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MELBOURNE Storm will seek an explanation from the NRL over an astonishing lack of consistency regarding dangerous lifting tackles.
On the same day Alex McKinnon was transferred from Melbourne to a Sydney hospital to continue his recovery from devastating spinal injuries, the NRL's match review committee chose not to charge two players for incidents that were similar to the one that led to Jordan McLean's seven-match suspension.
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Beau Falloon was cleared over this tackle on Melbourne's Will Chambers. Source: Getty Images
The Storm were infuriated that the Gold Coast's Beau Falloon was cleared over a lifting tackle on Melbourne's Will Chambers on Sunday.
St George Illawarra's Joel Thompson also escaped punishment after sending Greg Inglis crashing into the turf on Saturday night, while the Dragons' Jack de Belin only copped a grade one charge for his dangerous throw on Sam Burgess.
De Belin will miss one week if he takes the early guilty plea.
A Storm spokesman said the club would be putting in a written request for "clarification" from the NRL on both the Falloon and de Belin tackles.
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Thompson was involved in a three-man tackle on Inglis that brought a stunning reaction on the night from Fox Sports commentator Warren Smith, who said in commentary: "Boy oh boy, the penny will drop at some stage with everybody. Nothing good is going to come from a situation like that."
But it doesn't appear as though the penny has dropped at Rugby League Central because the consistency of the match review committee charges continues to mystify fans and experts.
As NRL fans vented their anger on social media, the NRL's match review committee chairman Michael Buettner attempted to clarify why Falloon and Thompson weren't charged.
"Under the rules, for a player to be charged with a dangerous throw we have to be satisfied that a player has been lifted into a position where it is likely that the first part of his body that will make contact with the ground will be his head or neck," Buettner said.
The Dragon's Jack de Belin was given a grade one charge for this throw on Sam Burgess. Source: News Corp Australia
"With the Joel Thompson tackle, we did not believe a charge was appropriate as, while there is a lifting action, Inglis retains one leg on the ground for much of the tackle and he clearly lands on his forearms. He doesn't reach a dangerous position.
"With the Beau Falloon tackle, again there was a lifting action but we do not feel he is put in a position where it is likely his head or neck will make first contact with the ground.
''It is his forearm that makes first contact with the ground, then the shoulder, and in our opinion a penalty was sufficient."
Melbourne forward Dayne Weston will miss a week with an early guilty plea on the charge of dangerous contact — unnecessary head/neck pressure.
Thompson took to Twitter to explain his tackle on Inglis, saying: "I was only trying to pull GI's leg out to unbalance him not put him in a dangerous position".
But fans throughout the game were understandably stunned.
One fan posted: "NRL you are a disgrace! Beau Falloon's tackle was more dangerous than anything Jordan ever did and he's not even charged?! I'm done.''
From another: "Did Chambers also need to break his neck for Falloon to be charged?''
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