Cleary's ankle broken in preliminary final, with foul play (hip drop tackle). Stretchered off. Ref sends the Knight off because of extreme risk/damage.
Simmonson's ankle broken in Round 5, with foul play (mid air tackle). Stretchered off. Ref sends the Tiger to the sin bin for 10 mins, after telling bunker "it looks bad".
Luckily there is not a double standard where some teams are take care of and others have to fend for themselves. Sarcasm emoji's galore.
Double standard or the new standard?
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A mate of mine said it was because of the injruy
Right ok, what about Hopgood tearing his ACL from same tackle?
Sorry but if that was Jack Cogger, it's a sin bin and hear nothing of it
Deadset like a wake in the Fox studios. Like he's died waiting for an in memoriam.
When we start having punishments dictated by the player you hurt, that sets a dangerous precedent.
Your mate only got it partially right, he deliberately dropped his weight landing with force on clearys leg with high risk of serious injury.
That is a send off, if it was moses instead of cleary all you guys would be screaming send off.
Well of course it was due to the injury. But as have the sin bins.
I disagree JC. Again, how many of those tackles have we seen where players have lost a season and it's only a sin bin?
It was because it was Cleary that led to the reaction of a send off.
How do you know it was deliberate dropping? Regardless, hip drop penalties do NOT require intent to be established. The ref mentioned outcome. Hence the double standard arises where same outcome gets different penalties
Yep, LB, it looks like who the player is mattered.
Totally agree , reporters sensationalise faarkin everything about Cleary, didn't break ya neck so move the fuck on
Double standard for sure. I'm so sick of the soyboys running the game. To me that was unavoidable like most hip drops. Sending someone off for accidentally falling on someone's leg is peak stupidity.
I've actually seen worse hip drops and so was expecting sin bin
If he accidentally fell, yeah, but he didn't accidentally fall, he deliberately dropped his weight.
As you can argue Couchman on Hopgood as an example.
JC, if that was Jack Cogger do you think that would have been a send off? Find unlikely.
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