Quote: deepuspannus "Have you read about the 3 clubs in the NRL who all received heavy fines for not removing players from the field who were clearly concussed, Newcastle Knights, St George Dragons and Gold Coast Titans. At least in super league its taken seriously.
Both players will receive bans but in stuarts defence browns legs start to bend just before the contact and therefore hitting him higher than intended.'"
Spot on.
Watched the whole match back twice now & those 2 incidents several times over.
Brown did change step & his body height by bending/ducking etc fractionally before impact, Stewart will get a ban & rightly so, but the late change in body position by Brown did have an effect on the tackle.
Lineham lashing out was both intentional & cynical, ban on it's way also.