The governing body told its broadcast partner that footage in a State of Origin promotion of the tackle that left Reece Walsh unconscious was ‘not in the best interests of the game’.
Channel Nine have scrapped footage of Joseph Suaalii’s illegal tackle on Reece Walsh from its Origin promotion after the NRL informed them on Tuesday it was “not in the best interests of the game”.
Abdo told this masthead: “Because it was an illegal and dangerous tackle, I didn’t believe it was in the best interests of the game, nor fair on the injured player, to show .Host TV broadcaster Nine, the owner of this masthead, rolled out the first of its TV commercials over the weekend. Hatcher was glad Nine had taken swift action, and told this masthead on Tuesday: “That’s good news. The game is tough enough without carrying on with that bulls--t. It only does a great dis-service to the game.“If you did something similar on the street, you’d go to jail, so why would you allow it in our game that is already hard enough?”
“I think it’s inappropriate and totally wrong ,” Hatcher said. “There were plenty of other tackles they could have used. I hated that photo on the front page of the [“I think Reece is a sensational talent. He’s a very different individual ... but if we condone any action that takes those sorts of people out of the game, then I think the game is a shocking loser.”
And a third commercial hails the bravery shown by NSW to compete as long as they did with 12 men, while labelling the Suaalii send-off as “the twist that left Australia in a state of shock”.
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