Sam Thaiday cops as much as he receives on the footy field, writes Paul Kent
SOME were appalled Sam Thaiday would target Jesse Bromwich’s injury. Others argue Bromwich was fair game, both are right writes Paul Kent.
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WE remember the sight of Greg Inglis in round one suffering on the wing, returning kicks with a hobble and a stutter in his gait.
And we remember the Tigers holding him up in tackles, promising not to twist him to the ground because they also saw him suffering and this went beyond football.
“I’ve got ya,” Tigers skipper Aaron Woods said to him. Woods later said he saw Inglis was clearly injured and didn’t want his teammates to injure him anymore.
There are great moments of sportsmanship in this game. Always have been.
And then there are the other moments. Sam Thaiday is infamous in NSW for being third man in to an Origin blue.
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Vision on Thursday night showing him deliberately grabbing Jesse Bromwich’s heavily strapped busted thumb — Bromwich suffered a compound fracture in the thumb less than a fortnight before — lit up the rugby league conversation on Friday.
Some were appalled, disgusted that Thaiday would deliberately target such an injury.
Others argued that if Bromwich was prepared to carry the injury into the match he was fair game.
Both are old arguments and both sides are right.
What has changed are the times and the examination the game comes under.
In the old days, it would have stayed in the middle of the park. It hasn’t, so the NRL really had no choice but to act. Thaiday was fined $1550.
For those verballing Thaiday, let’s remember he often cops as much as he receives. Some years back, Thaiday was terrorising the NSW pack when coaching assistant Steve Roach declared he wanted somebody to go out and take on Thaiday and that he wouldn’t believe it unless they returned with a lock of his curly hair.
After the game, as the Blues celebrated, Paul Gallen reached into his sock and pulled out a lock of hair you could bridle a horse with.
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