I tend to agree, although I only watched it live on TV and haven’t gone back to the replay yet. From recollection it was more like the Galvin one rather than the “hip drop” tackle action involving the twist and drop described in this video from the NRL. Happy to be corrected though.
I am not sure you have invalidated my comment. There have been some defensive improvements at stages, sure. We still regularly lose matches, this particular one we worked hard to lead at halftime then completely melted down in the second half. As you point out our youngsters are performing and...
His priors are from this year according to the below article.
https://www.espn.com.au/nrl/story/_/id/40077954/nrl-round-9-bulldogs-hold-11-man-tigers-fiery-melee
It was graded as a 3 and Tagos was graded a 2. They are also claiming he has loading added for priors and this is a third/fourth dangerous throw offence. I don’t recall him being cited for one this seasons so presumably the priors are from 2019 or earlier.
Personally would like the club to get better at fielding a competitive, skilled and resilient rugby league team. We do that and the rub of the green and ability to overcome poor referee decisions will follow.