NRL’s head of soccer Graham Annesley has mentioned he “can’t be responsible for people’s confusion” because the furore across the controversial hip drop sort out continues.
Annesley’s feedback come because the ARL Commission is ready to subject the NRL with a please clarify over the current crackdown on the hip drop and the cluster of sin bins, based on the Sydney Morning Herald.
Round 8 noticed one other chapter added to the league’s battle with the hip drop, with Friday’s Eels-Broncos conflict marred by three separate incidents.
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Two gamers, Ezra Mam and J’maine Hopgood have been sin binned for hip drops with Mam and teammate Payne Hass subsequently charged by the NRL match committee
Haas wasn’t penalised or sin binned for his ugly sort out on Reagan Campbell-Gillard, who sadly, suffered a groin harm consequently and is because of miss 8-12 weeks.
Annesley appeared on Triple M Rocks NRL on Sunday and received right into a heated dialogue with main journalist Ben Dobbin over the confusion from gamers on what constitutes a hip drop.
“There’s a lot of confusion around the playing ranks, so if they don’t understand it, surely the NRL has got to come out and give some clear guidelines so everyone has an idea?” Dobbin requested.
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“Dobbo, go to the NRL website, it’s there in black and white. I talk about it every single week,” Annesley retorted.
“I can’t be responsible for people’s confusion. It’s out there. People have to read it and understand it.
Veteran journalist Phil Rothfield also weighed in on the matter on Monday morning, stating he is “more confused than ever before”.
Rothfield pointed to the Haas sort out on Friday evening, and mentioned “there was absolutely no doubt” the Broncos prop would have been despatched to the sin bin had Mam not been in there already.
“All I know is we have Reagan Campbell-Gillard out for 12 weeks,” Rothfield mentioned on the Big Sports Breakfast.
“They are as confused on the field as they are off it. The referee had no problem with it (Haas tackle), the Bunker had no problem with it and then we wake up Saturday morning and the NRL match review does have a problem with it with Payne Haas getting a grade 2 charge.
“There was pressure on the bunker at the time. The Broncos were already done to 12 players at the time and they didn’t have the courage to put them down to 11.
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“I’m sure the pressure got to the person in the bunker. Anything remotely like a hip drop tackle that causes an injury has been sent to the sin bin.
“It’s become a blight on the game, no one knows what’s happening, particularly with differing reports on what the commission think.
“What’s going on, seriously.”
The hip drop subject and the way it ought to be policed isn’t simply impacting the NRL.
Annesley revealed that the NFL have been in touch with the league after a variety of incidents on the again finish of their 2022/2023 season.
Dallas Cowboys working again Tony Pollard suffered a fractured fibula and excessive ankle sprain after a hip drop from San Francisco 49ers security Jimmie Ward throughout a playoff sport in January.
Star quarterback Patrick Mahomes was additionally injured in a similar-looking sort out to the one brought about Pollard’s harm, in Kansas City’s playoff win towards the Jacksonville Jaguars
Luckily, Mahomes would return later that sport and lead his aspect to a Super Bowl victory three weeks later.
“(The hip drop) is a new phenomenon. I’ve been around the game for a long time and this is something that popped up out of the blue a few years ago,” Annesley mentioned.
“The NFL is dealing with exactly the same thing at the moment and they’ve contacted us for advice with how to deal with it in readiness for their upcoming season.
“It’s obviously something that has evolved from a defence mechanism to try and bring players to the ground as quickly as possible, but we have to do it in a way that’s safe.”
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