NRL 2018
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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.
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Blimey, just watched the last 3 minutes of the NSW Cup GF. Bulldogs beat the Jets 18-12.
Don’t know how anyone could watch the whole thing though. It would have played too much havoc on my eyes with both having the same shade of blue with white for their playing kit. -
Struggled with last nights game even as a roosters supporter
They derserved the win out of the two teams on the field but not much to like about it other than the defensive effort.
Surely Cronk is doubtful for the GF but at least Mitchell will be back so will have a capable kicker back in the team. Napa back too.
Wow bunnies....not a lot to brain cells between a lot of those guys. Not sure if they had a plan b because plan a really wasn’t working for them last night
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and Luke will need an injury-free barnstorming season to convince anyone to sign him for a bigger or longer term deal. Which isn't a bad thing! Wonder if he is reflecting on how his first two seasons went now...
Hope Lino has success with Newcastle, but not the knock the Warriors out of the 8 in 2019 kind of success!!
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The definition of a shoulder charge is “where a defender does not use, or attempt to use, his arms (including his hands) to tackle or otherwise take hold of the opposing player and the contact is forceful. It will be considered misconduct, if any player affects a tackle in the manner as defined.”
Reckon there might be enough evidence in this photo to suggest there was an attempt to use the arm
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Billy Slater has been found not guilty of a shoulder charge and is free to play in the Grand Final and win the Clive Churchill Medal.
