Hmm I'm torn on this one. I wanted to wait and see another angle before commenting on it, but that one from directly behind Illias shows that Lussick doesn't do anything late or high, however gets himself in to the wrong place at the wrong time, where Ilias's leg hits in to Lussick's leg I think, which is what causes the break.
I said it a few weeks ago around the 'duty of care' stuff we've been hearing from the NRL. That one week we had several incidents (where Walsh got his face smashed), that were super inconsistent - someone was penalised, another not penalised, and then another one I think was penalised and had a week or 2 on the sidelines.
For me, I feel Freddy got it wrong. There has to be a duty of care for the guy attacking a kickers legs, and while there was no malice or intent, he broke the dudes leg and that could have been prevented with better care. But, its a slippery slope because do we then start penalizing every single attempted charge down?
I think he'll get the book thrown at him and made an example. He's a Warrior, and playing in a lower grade. Full 8 weeks im guessing, but I hope they don't. I think 3 or 4 would be reasonable n
If they come into contact of that nature with the kicker after he's kicked the ball then probably yes.
And before the outraged masses start moaning "hows he supposed to stop himself" you do realize it is possible to charge down the ball without coming into contact with the player?......it happens just about every other week
Darcy's (who once again i re-iterate intentions were good) timing was out.....it was late......how do we know this?.......cause if it wasnt he would've charged down the ball.....the ball has been kicked (no matter how much a split second or milli second there was in it) then his body comes in contact with the leg ergo its late (u could say its the leg coming into contact with the body but at the end of the day its on the player applying the kick pressure.
Gonna be some pissed off people around here once the sentence comes out cause i get the feeling its going to be a lengthier break than most have speculated on here, and i feel for Lussick, cause applying pressure and doing all those 1 percenter type things are what i want from my players.......however in any action if u dont leave yourself room for a bail out you open yourself up to these unfortunate accidents.
For all those that will no doubt be crying foul, as with any of these situations my view is always.....imagine if this was the other way round,,,,,,if it was Latrell (or any other opposition player for that matter) in the exact same postion as Lussick with the exact same action and it was
SJ they took out after the kick, left with not only a shattered leg but our whole season's hopes shattered......
What would your position be then? Should be the same.....Latrell was totally just applying pressure...just unfortunate...nothing to see here no punishment warranted?
I know some here (like yourself) would be genuine in your response if this was the case, but given the over reaction we see regulary when even one penalty gets blown agaiinst us i doubt that from the majority.
