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“It was just a good time to give him a break. “Tino probably did too much work in his first stint,” Holbrook explained later. Sadly for the lot of the schoolkids in this 3pm after-school donnybrook scene, Justin Holbrook played teacher. Few in the crowd were sitting down at this point. Fa’asuamaleaui got penalised, but again, no one seemed to care. It didn’t land cleanly, but no one seemed to care. The type of meeting no one in the school wants to miss.įa’asuamaleaui zeroed in as Pangai Jr rumbled it back off a kick-off and tried to impale him with a shoulder charge. Pangai Jr entered the fray and CommBank Stadium had all the excitement of a 3pm school bell when two kids in the playground, who dislike each other greatly, have prearranged a stink behind the school oval. We want to see that aggression, that type of footy being played, just about finding the right balance.”Ī few moments after Waddell’s incident with Fa’asuamaleaui, that balance threatened to tip over.Ĭorey Waddell tangles with Fa'asuamaleaui. “If you see the vision like my one, there’s no intention to cause harm, but sometimes it does happen. “When you’re out there it’s hard to tell,” Waddell said. Penalty.Īfter the game Waddell explained what it’s like for a player at the moment to exist in a world of physicality, without trying to be too physical. No penalty.įa’asuamaleaui got up screaming at Cummins, who had sweet nothings whispered in his ear by the Bunker to tell him it was illegal. The Dogs had their footy senses switched on, jumping to an early lead, and it wasn’t until the 23rd minute that one of them got hold of Fa’asuamaleaui to satisfy their own crowd.īack-rower Corey Waddell inadvertently grabbed the villain’s face while trying to bring him to ground. Tino Fa'asuamaleaui was public enemy number one among Bulldogs fans in round 19. “First time I’ve had that in my career, pretty crazy out there, but they were just passionate Bulldog fans.” “It kinda made me smile,” Fa’asuamaleaui said post-game. Out in the middle, the 22-year-old trying to carry a struggling Titans side on his shoulders lapped it up. “Tino’s a w-ker” got an early rendition, followed by “Tino’s a f-wit”, subtly matching the physicality they were baying for. Not to be disheartened by Pangai Jr starting the game on the bench, the Bulldogs crowd did their part to get at Fa’asuamaleaui early.Įvery touch was booed. “Every bloody week,” Steve Blocker Roach explains when asked how often he’d dream about seek and destroy missions on opposition players. In days long gone, pre-emptive motivation to maim was rife in rugby league. He loves Matt Burton, and loved the fact there was only a few days wait to stick up for Burton mano-a-mano with Fa’asuamaleaui.

The Bulldogs’ burly forward Tevita Pangai Jr made suggestions a get-square was on. No players missed games after the recent Origin fireworks. ‘Tino Thaiday’, they catcalled him south of the Tweed. Out of the skirmish, Tino Fa’asuamaleaui became a Bulldog enemy after grabbing Burton in a headlock. Burton and Gagai both got 10 in the bin and fined the sum total of a slap on the wrist. Fifty thousand frothing Queenslanders loved it. Matt Burton and Dane Gagai threw fists at each other and neither missed a game. Who would care? Many, especially when there’s a bit of spice to sprinkle.Įleven days ago there was a fight in a State of Origin game which got everyone a little wound up. There was the distinct possibility of more confusion between legal and illegal on Sunday for the Canterbury and Gold Coast game. The Sharks must prove Rambo’s hit wasn’t too physical. They slept on it, and still seething by Monday lunchtime, announced they’d fight the ban, risking losing the man dubbed John Rambo for three weeks.

It would be a two week ban if they took an early guilty plea. Dale Finucane is congratulated by teammates after tackling Stephen Crichton on Saturday.