Other Games [Round 10, 2022]

[Rafferty]

Gone for a week. We’ll take it.

Just said it elsewhere, it’s Parra, be lucky if he even receives a fine.

 

[Waz13]

Just said it elsewhere, it’s Parra, be lucky if he even receives a fine.

Yeah I know, can only hope tho.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

**** I hate the tipping competition!!

 

[HK_Eagle]

So, independent doc calls him off for a HIA head knock, but the bunker says no penalty. You can't have two bodies making decisions in the game that are completely incongruent. Absolute stupidity

 

[Shoe1]

In summary, all the coaches of winning teams this week outcoached the ones who lost.

In addition, the coaches who lost have also lost their respective dressing rooms.

 

[40 nil]

Fun fact: only three teams who won in Rd 9 also won in Magic Round - Cowboys, Roosters & Broncos.

 

[EagleGT]

So, independent doc calls him off for a HIA head knock, but the bunker says no penalty. You can't have two bodies making decisions in the game that are completely incongruent. Absolute stupidity

A quick summary of some of the "independent" doctor's calls on the weekend.

Harry Grant - badly dazed, stumbling. No bunker intervention.
Cameron Munster - badly dazed. No bunker intervention.
Joseph Suaalii - badly dazed, unsteady on feet. No bunker intervention.
Ken Maumalo - slightly injured. Bunker intervenes, taken from field.

Does anyone see any correlation here to the theory of favoured and unfavoured teams?

And, of course, Suaalii scored the try to seal the match just a few minutes after his head knock. After the game Fittler was asked why Suaalli wouldn't have been sent for an assessment and threw out some nonsense to deflect attention. He said the reason why he wasn't sent was because the on-field trainer had assessed it as a low level head injury. But isn't that what the "independent" doctor is meant to override, if the evidence (such as stumbling) indicates otherwise?

Further, in the Manly v Sharks game a few weeks ago, Blayke Brailey was knocked silly making a tackle and was stumbling back into position. No bunker intervention.

The inconsistency is very consistent.