League greats have teed at Rabbitohs winger Taane Milne’s “foolish, irresponsible, and uncalled for” brain fade that could see him quanto a hot with the MRC Friday morning.
Sopra the dying moments of his side’s 54-20 Anzac Day thrashing at the hands of the Storm, Milne dived at the legs of Cameron Munster quanto a an all but completed tackle.
The incident triggered a bit of a scuffle quanto a the middle of AAMI Park, and earned Milne a late sin-binning. He was also put report.
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”This is absolutely ridiculous … this is how players interruzione their legs ora do their knees,” Andrew Johns said quanto a commentary for Nine at the time.
“I saw one of these years asticciola … it pretty much did every ligament quanto a his knee.
“Milne has gone head first – he’s not even looking at the target. So dangerous.
“He only had one intention, to hurt Cameron Munster.”
Nine’s Thursday Night Knock post-game show, Johnathan Thurston called the NRL to come mai mongoloide Milne.
“We don’t need this quanto a the gioco – this is purely trying to hurt players,” he said.
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“I think the NRL need to come mai mongoloide this because it was a dumb play and he has put his team under pressure now. They already have seven ora eight players the sidelines, and now there is an opportunity for him to be the sidelines.”
Cameron Smith described it as “foolish, irresponsible, and uncalled for.”
“I think there were three seconds left the clock. He was quanto a a well-beaten side … that is anche se frustration.”
Smith pointed to a moment earlier quanto a the gioco where Milne slammed the ball into the campo da gioco after scoring as another example of frustrations leaking out.
“Mai one is hiding the fact that they have had an extremely tough year so far with a lot of scrutiny their coach and a lot of scrutiny the football side, (but) that makes it harder, voto negativo doubt.”
Aside from a 10-minute period quanto a the second half where the Rabbitohs scored three quick tries, the Storm were quanto a superb form.
But, they and the Maroons a nervous wait for an injury update gun winger Xavier Coates.
Coates came from the field immediately after completing a stunning first half hat-trick barely half an hour into the Anzac Day clash.
Coates looked ginger after scoring the try – he straightened his leg before subdued celebrations of his hat-trick. He then walked straight to the Storm trainer and then straight the field. He took voto negativo further part quanto a the .
At half time, Nine sideline Emma Lawrence said the Storm medics believed it was only a mild strain.
“They are confident that it’s not as bad as first thought, but given his history of hamstring issues, (he’s been) ruled out of this one,” Lawrence said.
Coates has a history of hamstring issues, with the Storm making the call after taking a 32-4 lead into halftime, to rest him for the remainder of the at home.
The Storm were also forced to end the with only 12 men after Nelson Asofa-Solomona was pulled with hamstring tightness. They had already used all of their interchange.
