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Message: [QUOTE="Dash, post: 2775565, member: 8761"] I have no problem with the Mead and Rapana penalties. To me, it's the rugby league equivalent of the AFL's 'tunnelling' rule. The defender isn't going to be able to win the marking contest, so instead goes under the jumping player. Mead did it to Oates twice, and the first time he earned his team a try. That was actually the more blatant of the two- Mead didn't even leave the ground and ran straight into Oates. Oates just happened to fall more softly, so the referees' attention wasn't drawn. Hoffman did the same thing to Pearson, albeit leading with his hands. I'm happy for it to be penalised, otherwise the defender player becomes fair game for any attacker who knows he can't make the catch. You can't tackle them mid-air, so instead you just run into them while pretending to look at the ball. [/QUOTE]

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