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BRONCOS halfback Ben Hunt says the threat of cheap shots from late tacklers will not stop him running at the line.
He will play on Friday night against a North Queensland team still fuming at the treatment meted out to Johnathan Thurston by the Knights on Saturday night.
Hunt says players launching late tackles at playmakers will be encouraged to "keep doing it'' by the inactivity of the NRL match review committee.
Johnathan Thurston lays on the ground after being injured against the Knights. Source: Getty Images
Storm fullback Billy Slater on Sunday rated premeditated late tackles of playmakers after they had passed as the No. 1 problem in rugby league.
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A day later, the match review committee found Newcastle's Beau Scott had no cause to answer for a tackle that knocked Thurston to the ground in Townsville after he had passed the ball in Round 2.
"Getting hit late is something that is illegal in the game and it's not being policed as it should,'' Hunt told The Courier-Mail.
"It is definitely a concern for the game. They can be dangerous if players aren't looking and have passed the ball.
"If some players get away with it they are going to keep doing it.
Ben Hunt is tackled during a training session. Pic Annette Dew Source: News Corp Australia
''The referees could really crack down on it.
"But we are taught to take the ball to the line and try to hold up your man as best you can.
"If you do that, you aren't going to be hit late sometimes and be cleaned up. If you want to be a good half and take on the line, it's something you are going to have to accept.''
Brad Fittler said on Channel 9 that Storm and Australian halfback Cooper Cronk was one of several playmakers he thought were passing before the line of advantage to limit the chances of being cleaned up in a late tackle.
Hunt said there were some ways to minimise the opportunities for late tackles.
"You can take some support players either side, guys running good angles and players in motion, and that can put the defence in two minds,'' he said.
Hunt and five-eighth Anthony Milford will try to make more waves in attack against North Queensland after the first rounds in which Brisbane have scored a total of three tries, including one from a kick chase.
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"It's coming along really well, but we're not where we want to be,'' Hunt said.
"Against Cronulla, we created some chances and some overlaps but we didn't finish off a few times. We need a lot of improvement and we'll keep working.''
Brisbane named the same 17-man squad who edged out Cronulla 10-2 away on Friday night.
Hunt can show Cowboys opposite Thurston what he learnt from his State of Origin camp visit last year.
The Broncos No. 7 was called into the Queensland team to train with the side and learn the plays before the second Origin game when Daly Cherry-Evans was in doubt for the game because of injury.
Hunt did not play alongside Thurston for Queensland that week, with Cherry-Evans cleared.
"There were a few things I learnt from him but the main thing was to stick to my plan," Hunt said.
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