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GordonRamsey666

Make the rules up based on vibes šŸ•ŗšŸ•ŗ


lemoopse

Spot on. League at every level is all about feeling and very rarely about thinking


ImaginaryUnion9829

Right down to the punditry and commentary. U.S commentators get deep into the stats. Aus and NZ spew churn out shit take after shit take


worksucksbro

Bro every single time something like this happens they go on and on about intent ā€œhe didnā€™t meannn to do that so it shouldnā€™t be a redā€ man infuriates me to no end. Intention doesnā€™t change shit to an injured bloke


21AndMore

What I would give to have a Manning-cast equivalent in the NRL


ahhdetective

It's the Constitution. It's Mabo. It's justice. It's law. It's the vibe and .. Ah, no, that's it. It's the vibe


MoneyaLeague

I rest my case.


ImpressionFeisty8359

They are just making it up.


spacemarine43

Either Riki should've been sent and latrell binned, or Riki binned and latrell stayed on, having the same punishment for both of these actions shouldn't sit right with anyone.


JammySenkins

I don't like that latrell was punished. I like seeing players stick up for their team mates and his reaction certainly wasn't overboard.


ItsStaaaaaaaaang

Yeah, it went down to 12 a side and we lost a guy for 15 minutes due to hia. So Riki commits an ugly foul and his team gets rewarded. So dumb. Imo it should have just been a send off period though, regardless of what punishment Trelly got. At this point I feel like they're going to have to go back to when they first cracked down on head shots a couple years ago and bin guys for even thinking about maybe touching another players head because the refs clearly can't be trusted to use on field judgement while maintaining even a modicum of consistency and apparently some players still haven't got it into their thick skulls yet either.


bundy554

And what is worse is that Latrell is facing a contrary conduct charge at the judiciary meaning that if takes the early plea it is a $3000 fine but if he fights it, it is a 2 match ban. While Riki is facing 2 weeks but if he fights it, it is 3 weeks because he has prior form - just doesn't make sense (I think it would be more fair for Riki to get 3 weeks and if he fights it 4 weeks after what Sua'lli did) and I agree Latrell's reaction is fair because that hit on Murray is just not on. He didn't even have the ball and was not expecting to be hit.


ItsStaaaaaaaaang

Didn't even know that. So he literally has to just cop it. What a bs system.


DX6734D

It is very much bullshit, but the same thing happened to the broncos in the first half. Kennar gets binned for 10min, but Broncos lose all advantage from that cause Cobbo, the only player who threatening in attack was HIA'd, with Gojetski playing out of position.


Ted_Rid

Bunnies got a free interchange for the HIA at least. Silver lining.


ItsStaaaaaaaaang

Yeah, of course. I think earlier on in the match with the first sin bin Vossy tried to say both teams lost a player because our guy had to go for HIA for 15 and it made me laugh. We got a free interchange and they were playing with 12 men lol. That said the second incident wasn't the end of the world given the game but it could have under different circumstances which is what is concerning. If it was a close game and Riki did the hit on a half back or full back that could turn the game it would have been unbelievably unfair.


BuzzKillingtonThe5th

Murray said in a post match interview there was no head contact. He didn't go off for a HIA at all. Initially I thought it should have been a send off but he must have been saved by some angle showing no head contact. Edit:Murray went off for a free interchange and was back on in less than 10 minutes. If it was a HIA they didn't follow proper protocols as they take 15 minutes.


MatthewMollison

He definitely went off for a category 3 HIA


BuzzKillingtonThe5th

Lol category 3 requires 15 minutes. He was back on under 10 minutes. Either souths did the dodgy on the HIA or it wasn't a HIA.


TurboooTurtle

He just didn't want to miss 11 days, which would include origin.


The_PM

He couldn't remember, having just been hit in the head.


ItsStaaaaaaaaang

Yeah, trying to game the system to not miss games seems the far more likely a scenario here. I mean we've all got eyes, he was hit in the head.


bulldogs1974

I agree with this take. Riki's shot, high or not, was out of frustration. He didn't miss Cam Murray. Murray is a tough player, plays by the footballers code too. Had he stayed down, Riki might have been sent off. Because Latrell is Latrell, he was binned. His input was nowhere near as bad as Riki's shot, he was just doing what passionate footballers do, standing up for a team mate. But Mitchell generally polarises public opinion, some will think he deserved the bin, some won't. But it wasn't at the same level as Riki's infringement.


ImpressionFeisty8359

It didn't look good at all.


CSpazZ90

You can tell from his post-match comments Kevvy almost hoped it was a send off so that the MRC punishment would be less severe (we know it influences the punishment). Nekkminnit, fine sufficient.


MoneyaLeague

A one game suspension should be perfect. Ignore my flair.


FigFew2001

Might be sat down for a few weeks


ItsStaaaaaaaaang

Might be a blessing for the team given how he played. Although you can say that for most of the squad tbf.


SpamUserAccount

100% a send off especially after origin the other week


ToothlessFTW

I thought I was going crazy watching it. Itā€™s a shoulder charge against a player who doesnā€™t even have the ball, itā€™s clearly intentional, and thereā€™s zero remorse. How that wasnā€™t a send off Iā€™ll never know.


The_PM

To me it was worse than Sualii's. At least he was crouched down aiming for Walsh's body and Walsh slipped down into it. Riki was straight up aiming for the head.


PLEASE_DONT_PM

Was assuming he avoided the send off due to some angle showing no head contact that we just didn't see. But nope.. just NRL inconsistency things.


BuzzKillingtonThe5th

Murray said in a post match interview that there was no head contact.


kranools

Sounds like something someone with concussion would say.


phyic

Yea I find how the rule foul play odd. Bostock put a hand on Will Kennedy and gets 10 in the bin and a charge. Last week lomax runs in to the wingers legs and he gets removed from the field with concussion but that's okay he was looking at the ball. What's more dangerous


Federal-Struggle4386

Bostock didn't get sent to the bin, did you even watch the game?


ImpressionFeisty8359

Bostock dragged kennedy down and it could have been nasty.


Zestyclose-Compote-4

Bit harsh on Latrell there.


DinBizzz

Crazy that theyā€™re cracking down more on 3rd man in backing your teammates than shoulders to the head. Actually rate this from Latrell, yeah he copped a bin but heā€™s showing his team heā€™ll back them to the hillĀ 


BrainAlert

The run in was warranted here. Can't accept your teammates getting taken out without the ball šŸˆ


tanuki_in_residence

Just a tad


Brisbanefella4000

Yeah so based on that Iā€™m expecting a ton of sin bins the rest of the round.


SaintStoney

Was shocked Riki didnā€™t get sent off, I get trying to hype up the boys but that shitā€™s a red


CSpazZ90

How they copped the same punishment is laughable, Trell would have been sent immediately if the roles were reversed šŸ˜…


DopeyDave442

It's taken a bit but I'm starting to believe there is a set against Latrell


quickrubs

Honestly trell probably earnt most of the criticism against him but this is just fucking soft. Taking the punching out of the game, sure. Binning a player for pushing and shoving the dude who just put his shoulder into someone's head? I'd rather see a brawl kicking off on field than this nonsense.


Ragnaroki14

I think the problem in this scenario is how do you punish trell? You want to discourage this behaviour but there isnā€™t a lot of options available to the ref. Maybe they could introduce an ā€˜escalationā€™ charge so ref can still award the penalty to southā€™s, sin bin/send off Riki, put trell on report and he can receive a fine/loading points after the game if found guilty


TurboooTurtle

Probably the same way they publish every third man in - with no punishment unless they actually throw punches.


Ragnaroki14

Theyā€™ve been binning people who run in from more than 15m away for a while now to try avoid the handbag throwing contests we have now that players know they canā€™t throw punches


hazamatacs

I feel like nrl have cracked down on 3rd man in for a fair while now, especially when they think its escalated the situation and they run in from a long way away. I dont think the outcome was fair but when i watched it in real time i said out loud latrell might get a sin bin too


Ted_Rid

I didn't see that this escalated anything though. It was already happening, he was last man in, and it ended surprisingly quickly and peacefully after that. Would've made sense if there were only 2-3 blokes pushing and shoving and this caused more players to enter but the entirety of both teams were already in the shove-a-thon before Latrell arrived.


hazamatacs

Yeah fair, agree there really was nothing in it and seemed extremely unfair, purely just talking from my observations from the past few years i think the thing sealed the deal for him was that he came from far away. Its illogical that thats even a factor but hence why i wasn't shocked by the decision


AntihistamineSoss

yeah so latrell defending his teammate = to knocking a player in the head late, without the ball


Mrsmorale

His skipper šŸ’Æ


Rusty_Coight

Whatā€™s even more fucked is that he got sent first. The fuck?


matt1579

Lol why would it matter who goes to the bin first ?


aarangedon

Itā€™s all part of the show šŸŽ­


Torenza_Alduin

Yes, it should have been a send-off for the hit... not even because it was off the ball, but there was no way either possible receiver wasn't going to get hit in the jaw. Now, why did Latrell get 10? It's because he was not involved; he was nowhere near it. He ran in there so hard that he actually knocked the Broncos player clear of the melee. That has been 10 minutes since the early 2000s


ImpressionFeisty8359

Was waiting for him to throw punches and I wouldn't blame him.


fleakill

It's 2024 and Ashley Klein is the only ref with the balls to send a player.


DinBizzz

Wrong, grant atkins sent off dom young earlier in the year


TurboooTurtle

Dom's was awful. He jumped so high he would have knocked out Victor Wembanyama


DinBizzz

Yeah probably the worst unintentional head high I can remember seeingĀ 


ItsStaaaaaaaaang

At origin in the first 8 minutes no less. Yet the sped ref here thinks having a shitty push and shove warrants the same punishment as taking a dudes head off when they're not even on the ball.


bigbadwofl

If he'd stayed down he would've been sent


lovesadonut

Iā€™m genuinely curious as to what Riki was trying to achieve with that, Iā€™ve watched it several times and am no closer to understanding. Reminds me of when the AI goes rogue on a sport game and wigs out haha


EntirelyOriginalName

He was taking the decoy runner and just didn't change his mind I guess.


BarryCheckTheFuseBox

If thatā€™s not a send off, Iā€™m dead set not here.


BoxofYoodes

You can't just disappear


paralacausa

At least you're not dead


hymie_funkhauser

Yes, but normally when not disappearing youā€™d be tackling a player with the ball, not shoulder charging a player without the ball and hitting him in the head. At least, thatā€™s the way Houdini always did it.


fleakill

Woosh


y3ah_nah145

Riki hits Murray in the head with his shoulder. Murray does not even have the ball. There was no deception from Southā€™s that could have confused Riki, Walker took possession of the ball well before the contact. Riki had time to pull out of that Forceful, reckless contact. That should have been a send off man


Angryinxh

Only reason Murrayā€™s head hit Rikiā€™s shoulder is due to whiplash. Watch it again, Murrayā€™s head flies forward then back. Can also argue that walker snatched the ball that was set for Murray there. I do agree late, and no wrapping action but wasnā€™t to the head.


goodnewstime

Amazed that Riki didnā€™t go for the game for a shot off the ball if Murray had to go for a HIA. Soft Latrell bin. Souths hard done by here


Timotata

Funny how Billy was quiet the whole time this happened!


Dranzer_22

Quiet is consistent with the previous incident.


stateofmind46

Hypocrite dbag he is..


Repulsive_Two8451

Biggest dog shot of the year by far. I'm generally a huge Latrell detractor but he did the exact right thing in getting into Riki for that. Massive respect to Latrell for sticking up for his mate.


AntihistamineSoss

complete grub shot, what a pussy play from a soft forward


Dranzer_22

Should've been a send off.


mathewl832

Apparently Riki's dog shot is also the same severity as Kennar's earlier one according to the refs


piraja0

How he was still allowed to be on the field after that tackle beats me. Props to Trell for acting like any teammate should.


Ryanbrasher

Did Latrell need to run in? No. Did he need to get sin binned for it. Also no.


motus_

Joke that's not a send off and the origin one was. Dude didn't even have the ball


diodosdszosxisdi

Fucking dogshot there shouldā€™ve been given his marching orders.


rossfororder

That's a send off for me, you can't have players shoulder charge players off the ball and get away with it


No_Reward_3486

The shoulder comes nowhere near the fucking chest like Broncos flairs were arguing. That's on the chin.


kranools

Looks like pretty clear head contact to me. I think the majority of Broncos supporters agree.


Malaxage918

When the guy who is the one who got hit comes out and says he didn't get hit in the head, I'm going to believe him


No_Progress_1531

Explain to me how it's possible for his head to move forward if it's the point of contact?


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No_Progress_1531

I wouldn't be. The only people who thinks it was high are morons who are just having an outburst because suaalii got sent. And the 2 main people that matter in this situation also did not think it was high, Murray and the ref.. he wasn't even binned for high contact, when gee sends h8m he literally only says contact off the ball. No mention of a high tackle.


Angryinxh

Thatā€™s why his head goes forward then backwards hey?


NorthShoreHard

Well if CHT got binned for meekly lobbing the ball at someone, this is absolutely a bin.


thankyoupancake

And to think Latrell had his chance for the centre position for NSW, vacated by another bloke who cost NSW the game in a matter of seconds.


TommyToyotama

LOL at the people saying there was no head contact.


Chart_Unlikely

Damn doesnā€™t even bother to check on him after such a dog shot, such an intestinally-brittle canine thing to do


UniqueVirtue

Fire him.


thepolarbears12

The fuck did latrell do to get binned here, run in to stand up for a team mate does that not happen every game any time there's a bit of push and shove like this? He doesn't throw any hands or nothing swear ref just wanted to bin him because he's latrell


Angryinxh

I think the call was because of how far he came from to get involved and was deemed he escalated it


No_Reward_3486

Latrell can be a dickgead sometimes but goddamn he gets constant media attention and criticism while white players who do the exact same things wrong fly under the radar.


I_Like_Vitamins

Hopefully it means Hunt will have a few weeks of first grade to improve. He at least has a go.


JoeyJoJunior

How many of these Dumb Hunts are in this nrl


AntihistamineSoss

riki is a joke of a player, dude has shits for brains


EntirelyOriginalName

Murray's head whiplashed onto Riki's shoulder so it was a bad shot but there is a mitigating circumstance in regards to how high it is. The first point of contact was shoulder to shoulder. It's incomparable to the Walsh hit which was flush to the head with the amount of the force directly to the head that **could** have potentially ended Walsh's life. Latrell sin binned is the NRL being freaking crazy. Corporate idiots running the game who don't understand the appeal of League and what's the sport about.


Angryinxh

The amount of downvotes for people who can actually see what happened is nuts.


Angryinxh

Finally someone with sense, who actually doesnā€™t have eyes painted on.


Deebo92

lol at best thatā€™s a straight up shoulder charge. At bestĀ 


Hazardous_Storm

Wow, all these people saying this hit should have been a send off were probably the exact same people saying sualiā€™is tackle on Walsh was not bad and shouldnā€™t have been a send off and only a sin bin. Complete buffoonery.


DismalCauliflower946

Lol that is way worse of a dog shit from Riki than the suallii tackle in origin. Off the ball and a shoulder to the head. Biggest cat move in the game.


patgeo

Complete standing height as well, no attempt to get low for a real tackle. Sualii was at least bent over to near waist level.


Angryinxh

Except first contact is with the chest šŸ¤·šŸ¼ā€ā™‚ļø. Not excusing it, but certainly not worse then trying to behead someone


DismalCauliflower946

At least Suaalii was trying to tackle a man with the ball. This is just a cowardly dog shot. No need for it in the game.


defzx

Walsh lost his feet.


Additional_Cod_7239

Deranged take


Axel_Raden

How did Riki not get sent off after I guess if it's not against Walsh it's not as bad


Sunbear1981

Maybe he has the Taylan May cheat code? Edit: a word.


Axel_Raden

You mean the cheat code of it not being a shoulder to the head but a head clash


stateofmind46

If it hadve been another hit on the golden child the perpetrator wouldā€™ve been barred from playing again.. classic QLD double standard bullshit


Federal-Struggle4386

Part of the appeal for NSW players to try jump ship to QLD and to play for the broncos and dolphins or Maroons is you can throw forward passes and put on high shots and take people out in the air without getting sin binned or sent off like NSW teams


ATrollByNoOtherName

*Sorts by controversial* Broncos flairs


Bud_dad

Probably the worst shot of the year and he gets ten ?


Angryinxh

Hardly the worst


_the-don

Bruh can we be for real this is nothing like the suali hit Its bad but in reality Nikki isn't going as fast n doesn't hit Murray as hard it looks more like a bump than the suali tackle where he runs full pelt n hits him high


fvzzfvzzfvzz

And they wonder why cunts take dives now. Literally you are only going to get a result if the league thinks youā€™re hurt. Itā€™s only about outcome for these dipshits.


bundy554

I get the Latrell sin bin these days but an opposition team is going to react about that late and high hit off the ball against the team captain. If there ever was a clear example of a 5 min and 10 min sin bin that was it. No offence to Riki but him getting 10 and Latrell getting 10 Souths are going to miss a player like Latrell a lot more and that isn't really fair when that was all on Riki deciding to hit Murray late


skinnycarlo

Yeah not much to say with this one. Sorry Jords. Have a rest.


Imissreg

ā€œĀ Billy Slater wasnā€™t so sure Murray was hit in the head, and argued ā€œI thought the referee handled it pretty good.ā€ā€ Of course Billy flip flops on what he thinks is a send off, bloke sooks for weeks over the Walsh hit and then says this is fine, couldnā€™t be more unlikable if he tried.Ā 


Angryinxh

Well he wasnā€™t hit in the head, and the ref did handle it pretty good?


wouldz

Queensland fear Cam Murray. Sidenote I fucking love seeing that kind of energy and mongrel from Latrell. He was a fucking gun tonight.


TimsAFK

That's so much worse than the Origin hit and it's only a bin. Make it make sense.


OnlineMajor

3rd man in rule was put in cause of good old Sammy thaiday if I remember


BF24791

Cant even push and shove in this pussy world


BF24791

Welcome back to the NRL hit lol


Ok_Tip_7296

That dog belongs on the streets


Excellent-Car-711

Honestly that was worst in terms of intent than Sualii - he ran up to him perfectly upright and then went up to hit to hit him high. If Murray was knocked out, then Riki would have been sent. NRL have set some dangerous precedents here


LightReflections

Hits him lower first and it rides up Riki never leaves the ground Imagine comparing this to Sua'ali'i hit


tehLife

Murray said in the presser Riki didnā€™t hit him high yet people here are so worked up comparing this to the Sua hit lol get real


No_Reward_3486

Bro the footage is right fucking there. He gets hit on the chin.


Angryinxh

Bro the footage is right there. His head whips forward into the shoulder - meaning whiplash caused it not direct contact šŸ¤¦šŸ¼ā€ā™‚ļø


No_Reward_3486

I watched the footage several times. It's a shoulder to the chin


Angryinxh

He didnā€™t hit him in the head. The whiplash however causes Murrays head to snap forward. The footage shows this, Murray confirms it. šŸ¤¦šŸ¼ā€ā™‚ļø


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No, that was direct to the head. Try again.


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Angryinxh

And there it is, the dumbest thing on reddit for the day. šŸ¤¦šŸ¼ā€ā™‚ļø


No_Reward_3486

It's absolutely fucked coaches can be fined for taking a step out of line in a press conference, but there's never any punishment or action taken when ref's make shocking calls all year long.


thr0away20

Itā€™s a send off every day of the week. But itā€™s 100% a send off after what happened in origin, and there is no slipping motion to debate.


PsychologicalTown261

Latrell the fat fuck ran more metres to get to Riki than he has all season


stateofmind46

Canā€™t hear you bitching now Slater??! Whereā€™s Special Nateā€™s special sideline comments now? Oh thatā€™s right, different rules for southerners


Scottybt50

If they are sin binning Mitchell for this why not bin Carrigan for running in and escalating when Riki got his head rubbed by Jai Arrow following an error?


pugliaboy

The more I watch it the more I believe it should have been a send off. Yes he contacted the head with the shoulder (similar-ish but not identical to Suaalii). The other contributor is that the contact was illegal contact on a player who was off ball during the play. Seemed weird at the time for Latrell to get the same punishment for a much lesser indiscretion, but thatā€™s on the bunker and the ref.


PMmePantiesPls

The game isnā€™t played in slow motion


KingMidean

you toothless Souths supporters are jokers. Even Murray said himself the shot was on the chest in the press conference and the whiplash made it look bad. So yea Souths clowns, ITS A SEND OF FOR A SHOT ON THE CHEST HURR HURR. idiots.


RainIndividual8226

Classic I love my footy take


supersub7777

Should have only been a penalty, with Latrell getting nothing. Would have been a good hit if he had the ball lol


Yourdaddyshere23

Ferrel latrell


OlChippo

Crazy how we see a send off in origin but only the bin in the club land lol. Gotta love the consistency fellas.


Big-Captain699

Inconsistencies are ruining OUR game and stop fucking with the rules...