The Soapbox

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           SWEET BABY JEBUS!!! If someone can explain to me how on God’s green earth Victor the Sphincter managed to stay on the field in the Rorters/Broncos game, and then explain how the hell he didn’t get cited by the Match Review Committee, that would be greatly appreciated.

In that same game we saw Staggs come down with a forearm on the back of the melon of a Rooster player and get walked. He was then cited by the MRC and received a two game ban. Fair enough. It was a brain explosion and was definitely not warranted. But how a player like Sphincter Radley can lead with the head and smash Carrigan on the jaw and not get even a penalty is beyond me. Hell, he has been sidelined for doing just that in the past but for some reason they let this one go.  THEN he does a hip drop tackle which saw Karapani get taken off, something which has been an automatic sin bin for numerous players in the league but astoundingly not this time!!!

Sphincter is one of the most penalised players in Rugby League for the simple fact that he is a grub. Now taking that into consideration, you would think that the MRC would be harder on him than a first offender because he doesn’t seem to get the message…but no!!! What’s worse is that he was on one of the Rugby League programs when the host let him know that he was not cited by the MRC after the weekend’s game. His response was “Really??? Is this April Fools???”. Even HE thought he was screwed.

It is no wonder people get frustrated with the game. When inconsistencies like this happen (and they do all too often), you have to wonder whether there is a hidden agenda. I naively like to think that everything is all above board, but geez!!!

All you can do is say well done Uncle Nick…

Well that’s what I think!!!