Quote: bren2k "All teams are doing it now - it's a cynical exploitation of the referee's approach to player welfare, and is often used to take the energy out of an attack, allow the defence to regroup, and wind down some time.
I had this discussion with the Huddersfield interim coach on Twitter recently; he vehemently denied that RL players feign injury to gain an advantage - I think he was being either dishonest, or totally naïve.'"
Totally dishonest it is then seeing as Seb Ikahihifo did it against us the other week as we were about score following a breakaway with the game in the balance. He knew exactly what he was doing and he even smiled at fans as he walked off for his "concussion assessment".
It's rife though and blatant cheating but like someone has already posted how do the officials deal with it. 99 times out of a hundred it's gamesmanship but it's a Peter & the Wolf situation in the one time a referee waves play on because he's sick of the cheating you can guarantee that player will be seriously injured.
