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Bailey Simonsson charged with a Grade 3 High Tackle - Careless offence

Posted by Muttman on March 31, 2023 at 11:08am

Bailey gets 2 weeks with the early guilty plea and 3 weeks if he fights and loses.
I think the club should fight this one.
Whilst I am all for the safety of the ball carrier (no one wants to see anyone injured) this was not direct contact with the head. Once again the NRL are getting spooked by HIA inferences. This was legitimate front-on contact. Yes Tedesco's head rocked forward but the rulling is around direct, forceful contact with the head which this is not. This was direct contact with the chest only.
The Eels have Dunster and Russell who can step in here.
The club needs to take a stand!

https://www.nrl.com/news/2023/01/01/judiciary-report-latest-judiciary-charges-suspension-news-updates-details/

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Nightmare Off-Season March 31, 2023 at 11:10am

The only problem with fighting Simonsons suspension Mutt is we might win.
- LB > Nightmare Off-Season March 31, 2023 at 11:31am
  
  NOS i just choked on my food reading that. My word that was a hilarious call hahahaha.
- Electric Eel 2 > Nightmare Off-Season March 31, 2023 at 3:17pm
  
  GOLD!
Bup March 31, 2023 at 11:18am

Gutho got hit the same way against the sharks , goes off for a HIA .

We scored a try and there's was no penalty or charge. They deadset make it up on the run.

Both instances of the bin last night were rediculous officiating.The Tedesco incident, contact was chest first and Wills incident he was lucky to be a metre offside and didn't get involved but it was seen as a professional foul.

Ive never seen a referee so eager to bin somebody as I did last night and the club should be making a racket about it.
- Darren Munro > Bup March 31, 2023 at 6:07pm
  
  Exactly and that incident cost us the game!!! The very next game same thing the guy gets 10 minutes and suspended.
  
  Ridiculous
BEM March 31, 2023 at 11:20am

They definitely need to fight it. 3 weeks without Simonsson is better than 2 weeks without him.
- LB > BEM March 31, 2023 at 11:32am
  
  OMG!!!! hahahaahahah some of these comments are priceless.
  - Nightmare Off-Season > LB March 31, 2023 at 11:44am
    
    Haha BEM, guess all we can do is laugh LB. At least no one is too worried about the negative impacts of this suspension.
- ParraTrooper47 > BEM March 31, 2023 at 3:19pm
  
  Agree. Simmonsen is a bog average player who occasionally does something good
Nidge March 31, 2023 at 11:25am

Agree. I don't think it was even a penalty. I don't think many of the 10 in the bins are even a penalty. Society has shaped the rules and it's down right bloody awful. Players need to stop lying down too, although I think Teddy was genuinely rocked by that tackle. It's tough to watch now. The NRLis jumping at shadows.