"Open season" on Cooper Cronk

[bondi.boy]

How come opposition players are allowed to often 'bash' Cooper late after nearly every time he has kicked the ball, and often in high tackles...and nothing is done about it by the referees?

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Happens to all the tactical kickers...unfortunately.

[Thirteen]

Nobody seemed to care when he played for Melbourne.

[Guest]

Nobody seemed to care when he played for Melbourne.

Smith did, and the refs listened to him.

[Easts75]

Happens to all the tactical kickers...unfortunately.

Correct.
May have just been more noticeable the last few weeks as he has been our sole kicker and the opposition have been racing up on him knowing this. Somehow the coaches failed to come up with a second kicker coming out of our end to relive some pressure off Cronk

[bondi.boy]

Happens to all the tactical kickers...unfortunately.

About time it was stopped.
What do our players have to do to stop it...start 20 brawls/riots a game?

[bondi.boy]

Smith did, and the refs listened to him.

Then they should listen to our captain the same.

If they refuse to...Cooper should stay down and our players grab the ball and all rush over to see if he's ok....and stand around for '5 minutes' checking on his wellbeing.

[ROC181]

Cronk has been hit a little late on the back over the past few week which was apparently something the refs were going to look at yet nothing when he cops it.

[bondi.boy]

Cronk has been hit a little late on the back over the past few week which was apparently something the refs were going to look at yet nothing when he cops it.

And at least once in the head that I remember.
Refs obviously aren't going to do anything about it...so he must stay down and "make them look at it".

[Kingbilly]

Its not netball.

Ask yourself this, do you want your forwards to smash the opposition half ?

On a related note, watch this kid Lewis from the Bulldogs, he could kick then sit down and have lunch before anyone gets near him

[QWERTY]

Cooper gets the worst treatment i feel. They just seem to really hammer him in comparison to others.

[Cockadoodledoo]

Cronk was hit very late in the back after passing in the final minutes of last Sundays game, when we were about 20 metres from the Raiders line but this was completely ignored by the cheat Henry Perenara.

[milanja]

Cooper gets the worst treatment i feel. They just seem to really hammer him in comparison to others.

Thurston has gotten hit late a lot more than Cooper.

[Johnny Brass]

It's up to the runner on the 5th tackle to win the ruck get a quick play the ball, Jake to hit cronk with a quick accurate pass and some forwards to block the marker chasers . Can't blame defenders for putting pressure on the kicker that's there job and hopefully we do likewise to there kickers.

[Maxy Walker]

It’s been going on since Anzac Day when the dragons really got to him and put him off his game. Anyway we do it as much as anyone to opposition kickers so can’t really complain. Just part of the game. Keary back will make it a bit easier on Cronk.