Tigers exterior again Tommy Talau’s post-match spat at former teammate Jackson Hastings after an unintended excessive shot has been labelled “the most appalling sportsmanship”.
Hastings caught the 22-year-old’s face within the thirty seventh minute, breaking his nostril because the younger gun failed his HIA and was unable to return to the sphere.
After an interview with Fox League, Hastings was shirtfronted by Talau trying to apologise and in accordance with The Daily Telegraph’s Phil Rothfield, the playmaker was shocked by the response.
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Talau and Hastings reportedly frolicked rehabbing their respective accidents collectively final season, with the centre lacking majority of the membership’s 2022 marketing campaign with an ACL damage.
“I was told today that when he came back for the trials, Jackson Hastings sent him (Talau) a text message and said ‘good on you mate, you did it tough last year, welcome back to the NRL, this is where you belong’,” Rothfield stated on NRL360.
“That’s why he was shocked by the response yesterday, there was absolutely no intent in that tackle, it was a mishap that went wrong.”
“They did rehab together, Jackson thought they were mates,” The Australian’s Brent Read added.
The entire NRL360 panel agreed that Talau was within the improper whereas Read additionally defended Tigers prop David Klemmer who stepped into the argument.
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But Rothfield believes Klemmer’s motion had been “so out of order”.
“It was a pretty ordinary go from Tommy Talau, he went to apologise, you know the old saying, what happens on the field, stays on the field,” NRL360 co-host Paul Kent stated.
“That tackle, look it was not right but we see that most weekends now, and most blokes just get on with it.”
“Kenty, it was the most appalling sportsmanship, once a game of rugby league is over and the siren goes and the players walk off,” Rothfield stated.
“What happens on the field, stays on the field, but for that Klemmer, who only ran 81 metres during the game, he ran further to get involved in that than he did the whole game.
“He was so out of order getting involved.”
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“Tommy was in a stink with Jackson and Dave has come in to help his mate out, isn’t that what you are supposed to do as a teammate?” Read argued.
“He wanted to go on with it, if that security guard hadn’t have been there,” Rothfield stated.
“He only went over to apologise Ready, Talau started it, Talau is way out of order,” Kent stated.
NRL360 host Braith Anasta additionally advised there was dangerous blood between the previous teammates after the “unusual” blow-up.
“The hit on Talau, it wasn’t good, but we’ve seen that… for Klemmer to come in, obviously he doesn’t like Jackson either,” Anasta stated.
“To me it suggested there was an issue there with the ex-players and Jackson, I could be wrong but that was such an unusual circumstance, you don’t see it at all.”
Source web site: www.foxsports.com.au
