LIVE: Freddy calls out Sharks ‘shenanigans’
Bit of a strange one as Haumole Olakau’atu is sin-binned following that Sharks try, for an incident that happened a few tackles earlier.
The Manly backrower put a big hit on Sharks forward Aiden Tolman.
The Bunker reviewed it and Olakau’atu was put on report and binned. It honestly looked like he didn’t even touch the head.
“I think everyone in the stadium knew it was a big tackle, but it didn’t look illegal in any way,” Andrew Johns said.
Following the sin-binning, Brad Fittler noticed the Sharks exploited the concussion substitute blatantly.
Tolman came to the sideline and was subbed off for free, not costing his team an interchange, as the NRL rules allow.
But he immediately subbed back on so teammate Cameron McInnes could come off for a breather, and Tolman stay on.
“We just saw a little abuse of the rules there,” Fittler said.
“A free interchange, some shenanigans on the sideline. You’ve got to love coaches, don’t you?”.