No doubt greg bird plays the game on the edge. He plays tough and cops it as well. But apart from when he kneed that guy in the head very early in his carreer most of his suspensions have been for tackles around the mid with lifting. They were considered copy book at one stage in his carreer
A lot of those tackles have had other players that have helped or not helped his cause as the one in the test was an example
To be honest he is pretty unlucky really. Loading or no loading 8 weeks for that tackle is pretty poor. I know the NRL have to protect players but so often other players in the tackle other than the lifer play a huge part.
If they are serious they should penalise all lifts in the game or inderstand a little more