Canberra Raiders ironman Elliott Whitehead is happy with his tackling technique and says he doesn't need to change anything after escaping the wrath of the NRL's match review committee.
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Similarly, Raiders halfback Aidan Sezer says the Green Machine won't be changing their attacking game style as they don't want to play "boring footy" in their preliminary final against the Melbourne Storm in Melbourne on Saturday night.
Some pundits thought Whitehead was in trouble for a high shot he put on Penrith Panthers second-rower Isaah Yeo in their semi-final win at Canberra Stadium on the weekend, after the Raider's swinging arm left the Panther dazed.
But Yeo was able to return to the field and finish the game.
It came a week another high hit from Whitehead, this time on Cronulla fullback Ben Barba, gave away the penalty that handed the Sharks a narrow victory in the first week of the finals.
Whitehead didn't think there was "much in it" and was confident in his technique, saying Yeo falling and that contributed to the high contact.
The MRC agreed and he wasn't charged.
"He was falling into me so I can't really [do anything else. I could] either pull out and let him get a quick [play of the ball] or get involved," he said.
"For me that's my job [to tackle] so unfortunately it got him around the jaw a little bit.
"I didn't really think about it to be fair, I didn't think there was much in it ... but I'm happy just to get off of it anyway."
The Raiders are the most potent attacking team in the NRL, which sent them into the finals series on the back of a 10-game winning streak
They beat the Storm 22-8 in round 23, the two teams' only meeting this year, and have won three of their last four games in Melbourne.
Sezer only joined the Green Machine this season so wasn't taking anything out of their good record in Victoria.
He rated the trip to the Storm's home as one of the toughest in the NRL, but that won't stop them from playing their attacking brand of footy.
"Personally I haven't played for Canberra down in Melbourne so probably not much [can be taken from our record there], but it's a different scenario," Sezer said.
"It's playing to get in the grand final. They'll be at their best and hopefully we can be at our best.
"It's tough, there's probably no tougher road trip than going down to Melbourne and trying to get the win. With the occasion at hand it's set up for a good fixture.
"We don't want to go down there and play into Melbourne's hands and play boring footy. We want to test them and hopefully we can play a bit of our own footy and get them like we did on the weekend."
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