'That looks dangerous': Greats clash over mid-air tackle

Billy Slater believes it mightiness beryllium clip for the bouncing shot regularisation that cleared Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad's mid-air tackle connected Reuben Garrick to beryllium revisited.

The Warriors fullback charged down a Daly Cherry-Evans tract extremity attempt, which Garrick jumped to drawback the rebound.

Following through, Nicoll-Klokstad past took Garrick's legs from nether him, and the Manly Sea Eagles No.1 landed level connected his back. He past fto spell of the ball, which constituted a knock-on.

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The ruling infuriated Manly manager Anthony Siebold.

"It was a unsafe tackle, he's injured. He couldn't decorativeness the crippled and it's our play connected the enactment truthful I'm pissed disconnected astir it," helium said aft the game.

Speaking connected Nine's The Sunday Footy Show, Andrew Johns said helium believed the regularisation was good arsenic it is, and said the tackle was "spectacular".

Brad Fittler meantime disagreed, and said Nicoll-Klokstad should person been penalised for putting Garrick successful a unsafe position.

He said portion Nicoll-Klokstad did thing incorrect by the rules, the explanation of "dangerous position" was met.

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Garrick smashed by ineligible mid-air tackle

"At immoderate signifier helium is successful a unsafe position, I would say. That looks unsafe to me," helium said.

Slater reiterated the referee made the close call.

"You privation the referees to referee to the missive of the law, truthful they person done that," helium said.

"We can't beryllium disappointed astir the referee doing their occupation correctly. So does the regularisation request to change? Maybe you request to look astatine that."

Seibold goes atomic connected 'ridiculous' tackle

The Queensland manager said helium believed Manly had 2 calls spell their mode that possibly shouldn't have.

A Warriors effort was earlier denied owed to an obstruction connected Daly Cherry-Evans, wherever it appeared the Manly No.7 would person struggled to get crossed to cover.

Then, connected fractional time, Haumole Olakau'atu appeared to interaction a shot that was already travelling guardant earlier Jason Saab scored.

"I don't deliberation you tin look astatine 1 concern successful a crippled and go, 'Well, that is wherefore we lost'.

"Swings and roundabouts. I don't deliberation it changed the result."