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Message: [QUOTE="LittleDavey, post: 3497397, member: 8255"] Exactly this. See above. If Rapana isn't injured, gets up and plays the ball, play would have continued. We got penalised for the injury, not the incident. That's wrong, and Joey nails it in his assessment. Both players did exactly what they should do - Rapana caught the ball and got to ground as fast as he could; Marty was coming through with intent to tackle the player with the ball as close to his goal line as possible. The argument "Jordan could not have done anything different" is bullshit, Rapana could have jumped for the ball, which would have kept his head out of a dangerous situation. It also would have probably gotten him driven back into the in-goal, so he chose not to do that. What's Marty meant to do, hang back and not go near him in case his head is near the ground? Bullshit. Accidents happen, accidental contact to the head in a situation where the player's head is around someone's knees has never been a legitimate penalty. We're not talking about the litany of errors, the boys played like garbage and got the result they deserved, no-one is arguing that. [/QUOTE]

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