Roosters prop Lindsay Collins may have a case to answer at the judiciary after he was sent to the sin bin for a shoulder charge on Corey Thompson during his side’s 28-point win over the Titans.
Early in the first half, Collins nailed Thompson with a rocketing shot, which forced the Titans winger to commit a knock-on before that ruling was overturned with the bunker stepping in.
Referee Chris Butler then issued marching orders to Collins.
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“It was a shoulder charge, he didn’t attempt to put his arm around,” said Balmain Tigers legend Steve Roach in commentary for Fox League.
“Trying to rush and trying to put on the hit, but you’ve got to attempt to put your arm around.”
Collins was previously reported this year during a Tigers-Roosters trial before the start of the season when he performed a cannonball tackle on Jackson Hastings.
Meanwhile, the win for the Roosters snapped a two-game losing streak.
Despite starting off Saturday night’s match shaky after young star Joseph Suaalii gifted the Titans opening points when he failed to clear a simple loose ball out of the in-goal, the Roosters responded in a brutal fashion.
It took the Roosters only 30 minutes to turn a four-point deficit into a 20-point lead courtesy of four-straight tries.
That onslaught was so brutal that superstar fullback James Tedesco, who finished with a hat-trick, had no trouble scoring his second try when his side was reduced to 12 men after prop Lindsay Collins was sin-binned for a shoulder charge.
The Titans’ left edge defence struggled all match, with the Roosters getting just about everything they wanted.
That edge defence was so poor it left Broncos legend Corey Parker stunned while covering the game for Fox League.
“The Gold Coast Titans, their left edge has been diabolical,” Parker said.
“Five tries down that left edge and James Tedesco has picked them apart every time.”
The result for the Titans makes it five losses in a row.
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