2026 Season
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or dont and keep throwing those passes! 
Mclovin
Clint Newton
Have they all kicked the goal when thats happened??
Defence wins games
Todd Bates
But really, the Donkeys have been really poor tonight!
BlackbuttOG
Chris Houston
I think it upset the Cowboys that he had already knocked the ball on and it wasn't a deliberate act of foul play after the ball was dead. Still got him in the face though.
Yep, been a penalty for a decade, unless you are Ashley Klein refereeing the Knights.
Let's not forget that the rule is there not only to punish high contact but also to encourage players to avoid potential high contact.
The best place to see this in action is the crusher tackle rule. In the old days, players didn't give a rats about players in potential crusher situations; now they actively try to avoid pressure on the neck, you see it numerous times in every game.
Rules can't be subjective; they have to be black-and-white (someone please tell Phil "spirit of the game" Gould & Todd Payten). Otherwise, sometimes high contact is a penalty, and sometimes it isn't. And that doesn't work as a deterrent and can become blatantly unfair very quickly.
The best place to see this in action is the crusher tackle rule. In the old days, players didn't give a rats about players in potential crusher situations; now they actively try to avoid pressure on the neck, you see it numerous times in every game.
Rules can't be subjective; they have to be black-and-white (someone please tell Phil "spirit of the game" Gould & Todd Payten). Otherwise, sometimes high contact is a penalty, and sometimes it isn't. And that doesn't work as a deterrent and can become blatantly unfair very quickly.
Celticman98
Timana Tahu
Luai is absolutely overrated.