'Flipped over like a pancake': Eels enforcer sin-binned for ugly lifting ...
Parramatta Eels second-rower Kelma Tuilagi has been sin-binned for an ugly lifting tackle in the opening minutes of Saturday evening’s NRL game against the Sydney Roosters at CommBank Stadium.
In the fourth minute of the Round 15 clash, Tuilagi flipped Roosters prop Lindsay Collins in a tackle so he landed on his neck, prompting a brief scuffle between the players.
“Oh my goodness,” commentator Dan Ginnane cried on Fox League.
“Lindsay Collins flipped over there like a pancake.”
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Thankfully for the Roosters, Collins returned to his feet unharmed, but referee Chris Butler did not hesitate putting Tuilagi on report and sending him to the sin bin for the dangerous act.
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“He lifts him up and takes him to ground with moderate force,” Butler was overheard explaining to Eels captain Clint Gutherson.
“There’s a risk of injury.”
To rub salt into the wounds, Roosters winger Sydney Roosters scored in the following passage of play to give the visitors an early lead.
