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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2678472, member: 1899"] I've got little time for poor sportsmanship either way and certainly think the better side happened to win the first two games but that picture confuses me. What are Blues fans whinging about with Tate's half-hearted punch on Bird? Are they going to conveniently ignore the big swinging cheap shot by Grant or the fact that Gallen threw the first punch before slipping on his ass? Punches weren't automatic sin-bins until the referees decided Gal was allowed to hold up play, get a few on Myles and avoid the sin-bin which contrary to popular belief was never acceptable. I mean Wally got binned for throwing a football in 82, if anything it used to take more to get binned than it did back then. Myles' leading with the head is a shade of knee crowding and that's nearly half your material. Can't remember anything about the spear tackle, need more context. GI try was perfectly fine. Moral of the story, don't lash out with the boot on your try line. Hodges try was technically fine too and efforts to amend the rule to outlaw it only lasted five rounds before the Sydney press cottoned on that rigid interpretations are terrible and far too exploitable. [/QUOTE]

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