Time to open the no punch rule can of worms for 2016. So Napa takes joey's head off, and then leilua get binned for giving him a cheap one on the face. I know the rule is there to stop fighting, and yes joey should have kept his cool, but the zero-tolerance is rule is not the way to police it. http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl...a/news-story/594ec55d09bdf2752eddb3d695f1ea43
I thought it was a bit tough as well. I could hear the ref saying that ...look it's the rule. Won't players soon just start to slap real hard. Leilua should've claimed he was concussed (wouldn't have done him any good as concussions don't really exist in the nrl world - long term effects of concussion anyway.) Wasn't that the second head high tackle napa did? Was that one put on report? surely there should be some sin bin rule here as well. If you get put on report twice....have a 10 min sitdown. But amateur decade rolls on for the nrl.
Sorry guys but Leilua knew better and just couldn't help himself. I'm actually very happy the refs remembered what a sin binning was.
If you're going to gaol for car theft, you'd want to be caught with a Bugatti Veyron, not a 1986 Mazda 626. If you're going to do the time anyway, do the crime big! He should have smashed him hard and straight!
