McManus savages disciplinary process : Wed Apr 01, 2015 10:41 pm
McManus issues club statement about Travis Burns injury challenge
He has a point IMO. Without wanting to make this thread entirely about the challenge, it was as bad as it gets in both intent and injury. The farcical on field officials bottled it and the even more farcical review system failed to pick up a proper ban for it. I thought the Grand Final incident and the ban it brought might signal a proper approach to dangerous challenges, but apparently not. It's toss a coin time over such matters still. The RFL will no doubt respond to this with a fine for McManus and ignore the obvious issues. It's also quite likely to bite Saints on the bum. The next borderline challenge from Saints will no doubt be met with an exaggerated response in a mard retaliation to this statement being issued. It's very interesting that McManus has gone public with this, particularly just before the derby with Wigan. A derby we're going to have to turn into a dour forward battle if we're to avoid being slaughtered given our injury mess again. |
McManus issues club statement about Travis Burns injury challenge
He has a point IMO. Without wanting to make this thread entirely about the challenge, it was as bad as it gets in both intent and injury. The farcical on field officials bottled it and the even more farcical review system failed to pick up a proper ban for it. I thought the Grand Final incident and the ban it brought might signal a proper approach to dangerous challenges, but apparently not. It's toss a coin time over such matters still. The RFL will no doubt respond to this with a fine for McManus and ignore the obvious issues. It's also quite likely to bite Saints on the bum. The next borderline challenge from Saints will no doubt be met with an exaggerated response in a mard retaliation to this statement being issued. It's very interesting that McManus has gone public with this, particularly just before the derby with Wigan. A derby we're going to have to turn into a dour forward battle if we're to avoid being slaughtered given our injury mess again. |
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