I want to send a message to mums and dads in Queensland and across Australia - they should not be concerned about their kids playing rugby league, he said. I will take every action necessary to stop foul play and we will not tolerate any hit above the shoulder even if it s accidental. That s the edict coming from me. A lot of junior league is non-contact as it stands. There are always ways to improve the sport and safety is uppermost in my mind. Â Â But as a Commission, we will make the game safer. Of the Brisbane junior brawl, V landys said: It s disgusting. They are acts of cowards. If you want to be a thug, you have no place in our game.
Matt Manning bit by the long ball in Mud Hens’ loss
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Matt Manning was a little homer prone and Indianapolis stayed in the game as a result, and ultimately pulled it out late. The Tigers top pitching prospect gave up solo shots on grooved fastballs to both Travis Swaggerty and Will Craig in the first inning. He struck out the other three hitters he faced in the frame. From there, Manning started to get the feel for his curveball and he racked up 11 straight outs until Andrew Susac ambushed a first pitch fastball for the third solo home run allowed by Manning on the day. He struck out seven, didn’t walk a hitter, and the three hits he gave up all left the park.
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After last year’s festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Magic Round returns this year, with Suncorp Stadium to play host to all eight matches this weekend.
Following a recent COVID scare in Sydney, all players have been placed under the same stage three restrictions that most, if not all, of Australia were subject to at the height of the pandemic last year, for what is hoped to only be a brief period.
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I could drone on all day about the deplorable lack of consistency in the NRL’s messaging on protecting the head and eliminating the thug acts from our game.
I could even drone on all day about referees all suffering from mass glaucoma – how else do you explain the appalling oversight (no pun intended) of not punishing Dylan Brown on the spot?
Despite the words, despite the intent from NRL, nothing is changing.
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The Parramatta Eels have submitted an application to the NRL in a bid to be granted an exemption to welcome back the players they released from their level-three biosecurity bubble last week.
The Eels released six players to play in the NSW Cup, despite knowing those players wouldn t be allowed back in the bubble while level-three protocols remained in place.
Parramatta are now facing the prospect of not being able to name a 21-man squad for their Magic Round clash with the New Zealand Warriors on Sunday, prompting the submission of their application to the NRL.