I think you need to look at the incident once, or 100 times, again.Cook comes in and places his hands on the culprit’s back to get him off an injured teammate. The culprit starts to swing punches. That is what caused the melee.Really, it was the culprit’s inability to make an impact on the game that had him frustrated into breaking the rules in trying to break an opponent’s neck.His team were being flogged. His team were being pressured into simple and numerous errors. He and his team were now up against one of the big teams with big boys – and he and his team were clearly not handling it.He began the incident with a dangerous tackle; he then compounded his error by violently overreacting to Cook putting his hands on his back. He got what he deserved because it was utter stupidity what he did – TWICE!Go on, now – watch it again as it is only a few inches above where you are now reading. The culprit’s spear tackle was dangerous – it was illegal – it was stupid. The culprit’s reaction to hands on his back by punching was dangerous – it was illegal – it was stupid. Trying to blame Cook for any of that is stupid.
I think you need to look at the incident once, or 100 times, again.
Cook comes in and places his hands on the culprit’s back to get him off an injured teammate. The culprit starts to swing punches. That is what caused the melee.
Really, it was the culprit’s inability to make an impact on the game that had him frustrated into breaking the rules in trying to break an opponent’s neck.
His team were being flogged. His team were being pressured into simple and numerous errors. He and his team were now up against one of the big teams with big boys – and he and his team were clearly not handling it.
He began the incident with a dangerous tackle; he then compounded his error by violently overreacting to Cook putting his hands on his back. He got what he deserved because it was utter stupidity what he did – TWICE!
Go on, now – watch it again as it is only a few inches above where you are now reading.
The culprit’s spear tackle was dangerous – it was illegal – it was stupid. The culprit’s reaction to hands on his back by punching was dangerous – it was illegal – it was stupid. Trying to blame Cook for any of that is stupid.
I really think you need to have another look at the footage. Cook places his hands on the culprit to get him off a teammate. The culprit does the swinging of punches. That "smart and heroic move to...start a melee on top of an injured" player, is what REALLY happened.
Go watch it again. It is only a few inches above this section you are now reading.
The Manly nob had the shits because they were getting flogged. His team could not do much right. They - and he - were frustrated by a superior team: as well as their own inability to match the great sides.
Not only did he compound his team's accumulation of failures by that dangerous and illegal tackle, he wants to swing punches because someone placed their hands on his back. That is the real stupidity of that whole episode.
Fweddy got it all wrong. Cook came in to push a thug off an upended team mate. That is honourable - not stupid. The stupidity involved the culprit getting to his feet and wanting to swing punches at Cook because - sob, sob - he got pushed.
boredofstudents
Roar Rookie
I think you need to look at the incident once, or 100 times, again.Cook comes in and places his hands on the culprit’s back to get him off an injured teammate. The culprit starts to swing punches. That is what caused the melee.Really, it was the culprit’s inability to make an impact on the game that had him frustrated into breaking the rules in trying to break an opponent’s neck.His team were being flogged. His team were being pressured into simple and numerous errors. He and his team were now up against one of the big teams with big boys – and he and his team were clearly not handling it.He began the incident with a dangerous tackle; he then compounded his error by violently overreacting to Cook putting his hands on his back. He got what he deserved because it was utter stupidity what he did – TWICE!Go on, now – watch it again as it is only a few inches above where you are now reading. The culprit’s spear tackle was dangerous – it was illegal – it was stupid. The culprit’s reaction to hands on his back by punching was dangerous – it was illegal – it was stupid. Trying to blame Cook for any of that is stupid.
boredofstudents
Roar Rookie
I think you need to look at the incident once, or 100 times, again. Cook comes in and places his hands on the culprit’s back to get him off an injured teammate. The culprit starts to swing punches. That is what caused the melee. Really, it was the culprit’s inability to make an impact on the game that had him frustrated into breaking the rules in trying to break an opponent’s neck. His team were being flogged. His team were being pressured into simple and numerous errors. He and his team were now up against one of the big teams with big boys – and he and his team were clearly not handling it. He began the incident with a dangerous tackle; he then compounded his error by violently overreacting to Cook putting his hands on his back. He got what he deserved because it was utter stupidity what he did – TWICE! Go on, now – watch it again as it is only a few inches above where you are now reading. The culprit’s spear tackle was dangerous – it was illegal – it was stupid. The culprit’s reaction to hands on his back by punching was dangerous – it was illegal – it was stupid. Trying to blame Cook for any of that is stupid.
boredofstudents
Roar Rookie
I really think you need to have another look at the footage. Cook places his hands on the culprit to get him off a teammate. The culprit does the swinging of punches. That "smart and heroic move to...start a melee on top of an injured" player, is what REALLY happened. Go watch it again. It is only a few inches above this section you are now reading. The Manly nob had the shits because they were getting flogged. His team could not do much right. They - and he - were frustrated by a superior team: as well as their own inability to match the great sides. Not only did he compound his team's accumulation of failures by that dangerous and illegal tackle, he wants to swing punches because someone placed their hands on his back. That is the real stupidity of that whole episode.
Short Memory
Roar Rookie
Yep. It's always a smart and heroic move to charge in and start a melee on top of an injured team mate.
boredofstudents
Roar Rookie
Fweddy got it all wrong. Cook came in to push a thug off an upended team mate. That is honourable - not stupid. The stupidity involved the culprit getting to his feet and wanting to swing punches at Cook because - sob, sob - he got pushed.