Will Slater be charged and if not, why?

[The Axe]

Didn't stay down and milk enough sympathy

great to see you post bg. How's your health mate?

[Arties Pie]

I would say worse than the Tetevano tackle a few weeks back.

[rented tracksuit]

Tell this story to Sia Soliola.

Slatter slipped into that one no differently to how he hit the opposition players head in this one yet he stayed down and Sol got 5 weeks. Are the NRL now penalising players based on injuries sustained or the action of causing probable injury? Eg- Tats suspension.

Slater should do time for that shot and the NRL should use this to prove themselves fair and consistent but we know they aren't and it involved golden boy Billy so nothing will happen.

Play the two incidents dide side by side and tell me how one can get 5 weeks and the other not even put on report.

[Vasco]

We would be blowing up deluxe if one of our players missed a GF for that.

[ism22]

The other one he got special treatment for ...early on when nil all, he plays the ball on his own 30m line, it hits the front of his toe, the ball doesn't roll back and he has to rake it back a second time ...for the past decade that's been a knock on in the play the ball and a scrum. The ref Cecchin unexplicably allows it to continue . Once again special treatment and lets turn a blind eye for Billy.

Did anybody notice last night that (with BOTH teams) the ref said a lot of things like 'no... no... don't do that again, get square', 'GET ONSIDE!!!' and 'NO DON'T KICK THE BALL IN THE SCRUM PLEASE!!! NOW WE WILL RESET THE SCRUM...'

GUARANTEED... there will be none of that for us tonight. If we are offside for a second the BOOM, we'll hear that raver blow his whistle and do a little shuffle dance.

Why do refs have the discretion to:
- Not put an incident on report (why do they get to report stuff? Can't the match review chimps decide for themselves and... for example... charge people when the ref has ignored an infringement?)
- Tell somebody to stop breaking the rules (e.g. offside, not square, hooking the ball in the scrum...etc) then do nothing about it?

IMO it should just be consistent:
- If you notice a penalty then blow your whistle, call the penalty THEN have a chat to them about what they shouldn't be doing.
- Every second of every match should be open to review. Refs should have no discretion to 'report' incidents. This would allow refs to 'play on' and trust their instinct, knowing that a player's gonna cop it later if they make a lesser call purely because bobody saw it from a clear enough angle.

[SupermanSupportsEasts4Eva]

It might have been an accident but it was still high and deserved a penalty. Probably not anything more than that.

The problem is that some players are receiving suspensions for less, but players from certain teams get away with things like this all the time.

Double standards much? Slater has yet again gotten away with a lighter penalty, just like he does with most things he does in the game. The media and NRL with either play down this fact or ignore it altogether.

Wonder what will happen tonight if JWH or Zane put on a shot that is accidentally high? Bet they miss the GF

[The Lip]

If it were up to me I'd give him the chair!

[Thirteen]

If it were up to me I'd give him the chair!

And you can sniff him out just as he's about to cop the needle.

[Tommy Smith]

No way should a player miss a GF for that.

Wasn't even a penalty imo as Benji fell so low.

[stringaz]

There storm went unpinged a few times last night wrestling on their own line.

I hope Robbo has the boys up for 2 humungous games in order to win.

I'm bracing myself for the stitch up.

Funny last night I accidentally watched a manly fan's YouTube video of the 2013 gf. (There has to be an investigation)

I almost thought manly were robbed, but the 12pts they got for their obstruction first try and that penalty try (same type on latrell against storm earlier in the season ball bouncing away from Lyon/vunivalu) put that to rest.

That Jennings try has to be up there as one of the best gf tries ever.

[roosterproud]

nothing sticks to the teflon kid

[Hawkeye]

I agree he shouldn't miss a GF for that tackle ...but Ricko missed a GF for a bitch slap in 2004.

[rented tracksuit]

We would be blowing up deluxe if one of our players missed a GF for that.

And losing 5 weeks heading towards the finals was a bit rich for Soliola as well. He was rubbed out when they needed him the most.

Every teams supporters would blow up if one of theirs went before a GF but it doesn't mean the rules change. If it's about player welfare, a hit to the head is still a hit to the head, as Tets found out recently. Shouldn't matter when it is.

[TheLoneRooster]

I'm with rented tracksuit on this issue. If Soliola copped five for his accidental contact with slater, then slater should cop something for his on Marshall. Double-standards at play for the drizzle untouchables.
Also, that "play-the-ball" that slater mucked up would definitely have been pulled up in any other game for any other team.

[Guest]

You guys might be right but I would prefer he was not suspended for that. It doesnt seem in the spirit of the game.