Craig Bellamy called for consistency, while Harry Grant urged the NRL not to take kick pressure out of the game after the Storm skipper copped a tough sin bin against the Sharks.
The Storm led 12-6 before Grant was sin-binned for an innocuous touch with his leg and that of Sharks kicker Dan Atkinson, in a match turning moment in the Sharks’ 25-18 win at AAMI Park.
“I’ll let you guys comment on that,” Bellamy said.
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Grant sent to bin for dangerous contact | 00:53
Bellamy was asked if Grant’s sin-binning was a line in the sand moment.
“Yeah well you obviously can’t bump their legs,” Bellamy said.
“So you go in over the top and wrap them up and just hope you don’t hit them late.
“I don’t know. Like Harry wasn’t even looking. At the end of the day I suppose he has got to take that responsibility as in, OK look where you are going and try and avoid making contact there.
“But at the end of the day that’s out of my control and if that’s what they want to do.
“But obviously having your captain off and your dummyhalf off doesn’t make it easier for us.”
Grant was stunned with the decision and launched a passionate defence of kick pressure in the game.
“I was a bit shocked,” Grant said.
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Craig Bellamy and Harry Grant addressed the sin bin.Source: FOX SPORTS
“I had no intention of going in with any intent to hurt Atkinson.
“I just went to put kick pressure on, which is a big part of the game and you can’t lose it.
“We don’t want to lose it. If you look I was going to put kick pressure on and looked away to take myself away from him to not make any contact.
“But he’s obviously jumped and kick momentum took him forward and brushed his leg.
“I was a bit shocked but can’t change it now. But we can’t lose kick pressure in the game. It is a big part of the game and we don’t want to lose it.”
Grant was pressed if the Storm would seek clarity around the ruling.
“Not for us it is not our call, but I just don’t want to lose it,” Grant said.
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“There is a lot of players out there that work really hard in the game and kick pressure is really important in a game, so you can’t lose it.”
Bellamy called on the NRL to show consistency, which spells bad news for kick pressure as it has previously existed.
“I think with any rules all we have got is consistency,” Bellamy said.
“That’s the mark now. You touch his leg, doesn’t matter how hard, you go to the bin.”
Bellamy was asked why the NRL waited until the Storm’s clash with the Sharks to clamp down on kick pressure with a sin bin for merely touching the kicker.
“I don’t know it might have been ordered,” Bellamy said.
“I hadn’t heard that one. But at the end of the day that might have been the reason.
“He might have thought it was worse contact than what it actually was.
“At the end of the day it is what it is and you can’t change it.”
Craig Bellamy, Harry Grant sin bin, kick pressure, Melbourne Storm vs Cronulla Sharks, Round 10 – MASHAHER
Craig Bellamy called for consistency, while Harry Grant urged the NRL not to take kick pressure out of the game after the Storm skipper copped a tough sin bin against the Sharks.
The Storm led 12-6 before Grant was sin-binned for an innocuous touch with his leg and that of Sharks kicker Dan Atkinson, in a match turning moment in the Sharks’ 25-18 win at AAMI Park.
“I’ll let you guys comment on that,” Bellamy said.
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Grant sent to bin for dangerous contact | 00:53
Bellamy was asked if Grant’s sin-binning was a line in the sand moment.
“Yeah well you obviously can’t bump their legs,” Bellamy said.
“So you go in over the top and wrap them up and just hope you don’t hit them late.
“I don’t know. Like Harry wasn’t even looking. At the end of the day I suppose he has got to take that responsibility as in, OK look where you are going and try and avoid making contact there.
“But at the end of the day that’s out of my control and if that’s what they want to do.
“But obviously having your captain off and your dummyhalf off doesn’t make it easier for us.”
Grant was stunned with the decision and launched a passionate defence of kick pressure in the game.
“I was a bit shocked,” Grant said.
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“I had no intention of going in with any intent to hurt Atkinson.
“I just went to put kick pressure on, which is a big part of the game and you can’t lose it.
“We don’t want to lose it. If you look I was going to put kick pressure on and looked away to take myself away from him to not make any contact.
“But he’s obviously jumped and kick momentum took him forward and brushed his leg.
“I was a bit shocked but can’t change it now. But we can’t lose kick pressure in the game. It is a big part of the game and we don’t want to lose it.”
Grant was pressed if the Storm would seek clarity around the ruling.
“Not for us it is not our call, but I just don’t want to lose it,” Grant said.
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“There is a lot of players out there that work really hard in the game and kick pressure is really important in a game, so you can’t lose it.”
Bellamy called on the NRL to show consistency, which spells bad news for kick pressure as it has previously existed.
“I think with any rules all we have got is consistency,” Bellamy said.
“That’s the mark now. You touch his leg, doesn’t matter how hard, you go to the bin.”
Bellamy was asked why the NRL waited until the Storm’s clash with the Sharks to clamp down on kick pressure with a sin bin for merely touching the kicker.
“I don’t know it might have been ordered,” Bellamy said.
“I hadn’t heard that one. But at the end of the day that might have been the reason.
“He might have thought it was worse contact than what it actually was.
“At the end of the day it is what it is and you can’t change it.”
Source Agencies