The tackle that broke Cronk's shoulder blade

[007]

True, Cronk's set... there's a photo of Tara pinching Cooper's cheeks after the GF while he just grins like a little school boy. Sums him up. Tough little dude who's bringing home the bacon while keeping everybody happy. I'll dig up the photo when I get home, it's really cute.

Cooper's dad must be hell proud too, given he's an Easts fan.

Burgarse? KEEP YOUR DICK IN YOUR FARKING PANTS MATE!!!! ALSO, DON'T BLAME THE SYDNEY ROOSTERS WHEN YOU GET BUSTED!!! I suspect his wife is less partial to the 'Easts set me up' conspiracy as an excuse than phone chucker was?

Is this the one?

[Tommy Smith]

Its football not ballet, geez some people on here whinge about anything.
Did you hear Robbo, Cronk, Nick or anyone in the inner circle of the club complain? No they didnt because its a tough game played by tough blokes.
Go the ROOSTERS.

I wish those sentiments rang true over the Napa tackle!

[zac]

Its football not ballet, geez some people on here whinge about anything.
Did you hear Robbo, Cronk, Nick or anyone in the inner circle of the club complain? No they didnt because its a tough game played by tough blokes.
Go the ROOSTERS.

We're a class club and don't always complain, even when we've got something to complain about. To have complained about it before the GF would have done nothing to help us win the GF.

The worst thing about League is unnecessary injuries and if trying to prevent them means being called a ballet lover, then give me a tutu!

They changed the rules so that you can't tackle the legs of a kicker. They should change them so that you can't drive a kicker into the ground after he's kicked it when he's off balance and vulnerable.

I think Burgess's tackle was probably legal. It was still a dog act, though

[Tommy Smith]

The tackle was definitely legal and it's not something you would outlaw - you can't outlaw hard hitting, even on kickers - but at the same time I have little doubt that he had intent to injure Cronk. I guess that's fair game though.

The issue I have is with the Tatola late hit. That should have been a sin bin.

As for whinging about it well Thurston and Qlders have been whinging about his late hits for years.

Anyway it backfired. It inspired us to one of our greatest b2b wins. And as I've said the great news is that its a broken bone and not a rotator cuff so Cronk will be as good as new come round 1 as well!

[ism22]

Is this the one?

hahaha yeah that's the one.

[007]

We're a class club and don't always complain, even when we've got something to complain about. To have complained about it before the GF would have done nothing to help us win the GF.

The worst thing about League is unnecessary injuries and if trying to prevent them means being called a ballet lover, then give me a tutu!

They changed the rules so that you can't tackle the legs of a kicker. They should change them so that you can't drive a kicker into the ground after he's kicked it when he's off balance and vulnerable.

I think Burgess's tackle was probably legal. It was still a dog act, though

For mine Tatola's was the real dog act. His hit was as late as.

[zac]

The tackle was definitely legal and it's not something you would outlaw - you can't outlaw hard hitting, even on kickers - but at the same time I have little doubt that he had intent to injure Cronk. I guess that's fair game though.

The issue I have is with the Tatola late hit. That should have been a sin bin.

As for whinging about it well Thurston and Qlders have been whinging about his late hits for years.

Anyway it backfired. It inspired us to one of our greatest b2b wins. And as I've said the great news is that its a broken bone and not a rotator cuff so Cronk will be as good as new come round 1 as well!

Agree with your last par. All's well that ends well.
But the tackle wasn't so much a hard hit as using the ground as a weapon on a player who wasn't braced for the tackle.