Re: Sia Soliola : Mon Feb 17, 2014 10:09 pm  

St. Rughead wrote:

Elima facing a 5 game ban though, not seen the incident yet. Was it bad?

Yes. It was outright dirty. He twisted the Hull player's leg while said player was on the floor following a tackle. Totally unnecessary and he deserves whatever he gets. Elima just can't go a season without at least one ban.

As for Soliola, I thought his 'attempted tackle' was nothing short of a red card. So much for the RFL's pre-season spouting about treating head high tackles more harshly this year.

Re: Sia Soliola : Mon Feb 17, 2014 10:10 pm  

Judder Man wrote:

Maybe they are showing more tolerance for when Masoe makes his first appearance.

Can't wait for his 1st match.
Get some Deep Heat in his undies and send him on.

Wrecking ball!

Re: Sia Soliola : Mon Feb 17, 2014 11:14 pm  

Even in real time at the game it didn't look bad at all, big impact but initial contact clearly in the chest. The reaction from the commentators was hilarious.


Having watched other sports all winter, it really exacerbated how dreadful rugby league commentary is.

Re: Sia Soliola : Tue Feb 18, 2014 2:29 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

Yes. It was outright dirty. He twisted the Hull player's leg while said player was on the floor following a tackle. Totally unnecessary and he deserves whatever he gets. Elima just can't go a season without at least one ban.

As for Soliola, I thought his 'attempted tackle' was nothing short of a red card. So much for the RFL's pre-season spouting about treating head high tackles more harshly this year.

Saw it yesterday. Pathetic really from a 'professional'.

Re: Sia Soliola : Tue Feb 18, 2014 3:38 pm  

Smurf wrote:

Even in real time at the game it didn't look bad at all, big impact but initial contact clearly in the chest. The reaction from the commentators was hilarious.


Having watched other sports all winter, it really exacerbated how dreadful rugby league commentary is.

Spot on about the commentary. Really annoys me that we try and build a great product but are sold short by the very people who are at the forefront of our presentation. At the end of the day a commentary team should really be something that looks to enhance the game in front of them, not detract from it.