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*Official* NRL 2011 Season thread

Johnners

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Haha yes of course Morris was just luring him in so he could offload it at the last moment...He clearly wasn't going anywhere, and given the speed in which Hodges closed in on him I very much doubt he ever intended to simply "place a hand on him".

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NUFAN

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Such a non issue. Hodges had every right to tackle him like he did.

If Morris didn't want to be tackled he should passed to Creagh or alternatively he could have thrown the ball over the sideline.

Gould on the money for sure.
 
Son Of Coco

Son Of Coco

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Of course he had a right to...but then Hodges was the first bloke blowing up after Steve Price was picked up and dropped on the ground after being hurt in a tackle during the Origin a couple of years back wasn't he?

Morris could've passed to Creagh, who might've ended up stranded if he got tackled with the ball...or he could've thrown it over the sideline so Brisbane got the ball back. Neither seemed like particularly good options at the time I'd imagine. Did I just imagine it, or was Creagh indicating to Hodges as he came flying in that Morris was hurt?

Let's face it, Hodges is a ****...always has been and always will be. A **** who can play football, but a **** nonetheless.

Have to laugh at the suggestion that it appeared Morris was rolling over to offload the ball. He was clearly rolling over because Hodges was coming at him at a million miles an hour, despite the fact Creagh had given him a clear indication Morris was hurt. Such a low act.
 
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Ausage

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Morris clearly held on to the ball because he knows Creagh would backpedal 10 meters if he saw Hodges steaming in on him.

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Son Of Coco

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Ausage said:
Morris clearly held on to the ball because he knows Creagh would backpedal 10 meters if he saw Hodges steaming in on him.

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:laugh:

Was going to say Creagh should've smashed Hodges before he got to Morris, but then realised who I was talking about.
 
howardj

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Love Hodges, and what he brings to the team. However, while I would not call what he did a 'dog act', I think it was poor form. I'm all for crunching players when they voluntarily submit to a tackle by lying on the ground, however Morris was lying there involuntarily as a result of what looked like a pretty bad leg injury. When a player is freshly injured like that, I just don't think it's right to go in and pounce on him. If he carries that injury into the game or elects to stay on the field with that injury, then by all means target him, but that wasn't the case here. In this case, he was freshly injured and lying on the ground as a result of that. As I say, not a 'dog act' by Hodgo, but not within the spirit for mine.
 
Ausage

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Yeah as much as I might have a chuckle at Creagh being perhaps the most cowardly NRL player going around these days I really do think that was low. Morris had his hands up clearly indicating that he was injured. All he needed to do was run up to him and lay a finger on him, instead he sees an opportunity to run in and lay a 'big hit' in to a defenseless player on the ground. I can understand HJ not wanting to call one of his own players a dog, but if I was a dragons fan that's exactly how I would describe it.

Hodges was all up in arms when something similar happened to Steve Price a few years back. Hypocrite?
 
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Burgey

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I don't see how anyone can claim blokes like Hodges, Matai et al aren't dogs, really. That doesn't mean they can't play of course, just that they've got that in them.

Thought it was a pretty low act on his part, and wasn't at all surprised to see him do it.
 
Mister Wright

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Son Of Coco said:
Watched it a couple of times and it didn't look like that's all he was going to do at any stage to me...will watch it again though.
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Yeah watched again myself and agree that's not what he was doing, but he does slow down. He definitely could have done a lot worse. There was nothing stopping Morris from passing the ball to Creah, so he had every right to cover the ball.
 
Son Of Coco

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Mister Wright said:
Yeah watched again myself and agree that's not what he was doing, but he does slow down. He definitely could have done a lot worse. There was nothing stopping Morris from passing the ball to Creah, so he had every right to cover the ball.
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Except he was never passing the ball to Creagh...just rolling over to try to stop Hodges from belting him once he realised that's what his intention was. If he was going to pass to Creagh he would've done it straight away, or are you suggesting he was trying to draw Hodges in so he could get belted nursing a broken ankle just so Creagh could make 10 metres?

Will be interesting to see Hodges reaction if Lockyer plays this Friday and gets smashed (as will inevitably happen with 3 plates in his face). No doubt he'll be in there puffing up his chest.

Wonder what the reaction will be if Locker gets injured again and is pummelled while he's lying on the ground with the ball...
 
Mister Wright

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Son Of Coco said:
Except he was never passing the ball to Creagh...just rolling over to try to stop Hodges from belting him once he realised that's what his intention was. If he was going to pass to Creagh he would've done it straight away, or are you suggesting he was trying to draw Hodges in so he could get belted nursing a broken ankle just so Creagh could make 10 metres?

Will be interesting to see Hodges reaction if Lockyer plays this Friday and gets smashed (as will inevitably happen with 3 plates in his face). No doubt he'll be in there puffing up his chest.

Wonder what the reaction will be if Locker gets injured again and is pummelled while he's lying on the ground with the ball...
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How Lockyer wasn't pummeled when he submitted for a voluntary tackle against either the Warriors or Sea Eagles I'll never know. I doubt there'll be too much going on in this game as no player wants to miss the Grand Final, however wouldn't put it past Manly to send someone to deliberately take out Lockyer.

As far as Hodges goes, it's clear to see he slows down after originally sprinting to get to Morris, nobody can deny that. All he really does in the tackle is take care of the ball. There's no malice, his knees dig into the dirt well clear of Morris. Are we forgetting that we're playing Rugby League\?
 
Son Of Coco

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Mister Wright said:
As far as Hodges goes, it's clear to see he slows down after originally sprinting to get to Morris, nobody can deny that. All he really does in the tackle is take care of the ball. There's no malice, his knees dig into the dirt well clear of Morris. Are we forgetting that we're playing Rugby League\?
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:laughing:

Of course he does...you must be watching the video with a bit of a skip in it if you see him slow down.
 
Ausage

Ausage

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benchmark00 said:
Happy enough just dominating Australia thx.
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Not on the box. The below has been happening all year.

http://www.thinktv.com.au/SiteMedia...y_Ratings_Report_-_Week_37_&_Week_38_2011.pdf

NRL SF2 1.548M 15th
NRL SF1 1.382M 24th
AFL SF2 1.310M 27th
NRL QF4 1.236M 28th
AFL Elim.F 1.217M (WC v Carlton) 30th
AFL Elim.F 1.126M (Carlton v Ess.) 35th

Sry breh.

Anyway I thought we were going to save this NRL vs AFL **** for 2030 and go gangbusters about which code was dominating in the future.

Also, stop trolling the NRL thread.
 
howardj

howardj

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The Ref should have called time out to protect the injured Morris (which normally happens when a bloke is rolling around on the floor in pain). It's up to the Ref to protect the injured player in that situation.

Besides, Hodges was quite restained. The old Hodges would have crunched Morris, pinched the ball, and then come back and **** talked him as he was being stretchered off.
 
benchmark00

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Ausage said:
Not on the box. The below has been happening all year.

http://www.thinktv.com.au/SiteMedia...y_Ratings_Report_-_Week_37_&_Week_38_2011.pdf

NRL SF2 1.548M 15th
NRL SF1 1.382M 24th
AFL SF2 1.310M 27th
NRL QF4 1.236M 28th
AFL Elim.F 1.217M (WC v Carlton) 30th
AFL Elim.F 1.126M (Carlton v Ess.) 35th

Sry breh.

Anyway I thought we were going to save this NRL vs AFL **** for 2030 and go gangbusters about which code was dominating in the future.

Also, stop trolling the NRL thread.
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Fortunately that puny difference is made up for by these 2011 Australian football code crowds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And the tr0lling was done in retaliation to the action the AFL thread got.

kthx ^_^
 
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