Steve Price almost single handedly finished the Scum in 08 when he made a massive protest against Melbourne's wrestling tactics in R26 which the warriors went on to win at Olympic Park.All of a sudden the penalties came aplenty and they lost the first semi against the same opposition and fell in against Brisbane and were finally flogged by the mighty eagles.
In talking to alot of my non manly mates many of them are also sick to death of the demise of the traditional ruck area and forward defence in rugby league led by bellamy and co,particularly the death of the ankle tackle and creative dummy half play.
It will only take a pre finals furor to get some real progress towards dismantling this **** and putting an end to the scum.It only took a couple of months this year for them to outlaw the 3rd man in,side on knee tackle of Manu,Proctor and Co.
This wrestling is killing our game as a spectacle as other teams simply follow the leader with Melbourne and it is simple to get rid of if some fortitude is shown by the NRL.Four or 5 penalties in R26 in 08 and a GF suspension for Smith gave us a respite from it-time to finish it forever.
A couple of ideas
-Ankle tackle gets dominant tackle status
-The 360 degree arm wrap of the player after he is on the ground is an instant penalty.Watching players do this and look at the ref waiting to be told to release ****s me.Make the tackle and get off in one motion.Unless it is part of the tackle it is penalised.
-wrestling tactics are outlawed while the player is both standing up and on the ground after an intial impact period.All the scum have done is transfer the wrestle to a standing player until the 3rd man finishes him off after an eternity.
The game was played for a 100 years without this garbage and you don't need to be a genius to know what is wrong and what is not.
In talking to alot of my non manly mates many of them are also sick to death of the demise of the traditional ruck area and forward defence in rugby league led by bellamy and co,particularly the death of the ankle tackle and creative dummy half play.
It will only take a pre finals furor to get some real progress towards dismantling this **** and putting an end to the scum.It only took a couple of months this year for them to outlaw the 3rd man in,side on knee tackle of Manu,Proctor and Co.
This wrestling is killing our game as a spectacle as other teams simply follow the leader with Melbourne and it is simple to get rid of if some fortitude is shown by the NRL.Four or 5 penalties in R26 in 08 and a GF suspension for Smith gave us a respite from it-time to finish it forever.
A couple of ideas
-Ankle tackle gets dominant tackle status
-The 360 degree arm wrap of the player after he is on the ground is an instant penalty.Watching players do this and look at the ref waiting to be told to release ****s me.Make the tackle and get off in one motion.Unless it is part of the tackle it is penalised.
-wrestling tactics are outlawed while the player is both standing up and on the ground after an intial impact period.All the scum have done is transfer the wrestle to a standing player until the 3rd man finishes him off after an eternity.
The game was played for a 100 years without this garbage and you don't need to be a genius to know what is wrong and what is not.