss a GF for that , isnt Rugby ( both codes are rugby here ) supposed to be a tough mans game .
That is classed as a fair bump in AFL .
Yeah. But class tackling around the legs as the most incredibly dangerous thing in the world.
