Rugby League great Paul Gallen has hit out over one of the most talked about incidents in round two of the NRL, during a fiery radio segment on WWOS radio. Gallen and host Mark Levy were discussing a contentious tackle from Cronulla's Teig Wilton on Parramatta playmaker Mitch Moses, that earned the Sharks player a one-game ban and sparked plenty of debate in the league community. When Levy put it to Gallen that he saw nothing wrong with the tackle, the Sharks legend hit back in what proved to be an explosive back-and-forth. "No, that's not at all what I said," Gallen insisted. "The Big Marn (Darryl Brohman) was saying he should get sent to the sin bin. "I said, 'Big Marn, are you kidding? How do you get sent to the sin bin for that?' "He made contact. It's a penalty, yes. Mitchell Moses jumps in the air and contributes to it. At no point in time was he ever in a dangerous position. "I was actually surprised he got charged at all. "It wasn't a sin-binning offence at all. It was a penalty for Teig Wilton. Fair enough a low-grade charge, but to miss a week for that, I find that very harsh." Gallen's take clearly left Levy baffled, with the radio host responding: "You've officially lost it, it's only round three." "I'm telling you, it's rugby league, it's a contact sport. Things happen," Gallen said. "You cannot say we can't touch these ball players. You can't do that, that's what we're trying to do."
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