Berkeley_Eagle
Current Status: 24/7 Manly Fan
Buy the ticket, take the ride. That used to be the favourite line of the great American sportswriter Hunter S Thompson. The NRL has no choice but to do the same with the messy precedent it has set itself over accidental head-high tackles.
Frank Pritchard gets rubbed out for one match for hitting Penrith winger David Simmons in the head with his shoulder, yet Warriors winger Manu Vatuvei yesterday slips by without sanction for hitting Eels centre Willie Tonga in the head with his shoulder.
Go figure.
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High farce: Frank Pritchard's hit on left, Manu Vatuvei's on right. Source: The Daily Telegraph
Frank Pritchard gets rubbed out for one match for hitting Penrith winger David Simmons in the head with his shoulder, yet Warriors winger Manu Vatuvei yesterday slips by without sanction for hitting Eels centre Willie Tonga in the head with his shoulder.
Go figure.
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High farce: Frank Pritchard's hit on left, Manu Vatuvei's on right. Source: The Daily Telegraph