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Message: [QUOTE="Morkel, post: 3432657, member: 8215"] OUTRAGE POST 1/3 I accepted Carrigan's ban knowing that it caused a legitimately serious injury, and that the NRL wanted to draw a line in the sand. It wasn't a typically defined hip drop, there were extenuating circumstances. However it was a situation where the tackler either deliberately or inadvertently dragged downward on the player and caused their leg(s) to be trapped under the tackler's weight. It was supposed to be a warning that ANY tackle like this would end up with a long suspension, regardless of any injuries that result from it, due to the [I]potential[/I] of serious injury. If Brandon Smith's tackle does not at the very least end up in a 4 week suspension then I'm going to be even more disillusioned with the NRL. I can accept a crackdown on one of our players for a legitimate safety reason. I can not accept our player being made an example of and then going lenient on subsequent similar or worse incidents. Here's where we see how much the media really does control the narrative, and how much direct or indirect influence they have over the NRL's decision makers. Smith is a media darling and is a favourite of the regular NSWRL ex-players who are prominent in the media. [/QUOTE]

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