Jesus wept Saddened. Take a breath.

He hasn't "Speared his bodyweight through someones knee"

He's tackled somebody hard around the legs in a last ditch, try-saving effort.

It was brave, determined defence.

I've every sympathy for any injuries but it wasn't illegal, it wasn't pre meditated and this over reaction is coming across as increasingly ridiculous.

The fact he did it 4 times suggests it was pre meditated, though. It’s not like he’s made a miscalculation in a desperate attempt to tackle a player. He consistently employed this technique in the tackle as obviously a tactic to nullify the effects of our bigger men. I don’t know how it’s been found to be legal, as far as I’m aware attacking the knee joint has always been illegal but the MRP are probably the worst at their jobs out of anybody in the world.

His technique is outlawed both in the NFL and NRL. Why it wouldn’t be here is just bizarre, but not particularly surprising

Heard a few times now that this has been done 4 times. I haven't seen any footage of incidents 3 or 4. I've seen the Paasi incident and the Walmsley one and I'm confident the MRP made the right call on both.

Nobody has shown these 3rd and 4th incidents yet that I've seen. Have you seen them? Can you supply anything to back up your claims on them?

Genuine question. I am happily defending Asiata on the 2 tackles I've seen. I can't defend 4 incidents when I've not seen 2 of them.

It's all just part of the RFL conspiracy to stop the mighty Saints. Banning them didn't work so now it's injuring them.

I expected this reaction from saddo, judder and the site troll but the reaction from the rest of the family has been quite comical and cheered me right up after Wigan got beat.

I said on here in the week that they've built this narrative that they're hard done to all the time but this goes to another extreme.

are you still crying.move on like Penrith panthers did.hope to see you at wembleigh.enjoy your 6 weeks off school.

your biased go back to your playground.up the leopards.

There are similar tackles every game.

These ones are pretty close to the mark but judged legal by the RFL when examined closely.

The world isn't out to get St Helens and that club and its fans constantly throwing their toys out of the pram every time they lose a big game is really starting to get tiresome.

Wellens mentioned in an interview that Asiata used this technique in round 3.
Why didn't Wellens pursue this at that time?
Obviously, being proactive is not his strength.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvJ8XtyA ... FlZA%3D%3D How anyone can defend those tackles is beyond me. Shoulder deliberately into the knee with no intention of making a tackle. The way he hits paasi, no wonder his knee has been blown to bits.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvJ8XtyA ... FlZA%3D%3D How anyone can defend those tackles is beyond me. Shoulder deliberately into the knee with no intention of making a tackle. The way he hits paasi, no wonder his knee has been blown to bits.

They were desperate attempts to stop the forward momentum of the Saints player, with no thought for self-preservation. I doubt he gave a second's thought to potential injury to Paasi or Walmsley, or himself.