NRL 2018
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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.
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Sneakdefreak said:
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.
Boooooooo
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Sneakdefreak said:
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.
This was entirely predictable. The worst part was the theater making him attend a hearing.
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antipodean said:
Sneakdefreak said:
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.
This was entirely predictable., The worst part was the theater making him attend a hearing.
I’ve just been watching El Chapo on Netflix.
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So shoulder charges are ok again as long as you use the flailing arm away from the shoulder impact...guess the Billy Slater defence could be a go now?
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taniwharugby said:
So shoulder charges are ok again as long as you use the flailing arm away from the shoulder impact...guess the Billy Slater defence could be a go now?
looks a long way away from the front on shoulder charges they used to have - braced shoulders, and the trailing arm nowhere near. If you are at least getting your other arm nearby, you can't put nearly as much energy into it.
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He's not using his right arm in an attempt to tackle or push, it's raised because of the combined action of sprinting over and bracing for impact.
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Bullshit decision but totally expected. I did laugh at the fact the NRL 'prosecutor' was meant to come up with ways that Billy should have effected the tackle. I guess that was part of the lawyers strategy, put the onus on the NRL to provide a 'viable' alternative so they could poke holes in it.
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Anyone on here knows I'm not the biggest Billy Slater fan but his bodycheck on Sosaia Feki is actually not that much different to a number of try saving tackles Roger Tuivasa-Sheck made this season on the goalline for the Warriors. And he is probably going to win the Dally M Medal tonight for it.
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Sneakdefreak said:
Anyone on here knows I'm not the biggest Billy Slater fan but his bodycheck on Sosaia Feki is actually not that much different to a number of try saving tackles Roger Tuivasa-Sheck made this season on the goalline for the Warriors. And he is probably going to win the Dally M Medal tonight for it.
But, I wonder, if it was flipped around and Feki did that tackle on Slater whether he too would have got off?
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Nepia said:
Sneakdefreak said:
Anyone on here knows I'm not the biggest Billy Slater fan but his bodycheck on Sosaia Feki is actually not that much different to a number of try saving tackles Roger Tuivasa-Sheck made this season on the goalline for the Warriors. And he is probably going to win the Dally M Medal tonight for it.
But, I wonder, if it was flipped around and Feki did that tackle on Slater whether he too would have got off?
We all know the answer to that.
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Narrative decision, but in my eyes the common sense one.
Can both these teams lose in gut wrenching circumstances?
