NRL Media Playing Games, Tiger Trouble, and Cowboys BIG decision | Kenty Blitz EP179
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What media games are being played ahead of the Origin series?
Welcome to Kenny Blitch, your daily hit of NRL news. G'day, mate. Hello, mate. Excited? Getting there, getting there. I'll tell you what, it's just starting to heat up a little bit. I'm waiting to see what we read tomorrow to see if there's going to be any blood boiling. Just starting to get a little bit of a temperature rise in the coverage of the game. Well, you can see it at the moment, can't you?
Kalen Ponga's in the news at the moment. Karate Kid. His dirty little tricks. Well, you've got the karate kicks with catching the bombs. You've got his shoulder charges. You've got an article that came out through the Telegraph this week written by Dean Ritchie. Bulldog's name on the column straight from the New South Wales camp.
Yeah. It's funny, isn't it, the media games? I know, look, I get a lot of coverage, a lot of questions here and a lot of interest here in this podcast about the role media play and the manipulation that goes on and things like this. And obviously, yeah, people know it goes on, okay? So Bulldogs column this week, the karate kid about Ponga. Firstly, let me say this. It is a dangerous act, I think. when Ponga jumps for the ball and puts his feet out like that.
What issues are the Tigers facing with Jerome Luai's performance?
We know it happened years ago with Billy Slater. He was warned then by the NRL to stop doing it, and he did stop doing it. But it's all about just applying this subtle pressure to the referee and how the game is adjudicated through that. So the New South Wales campers come out and basically identified, well, we're led to believe that Bulldog identified, even though the New South Wales camp's aware of it, okay?
What decisions are the Cowboys facing with Todd Payten's contract?
The karate kicks that Pong has come on with the tackle, with the bomb defusal. Then on top of that, we've got what's happening in the Courier Mail, which is where they're going with the – story today, which I found fascinating, that Laurie Daly bores his team with his pre-match speech, which is maybe what's the reason for their slow starts in all these recent games. So once again... Let's go through those.
Let's go through those one-on-one. Let's go back to Ponga to start with, right? His tactics. That raising the foot to catch the ball. So let's look at this way, Kenny.
How does Kalen Ponga's playing style impact game strategy?
Some people will say, oh, well, you're not supposed to tackle the bloke in the air anyway, so he's doing nothing wrong. The problem is, right, you'd go back to that James Tedesco winning try for New South Wales. Ponga's off the field, he's been sent off, right, for his shoulder charge, which we'll get to in a second. But Hamaso is catching that bomb. He doesn't do that. Teddy flies above him, takes the ball. If that's Ponga still out in the field and he's going, hi-yah, as he's coming through, Teddy doesn't score that try.
The issue is it's not a defence to say, well, if you – If you run into his foot, he's not allowed to be tackled in the air. The fact is you're allowed to contest the ball. Yeah. You're allowed to contest the ball, and that prevents you contesting the ball, and it's a dangerous act because you can kick somebody in the head. His foot is so high. Yeah. So that takes out that argument. Now, the other part to that, obviously, too, is because it's an illegal act, now players are already protected in the air. You're not allowed to tackle a player in the air. The only time Ponga is under any threat when he is in the air is when another player is according to the rules, is contesting the ball against you, which should be allowed to happen.
What are the implications of the media's portrayal of the New South Wales camp?
Now, to protect yourself by sticking that big right foot out, I just don't think that that's fair game.
I was getting rid of the competition, mate, because Billy did it himself. You mentioned it earlier. Billy, I think going back, I think it was – was it David Clemmery kicked in the head? It could have been, yeah. And he was put on report. It was as funny as anything. I was looking at it. Last night after this came up and Billy has dead set collected him.
Mm-hmm.
The referees put it on report. Cameron Smith, absolute genius, is getting there. And you forget how good he was talking to the referees.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What media games are being played ahead of the Origin series?
0:01–1:12
2
What issues are the Tigers facing with Jerome Luai's performance?
1:12–1:35
3
What decisions are the Cowboys facing with Todd Payten's contract?
1:35–2:13
4
How does Kalen Ponga's playing style impact game strategy?
2:13–3:22
5
What are the implications of the media's portrayal of the New South Wales camp?
3:22–4:32
6
How is the coaching style of Laurie Daley affecting team performance?
4:32–6:48
7
What challenges do the Cowboys face in their upcoming games?
6:48–8:30
8
What are the expectations for the Tigers in the current season?
8:30–32:32
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