Ponga Send-Off, Cleary Debate & player-media tension | Ask Kenty
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
With all this stuff with head injuries these days, to sit there and think it's okay that a player gets knocked out with a tackle that's not allowed to be done, I think it's just ridiculous.
What sparked the debate around Ponga's send-off?
G'day and welcome to Kenti Blitz, Ask Kenti Edition, your Sunday morning.
How are accidental penalties defined in rugby?
We hope you're out there going for a walk or maybe doing the lawns or whatever you do, but we're here.
What makes Nathan Cleary a standout player?
Pre-recorded, of course.
What role does Isaiah Yeo play in the team dynamics?
We're not really here on a Sunday morning at 6am. Where are you right now then? Where am I?
How does gambling influence the NRL's current landscape?
On a Sunday morning, 6 o'clock. Maybe going for a walk. Oh, please.
What challenges does Todd Payten face as a coach?
Maybe going for a walk, yeah. Where are you, in the gym? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
What are the implications of player-media tension?
Pumping on. Very good. You'd just be coming home in the old days. Oh, please. In the old days, not the new Kenty. That's old Kenty, not Kenty 2.0. All right, let's start off. Steve Nopasaran says, I'm going to refer, this is obviously talking about Thursday night's game, I'm going to refer to Ponga's sending off, Wednesday night's game, sorry, I'm going to refer to Ponga's sending off as a Klein's clanger from now on. Is that the worst origin refereeing decision and process for coming to that decision you've ever seen? No, I think you're wrong. I think in the modern rule, it was a shoulder charge. That's what's been left out of a lot of the argument. Yeah, look, Kenty, I think in the modern game you can't be doing that anymore.
It was concussed. Look, with all this stuff with head injuries these days, to sit there and think it's okay that a player gets knocked out with a tackle that's not allowed to be done in the rule book, As a worse decision, I think it's just ridiculous. You mightn't like it, but that's the way the game is. Steve's a pommy, he says, with no skin in the game. Shout out to our pommy friends. All right, the untalented one says, I think I got called that at many stages in my junior career. No doubt. Do you think they should remove accidents from cardable offences? Well, there's no cards in them, I believe. Well, there's no cards, but the rules... Penalty and fine only, no send-offs, he's saying. Yeah, but the rules actually...
state, careless, reckless, and intentional. Careless by definition means no intent. So what's an accident? No intent. It's in the rule book. Once again, the players are aware of it. Yeah, I don't like it. But the other thing is, who's this? Steve, is it? No, this is the untalented one. The untalented one. Next time that you see an escort, in a game, look at the players and how surprised they are because of the accident that they ran in front of a player who was running through to get the ball. They're very good at pretending things are an accident. They're very good at it. And I remember years and years back, 30 years back, A bloke who played at Parramatta, played at South Sydney and a few other clubs, was very good at knocking opponents out with his forehead.
And it looked like he came in, he hit shoulder on shoulder, but his forehead would hit around the temple zone of the opposition player and just wipe them out. And in the end, it was happening far too often for it to be an accident. Now, I played with the bloke. I know what was going on. And so in the end, they said, mate, that's when they brought in Careless. those sorts of incidents. So players are very good at making intentional actions look like an accident. So that's a very dangerous rule to bring in, to be fair. Okay, Shane Crompton says, how was Nathan Cleary the man of the match? He played okay. after the ref changed the match, Ethan Strange, Teddy or Como in Queensland were way better than him.
Because he owned the moments that won the game. Simple as that. The big moments that won the game, Nathan nailed those. Was he your man of the match? I thought Strange was the best player for New South Wales. But as soon as the full-time rang, I thought, He's got man of the match and he's put all the innuendo about him to bed. So if New South Wales don't score that try, who gets man of the match? I think Sam Walker gets man of the match. He was phenomenal, wasn't he? Yeah, he was great.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:09
2
What sparked the debate around Ponga's send-off?
0:09–0:13
3
How are accidental penalties defined in rugby?
0:13–0:20
4
What makes Nathan Cleary a standout player?
0:20–0:21
5
What role does Isaiah Yeo play in the team dynamics?
0:21–0:25
6
How does gambling influence the NRL's current landscape?
0:25–0:27
7
What challenges does Todd Payten face as a coach?
0:27–0:32
8
What are the implications of player-media tension?
0:32–35:30
Speakers
2 identifiedMore from Kenty - Paul Kent NRL Podcast
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