Re: Bateman : Sun Sep 18, 2022 6:22 am  

It was late but Bateman isn’t a dirty player so I don’t think it was malicious. He’s also good mates with Sezer from his Canberra days.

As for the Welsby one it was a brilliant shot, one that we should be celebrating and using to sell the game. That happens in the NRL and it’s over every program and channel. Here we are slowing it down frame by frame looking for an excuse to ban him. It’s a joke.

Re: Bateman : Sun Sep 18, 2022 6:50 am  

The issue I have is making a decision on the incident based on slowed down replays rather than in real time.

I therefore don’t think it’s possible to make a judgement.

Re: Bateman : Sun Sep 18, 2022 3:28 pm  

nathan_rugby wrote:

The issue I have is making a decision on the incident based on slowed down replays rather than in real time.

I therefore don’t think it’s possible to make a judgement.

Agree , I thought the same about the Singleton/Sironen , players are committed to a tackle and they cant change there motion in real time , the slowing down with the camera footage just makes things look a lot worse , if the kick was 0.5 seconds later and Batemen would have forced a knock on it would have been the tackle of the game. This is a physical game , things like this happen . Its no wonder this isnt an attractive game anymore we are training the rugby out of the players .

Re: Bateman : Sun Sep 18, 2022 3:56 pm  

Tricky one for the disciplinary panel as any ban will now be served during the world cup.

Re: Bateman : Sun Sep 18, 2022 5:22 pm  

muttywhitedog wrote:

Tricky one for the disciplinary panel as any ban will now be served during the world cup.

There's a friendly game already arranged v Fiji so that will count as one of the games for any player banned.

Re: Bateman : Sun Sep 18, 2022 5:45 pm  

nathan_rugby wrote:

The issue I have is making a decision on the incident based on slowed down replays rather than in real time.

I therefore don’t think it’s possible to make a judgement.

I think this can be related to TRY decisions too.

How often do they look to see if a ball is grounded based on a blurred image? Real time often shows it more clearly.

Re: Bateman : Mon Sep 19, 2022 2:34 pm  

Stu M wrote:

It was late but Bateman isn’t a dirty player so I don’t think it was malicious. He’s also good mates with Sezer from his Canberra days.

As for the Welsby one it was a brilliant shot, one that we should be celebrating and using to sell the game. That happens in the NRL and it’s over every program and channel. Here we are slowing it down frame by frame looking for an excuse to ban him. It’s a joke.

Finucane got 2 games for a very similar tackle where he shot out the line and did the damage with a head clash. I dont think he will miss a GF because of it but the precedent is there

Re: Bateman : Mon Sep 19, 2022 3:47 pm  

Bateman is awful for the type of money he's being paid, sooner he's off back to Aussieland the better

Re: Bateman : Mon Sep 19, 2022 5:28 pm  

Stu M wrote:

It was late but Bateman isn’t a dirty player so I don’t think it was malicious. He’s also good mates with Sezer from his Canberra days.

As for the Welsby one it was a brilliant shot, one that we should be celebrating and using to sell the game. That happens in the NRL and it’s over every program and channel. Here we are slowing it down frame by frame looking for an excuse to ban him. It’s a joke.

I thought the Welsby one was a cracking tackle too but I can see why people are complaining as similar have seen players sent off the field and given bans.

Re: Bateman : Mon Sep 19, 2022 7:04 pm  

Bateman Grade D (3 to 5 matches)
Knowles 2 matches
Welsby fine, no ban to previous good behavior!!