Goalkicking maestro Darryl Halligan has come up with interesting advice for players who find themselves in the situation Jayden Campbell was placed in on the weekend.
At a vital stage of the game, the Titans halfback had to stop his routine preparing for a vital shot at goal because a Penrith trainer ran right in front of him.
But according to Halligan, the speedster could have handled things differently.
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“That was his mistake – he stopped,” the former Bulldogs star told Wide World of Sports.
“I can’t blame him because I probably would have done the same too in such a bizarre moment – but thinking about it later, as difficult as it would have been to keep his concentration, Jayden should have kept his rythm and taken the shot at goal.
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“Why? Because if he kicked the goal then happy days and if he missed, the ref would surely have given him another shot. It’s win-win, but that is with the benefit of hindsight.
“It was a strange situation for sure, but that is what I took out of it.”
Halligan is regarded among the best goalkickers in league history and coaches many of today’s sharpshooters including Bulldogs captain Stephen Crichton.
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Panthers trainer Corey Bocking is facing a five-game suspension from the NRL for the incident, while the club could be fined $50,000 over the incident.
It is alleged the trainer unnecessarily interfered with and distracted Campbell in an act that is not in the spirit of the game.
