Quote: bren2k "You know that's not right Gronk - those types of tackles happen all the time; what defines the outcome is how the defenders deal with it. In this instance, he went above the horizontal and was lowered to the ground by Briggs, to prevent harm.'"
Wakefield must play some bizarre tactics if players are faced with the prospect of being dumped on the top of their heads every week!
Briggs was the one doing the lifting, he had the intent to drop Youngquest, his team mate was the one who put Youngquest down safely.
Quote: bren2k "Try as you might, I don't think you can get Rangi off this one; it was a horrible, reckless challenge and a part time player has been left unable to make a living for the coming few months. Your man should have the book thrown at him in my view - no place for that kind of thuggery in RL, the game is tough enough as it is.'"
What happened to Ropati is an occupational hazard, it was a reckless challenge but I stand by the fact he didn't mean to do it, if you look at it in slow mo and try and ignore the outcome and who Chase plays for you will see the only contact with Ropati is with Chase's bicep, so to do the damage it did, he must have hit him in a weak spot. You would also see Ropati changes angles just before impact, it goes from a head to head to Chase hitting a lowered Ropati from slightly to one side.
Thuggery is what McGoldrick did, that was a pre-determined strike to someone's face with an elbow, Chase's was an unfortunate accident and one he will cop a ban for.
