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“We are but visitors on this planet. We are here for ninety or one hundred years at the very most. During that period, we must try to do something good, something useful with our lives. If you contibute to other people's happiness, you will find the true goal, the true meaning of life.”
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First of all I would agree with most and say that in watching the game for over 40 years I haven't seen much worse than happened on Saturday. It was a very nasty incident and should be dealt with severely. I also have no time for the primate who coaches wigan.
I do however feel that hysteria has taken over and the rfl should be left to deal with this.
I cant help but draw comparisons with a young Barry Mc who had issues with discipline and the tackle (elbow) on Paul Sironen was an absolute shocker. What I'm saying is that Barry moved on and became a Rhinos legend and GB international. I think that flower can do the same but not at Wigan. He needs a fresh start in a good environment and Leeds would be as good as anywhere.
Not condoning what he did but we need to move on.
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Had Cassidy tried to tackle Morley properly he'd probably been the one on the floor needing the physio, Morley ran in like a f**king steam train.
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| Quote: craigizzard "Not sure why McCormack had to zigzag off the field with tweety birds flying round his head if it didn't connect.'"
Because Morley simply ran over him his swinging arm missed by quite a wide margin - if he had connected then McCormack could have been seeing stars for a prolonged period |
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Quote: Sal Paradise "Because Morley simply ran over him his swinging arm missed by quite a wide margin - if he had connected then McCormack could have been seeing stars for a prolonged period'"
He missed him? Are you Stevo? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HCyzM0V4pk |
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Quote: Sal Paradise "Because Morley simply ran over him his swinging arm missed by quite a wide margin - if he had connected then McCormack could have been seeing stars for a prolonged period'"
He missed him? Are you Stevo? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HCyzM0V4pk | |
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| Quote: craigizzard "He missed him? Are you Stevo?
I've watched that many times in the past, still got the whole game on video somewhere. Morely misses completely with the swinging arm, the damage is done by Morely hitting McCormack at full tilt with his chest/shoulder right between McCormack's shoulder blades. It's a whiplash injury that puts McCormack out. Have to agree with Sal, Morley just ran over the top of him at full speed.
It was dangerous and there was obviously a massive arm swinging but it was, at the time, a legal contact. I don't remember any citation for Morely, but couldn't be 100% sure of that. I can understand why the Wigan players might have been unhappy, but the Cassidy shot could have done horrific damage to Morely if it had been 3-4 inches lower. I also genuinley believe Morely never ran or hit as hard after that in a Leeds shirt. He was, until that incident, a complete monster in that game. One of the most dominant spells I have ever seen by a forward, with the ball and on defence. Martin Massala and Darryl Powell were also on fire that day.
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| Quote: DHM "I also genuinley believe Morely never ran or hit as hard after that in a Leeds shirt. He was, until that incident, a complete monster in that game. One of the most dominant spells I have ever seen by a forward, with the ball and on defence. '"
I'd agree with that. I watched a game that season in a pub in Bradford when you played the Bulls. Morley was unstoppable, the Bulls fans were up in arms due to the physicality. He was never quite as dominant & I often wondered whether it was the rest of the game catching up or the Cassidy incident. |
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