{"id":393338,"date":"2024-05-13T10:25:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T10:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=393338"},"modified":"2024-05-13T11:04:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T11:04:54","slug":"annesley-denies-crackdown-as-grant-fights-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=393338","title":{"rendered":"Annesley denies 'crackdown' as Grant fights charge"},"content":{"rendered":"

H\ufeffarry Grant<\/a> will head to the NRL judiciary on Tuesday night, with the Storm<\/a> hooker set to fight his controversial dangerous contact charge from the weekend.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old was sin-binned after making contact with Daniel Atkinson as he was kicking down field, and has since been cited by the match review committee. \ufeff<\/p>\n

The decision from the officials proved costly for Melbourne, who went on to lose a narrow clash with the Sharks on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

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Grant has entered a not guilty plea, but only risks a $1500 fine if he loses at the panel.<\/p>\n

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"There was no intention to put the kicker in any position and I don't feel like he was in a dangerous position," he said on Monday.<\/p>\n

The sanction comes amid suggestions the referees have been ordered to crack down on players making contact with general-play kickers, with Manly enforcer Josh Aloiai spending time on the sidelines earlier in the season.<\/p>\n

However, according to NRL head of football Graham Annesley<\/a>, that isn't the case.<\/p>\n

"I have to be careful because there's a hearing that will take place, but one thing I can clarify is that there has been no directive given to match officials or the match review committee about any supposed crackdown on incidents like that," he said.<\/p>\n

"That is purely a discretionary matter for referees and Bunker to use their judgement in determining what action should be taken in any incident of alleged foul play.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"There has been no crackdown."<\/p>\n

Watch the 2024 NRL premiership live and free on Nine and<\/strong><\/em> 9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Rabbitohs playmaker Lachlan Ilias suffered a broken leg from a similar incident in a NSW Cup game earlier in the year, which resulted \ufeffin a multi-week ban for Freddy Lussick.<\/p>\n

\"Lachlan<\/p>\n

Storm legend Billy Slater acknowledged the officials are in a tough spot<\/a> in regards to kick pressure as player safety continues to be a topic of discussion.<\/p>\n

"At the moment, the referees have got a really tough job because when the game changes something and they want to police something, they've got to go hard at it," he said on Nine's The Billy Slater Podcast<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

"It's like every little touch around it – it's like the kick pressure. As soon as you touch a kicker it was a penalty. I think we will find that happy medium.<\/p>\n

"I think we are just going through a bit of a teething process at the moment around the interpretation around the kicker."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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