Mansour dodges a charge for eye gouge

[pt73]

What a surprise, the NRL are missing a sponsorship opportunity with Specsavers for the refs jerseys.

‘Unnecessary contact to the face’: Mansour escapes eye gouge charge for tackle on Manly star

‘Unnecessary contact to the face’: Mansour escapes eye gouge charge for tackle on Manly star

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[globaleagle]

What a surprise, the NRL are missing a sponsorship opportunity with Specsavers for the refs jerseys.

‘Unnecessary contact to the face’: Mansour escapes eye gouge charge for tackle on Manly star

‘Unnecessary contact to the face’: Mansour escapes eye gouge charge for tackle on Manly star

www.foxsports.com.au

The NRL decided not to charge Mansour with the much more serious offence of eye gouging because they deemed he was behind Foran and did not have clear vision of where his hand was.

- and just in case Foran's eyes weren't where the rest of the human race has theirs, it was deemed 'accidental'.

The fact that Foran made no complaint is believed to have benefited Mansour, who will pay the fine instead.

- well Murray didn't complain about Lawton's tackle either....!

 

[pt73]

The NRL decided not to charge Mansour with the much more serious offence of eye gouging because they deemed he was behind Foran and did not have clear vision of where his hand was.

- and just in case Foran's eyes weren't where the rest of the human race has theirs, it was deemed 'accidental'.

The fact that Foran made no complaint is believed to have benefited Mansour, who will pay the fine instead.

- well Murray didn't complain about Lawton's tackle either....!

So he didn't know his hand was on Foz's face despite his arm being on Foz's ear.

Where did he think it was, on his bum.

What a pathetic claim to make.

 

[Woodsie]

How about "elbows" Walker

 

[pt73]

How about "elbows" Walker

Totally agree and gets away with his grubby acts every game.

Mansour must have become mates with Walker as I’ve never seen him do anything like he did on Friday night.

 

[Shoe1]

How slow was mansour when he got that “intercept”.

That was a dud call I reckon, looked like a knock on. The ref’s reluctance to blow the whistle in that circumstance was very strange to say the least.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Let’s not forget that Referee has “ history “ with us , so it’s called “ turning a blind eye as payback “.

 

[Woodsie]

How slow was mansour when he got that “intercept”.

That was a dud call I reckon, looked like a knock on. The ref’s reluctance to blow the whistle in that circumstance was very strange to say the least.

To be optimistic .. I think the ref thought he would score so that it would be reviewed.

 

[Will on the hill]

How slow was mansour when he got that “intercept”.

That was a dud call I reckon, looked like a knock on. The ref’s reluctance to blow the whistle in that circumstance was very strange to say the least.

He put his whistle to his mouth but second guessed blowing it when it looked like a try was on the cards as he could review it.

 

[Rackets]

Problem is the referees are never held accountable. Until they start having press conferences after games like the coaches, nothing will ever change. We as the fans and stakeholders of this game should be able to ask the referees questions as to why certain decisions were or were not made and of how they think they performed.

 

[ALinda]

Totally agree and gets away with his grubby acts every game.

Mansour must have become mates with Walker as I’ve never seen him do anything like he did on Friday night.

After Mansour had that horrific facial injury, this was out of character for him and I think you're right, Walker's grubbiness has rubbed off on him.

 

[Shoe1]

To be optimistic .. I think the ref thought he would score so that it would be reviewed.

That’s no way to officiate a game.

 

[Nordburg]

Problem is the referees are never held accountable. Until they start having press conferences after games like the coaches, nothing will ever change. We as the fans and stakeholders of this game should be able to ask the referees questions as to why certain decisions were or were not made and of how they think they performed.

A ref was dropped this week,is that accountable enough?Referees are sacrosanct and should never be questioned.They’ll make mistakes,like all of us.Why should fans be able to ask referees questions,do we get to ask coaches questions?And can you imagine a referees press conference-“Why did you give a penalty to this team in the 25th minute?”
Ref-“Because we thought it was a penalty”.End of story.It would be as exciting as one of Des’ press conference

 

[Woodsie]

That’s no way to officiate a game.

Yeah nah .. probably the best option most times

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

After Mansour had that horrific facial injury, this was out of character for him and I think you're right, Walker's grubbiness has rubbed off on him.

Walker looks like a grub too.

He has that ‘If I wasn’t playing football I would be in Goulburn or Long Bay by now’ look on his face.

 

[Shoe1]

Yeah nah .. probably the best option most times

But he was quick to call the forward pass to Garrick that probably wasn’t. Ya they can’t refer that to the bunker, it’s a dirty double standard.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Refs are human and humans make mistakes , so I have no issue with something that gets missed.

However , if the ref is aware , the bunker is aware , then we need consistency.

And that’s what’s lacking.

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Bunker can't rule on forward passes

 

[Woodsie]

But he was quick to call the forward pass to Garrick that probably wasn’t. Ya they can’t refer that to the bunker, it’s a dirty double standard.

So, you have proved that the ref is human .

 

[Shoe1]

So, you have proved that the ref is human .

No. I have proved the ref is ****ed.