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'Forced tackle': Why the NAS was freed from the Egan incident

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Teammate Felise Kaufusi’s involvement and the fact that Nelson Asofa-Solomon’s right hand was under Wayde Egan’s left arm helped convince the Match Review Committee not to attack Storm’s brace in a tackle that broke the Warriors hooker’s tooth. MRC manager Luke Patten revealed that the committee had considered whether Asofa-Solomona could be charged with crushing, impact of the head or dangerous contact and acquitted her of all three offences. While some felt Melbourne supporters should have been sent to court to determine if he had done anything illegal after Egan left the pitch fearing he might break his jaw, Patten said the MRC felt there was not enough evidence to charge him. Warriors slut Wayde Egan fears breaking jaw after tackle by Nelson Asofa-Solomon ©Fiona Goodall/NRL Photo NRL head of football Graham Annesley acknowledged there would be criticism of the MRC’s view that Asofa-Solomona’s forearm made “minimal con...

'Threatening' Asteroid on Collision Path With Earth Just Lowered

It’s nice to know that someone actually gets paid to watch the night sky to make sure that at least we’ll be notified if an asteroid is about to hit Earth. Technology and near-Earth surveys have advanced enough that the possibility of an asteroid the size of a planet-killer appearing out of nowhere, as is so prevalent in modern media depictions, is highly unlikely. Even the smaller ones, which would only annihilate a city or part of a continent, received enough attention to know whether they posed a threat or not. And ahead of Asteroid Day 2022, which happens on June 30, the ESA is proud to announce that they can remove one of the most threatening asteroids from their list of potential impacts. The asteroid, known as 2021 QM1, was first detected at the Mount Lemmon observatory on August 28, 2021. It was only one of about a dozen near-Earth asteroids discovered that night and did not initially raise any alarm. But follow-up observations put it on a potentially near-miss path...