Round 7 was set for a cracker
between two of the top teams in the NRL, between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and
the Manly Sea Eagles. However ened in controversy involving the refs not sending off or sin-binning Sea Eagles prop Richie
Fa'aoso or Jason King, who was involved in three situations where he spear
tacked South Sydney's star fullback Greg Inglis head first into the turf.
This was similar to the tackle that
Bulldogs centre Krisnan Inu made on Greg Inglis, with which he copped a 8 week
ban, but still questions were raised, to why he wasn’t sent off. The video
shows, Krisnan Inu spear tackling Greg Inglis.
After the NRL controversially
banned the shoulder charge from the game for the protection the player head,
South Sydney coach Michael Maguire, as was concerned with the welfare of his
player.
Three comments that he made
particularly stood out:
“At the end of the day what does it
take for someone to be sent off?” he asked.
“Greg was dropped on his head three times in the game and it
has happened on various occasions in other games.
“I think it is an area where you have to protect your
players. It’s just madness it has got to this point. I’m concerned about all my
players if this sort of thing is going on."
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| Fa'aoso spear tackes Greg Inglis |
As a result of this, the NRL referee
boss has said "It's a big decision to sin-bin someone and it's a big
decision to dismiss them from the field." But he added that they will
review the sin bin rule and the prospect of using the sin-bin for repeated
incidents of foul play, a move which could prevent a repeat of the attack South
Sydney star Greg Inglis endured on Friday night.
It is likely that Richie Fa'aoso
will now receive a hefty suspension as he has carry over points from an earlier
incident, which Jason King is also likely to come under scrutiny by the NRL
match review panel.
Hopefully in the future, refs are able to use sin-bins in particular more effectively to penalise players who put other players welfare at risk.
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