Blog with Buzz: Camera angle that can save Billy Slater
SURELY no genuine rugby league fan wants the great Billy Slater rubbed out of the grand final and the last game of a wonderful career. CHAT LIVE WITH PHIL ROTHFIELD.
NRL
Don't miss out on the headlines from NRL. Followed categories will be added to My News.
- Coaching masterstroke that paid off massively for Roosters
- More Monday Buzz: Weekend highlights, lowlights
SURELY no genuine rugby league fan wants the great Billy Slater rubbed out of the grand final and the last game of a wonderful career.
The NRL match review committee has done the right thing by charging the champion fullback.
Yet I wouldn’t be surprised if he gets off via the front-on camera angle of the shoulder charge.
BLOG LIVE WITH BUZZ FROM 1PM. COMMENT BELOW TO ASK QUESTIONS
It clearly shows Slater’s right arm coming into contact with Sharks winger Sosaia Feki first before the shoulder makes impact. It will be touch and go yet there is enough doubt for a not-guilty verdict.
The shoulder charge crackdown was introduced to stop incidents like when Greg Inglis flattened Dean Young in 2012 at ANZ Stadium and put him in hospital.
Slater’s tackle was nothing like it. It was a borderline incident but not an act of foul play.
BLOG LIVE WITH BUZZ FROM 1PM. COMMENT BELOW TO ASK QUESTIONS