League legend Gorden Tallis has erupted over a penalty in opposition to Newcastle Knights captain Tyson Frizell for a hair pull on Panthers playmaker Jarome Luai.
Frizell was trying to sort out Luai within the 56th minute with Newcastle holding a slender 14-8 lead when the controversial incident occurred.
Frizell tried to seize Luai by the jersey however as a substitute dragged him down by the hair in awkward trend and the whistle was blown.
Only two tackles later the Panthers equalised via a Jaeman Salmon strive earlier than Nathan Cleary finally kicked a match successful subject objective in golden level.
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The Triple M workforce debated the incident on Sunday.
“It would have happened only 10 metres from where I was sitting,” Fox League’s James Hooper stated.
“We were all shaking our heads that there’s absolutely no way it was a penalty
“The only spot he could grab on Jarome’s jersey because Luai had gone past him was the top of the collar.
“Everybody that was in the ground at the time was furious that it was a penalty.”
Tallis was irate in regards to the name and referenced his iconic sort out on Brett Hodgson in State of Origin in 2002
“If you pull at the top of his head that’s a hair pull. If his hair goes past his collar, which is his uniform, and you go to grab his jersey that’s play on, that is play on,” Tallis stated.
“If Brett Hodgson has long hair and I do that tackle in Origin I get penalised. That’s not fair.
“If your hair goes past your shoulder, and is past your uniform, it can get pulled and you can’t complain about it. Or get it cut. fair dinkum.”
Frizell and Knights coach Adam O’Brien had been additionally left fuming on the choice when requested in regards to the incident after the match.
“When his hair is hanging halfway down his back and I am going to make a tackle it is incidental,” Frizell stated.
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“I guess if I do pull his hair it is classified as a penalty, but it wasn’t intentional and I’d like for him to tie his hair up.
“It was incidental, I wasn’t going for any hair or anything like that but when it is hanging half down your back, it’s hard not to grab a bit of it.”
O’Brien labelled referee Peter Gough’s choice “ridiculous” and stated he might make use of a brand new tactic — nevertheless it might take weeks to introduce.
“Huge (call), it is ridiculous, otherwise I will advise them all to start growing their hair long,” O’Brien stated.
“To try and get an advantage, it was ridiculous.
“The players need a bit of credit, they are just trying to make tackles and get people on the ground… there must be a lot of innuendo the players are out there to maim each other, that’s not the case,” O’Brien stated.
Source web site: www.foxsports.com.au
