Surely Nelson doesn't play next week

[The Lip]

Get ready for the streamers and circus music......a not guilty verdict, or a downgrade from grade 3 to grade 1......who wants to bet it won't happen?

i'll take that bet - he doesn't get off to play the GF no way.

[Swamptrout]

No surprise cameron smith is asking for the NRL to change the rules so he doesn't miss the GF

[bondi.boy]

No surprise cameron smith is asking for the NRL to change the rules so he doesn't miss the GF

That'd be right.
Could happen, some teams get all the 'luck', while Roosters get none.
Is it every commentator, .....of the games and in shows, except Corey Parker, who seem to dislike immensely the Roosters and always cheer for their opposition and every other team.....or every second commentator?

[caz]

hooper and brent read lobbying hard for him to get off. oh well, hope we play them for the fifth game of his suspension

[theGman]

If he plays in the GF, surely that will be the greatest joke ever in the NRL?

Nup, Slater's reprieve in 2018 was landmark.....but Mrs Karma bit him on the arse and made sure he ended the last game of his career in sadness .

[player 1]

Melba have announced Frankenstein will appear "in person" to clear his name. LOL.

The guy knocks Lindsay out when he is already held with a direct shoulder to the head with enough force to send him into Disneyland. A send off any day of the week in 2024.

In a way I hope the NRL downgrades his charge from grade 3 to grade 1 and lets him play.

Cognitively, it will give me peace of mind that my impressions the NRL is rigged and there is no level playing field are confirmed.

Don't forget all the 3 and 4 week suspensions JWH got this year when the "victim" didn't even leave the field.

[Spirit of 66]

The Limited News Network is now pushing for complete exoneration. According to James Hooper:

Does he deserve to be rubbed out for the biggest game of 2024 because of a careless high tackle off a kick off that left Sydney Roosters prop Lindsay Collins severely concussed?

No way. Rugby league’s a high-speed, brutal, heavy contact sport where at times accidents do happen.

Our argument is it’s the NRL’s Match Review Committee who’ve got this one wrong with the grade three careless high tackle charge.

[King Salvo]

Don’t fall for NAS sympathy con; ridiculous claims over Cleary blast — First Crack with Crawls

No one ever wants to see any player rubbed out of a grand final.

That said, don’t be conned into thinking big Nelson Asofa-Solomona is now the victim.

Lindsay Collins is the real victim. The Roosters prop is the one we should be feeling sorry for.

Not the Storm enforcer who went out and belted Collins out of the match in the very first tackle on Friday night.

It is the responsibility of the defender to have a duty of care when making a tackle at any stage of the game.

But from the opening kick-off it is even more important given the proven danger on this carry, where the ball runner is forced into a situation where he is almost always running into multiple defenders, with little chance of protecting himself.

It was horrible watching such a courageous and tough warrior of our game struggle to get to his feet before playing the ball backwards (prior to Collins being taken from the field).

If the Roosters had made the grand final Collins would not have been able to play due to the NRL’s stand-down policy.

Meanwhile, Asofa-Solomona was sent to the bin but then allowed to return and help the Storm advance to the grand final.

So how does Nelson now become the victim simply because he is facing a suspension?

It really doesn’t matter it if is four weeks or one week.

The fact is, he shouldn’t be playing in the grand final.

There was even a suggestion by our mate Phil ‘Buzz’ Rothfield that the NRL should consider delaying Asofa-Solomona’s ban until next year like they did with the Panthers’ Taylan May a couple of years back so May could play in the finals series.

“Why not?” Buzz wrote.

“A precedent has been set. Most fans would love to see him in the GF.”

Surely that is not the point.

If this was allowed to happen it could create mayhem down the track.

We all know what a shocking record Asofa-Solomona has when it comes to his questionable tackling technique.

If Nelson had bent his back by just a few centimetres this never would have happened.

Just because he is a giant of a man is not an excuse for taking out innocent rivals with illegal head contact.

We all want to see the game played tough, but it must be fair.

Otherwise abandon the rules and make it a free-for-all, and just forget about the danger of concussion injuries.


https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl...371dcd8befce97

[Kentucky_Fried_Rooster]

I think he will get a downgrade but not enough for him to play this weekend.
Personally I don’t care either way as we aren’t playing.

I know if we won and it was JWH facing the judiciary we all would be saying he deserves to play.

[fletch]

Interesting to see that Roosters doctor Mathew Morgan is providing evidence at the NAS hearing.

[King Salvo]

The Roosters Doctor gives evidence

7.07pm Ghabar to Morgan: “The primary reason the player could not return to the field is because you deemed him a Category 1 head injury.”

Morgan replied that Collins had displayed symptoms consistent with a Category 1 concussion.

7.03pm Under cross-examination from Asofa-Solomona’s counsel Nick Ghabar, Morgan was asked if Collins displayed clear onfield signs of concussion. Morgan said that he did. Ghabar said that was not a medical diagnosis.

Ghabar: “You have not made a diagnosis of concussion”.
Morgan: “In the report under diagnosis, I said there were clear symptoms of concussion requiring an 11-day stand down”.
Ghabar: “Where in this report do you detail the symptoms that led you to that conclusion.”

NRL judiciary chair Geoffrey Bellew said Morgan had answered that question.

6.59pm Collins also needed another Roosters player to help him balance. Morgan said Collins would be required to stand down for a minimum 11 days due to the NRL’s HIA protocols. Collins had also undergone a SCAT 5 test, which forms part of the Roosters' clinical diagnosis.

6.54pm Roosters doctor Mathew Morgan said there was a blow to the left side of Collins’s jaw from Asofa-Solomona’s shoulder, resulting in Category 1 symptoms. Morgan said Collins playing the ball in the wrong direction was a clear sign of motor incoordination and disorientation.

6.50pm The incident has been shown to the hearing dozens of times from 10 different camera angles. NRL judiciary counsel Lachlan Gyles SC has called on Roosters doctor Mathew Morgan to give evidence.

6.46pm Video evidence shows Lindsay Collins receiving a pass from Roosters winger Daniel Tupou, who caught the ball from the kick-off. He is met in a tackle near his own line by Asofa-Solomona and Eli Katoa. As he gets to his feet, Collins attempts to play the ball facing his own goal line and stumbles.

6.43pm A medical report on Sydney Roosters prop Lindsay Collins, who was ruled out of the match after being deemed to show Category 1 HIA symptoms, is among the documents tendered to the hearing.

[Rooster_6]

They’re not seriously trying to suggest that Collins didn’t show signs of concussion are they, trying to question the doctors integrity.

Scum.

[fletch]

They’re not seriously trying to suggest that Collins didn’t show signs of concussion are they, trying to question the doctors integrity.

Scum.

Predictable from Nick Ghabar.

[Bates]

Cheating is in the Storms DNA.

[The Marshall]

This is a complete farce. Direct hit to the head with sufficient force to cause a significant concussion. The player showed no regard for the safety of the attacker. It was send off and has been treated accordingly by the MRC. That at least makes up for Atkins piss weak response. Then for all these commentators, ex players and storm officials all saying there wasn’t much in it or it’s a grand final so go easy. What a crock of shyte. He deserves 4 weeks. Imagine if it was Jazz.