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‘A great disservice’: Annesley slams players feigning injury amid crusher crackdown – Sydney Morning Herald

The NRL’s head of football has issued a stern verbal warning to all players amid a concerning new tackle trend.

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“It’s not what our game should be about,” Annesley said. “[NRL] is not like a number of other codes around the world where we have serious issues with players playing for penalties … some of it is almost hilarious the way it happens.”
After Thursday night’s 14-0 loss to Parramatta, Storm coach Craig Bellamy accused a number of Eels players of feigning injury.
Eels winger Maiko Sivo, who was victim to two crushers during the match, was forced to defend himself after comments made by Storm coa…

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