As the Bunnies and Bulldogs went to the sheds for halftime in last night’s NRL game, Lachlan Lewis decided it was a good idea to wrestle Cody Walker to the ground seemingly out of the blue.
It left those watching asking one very prudent question, what on earth was he thinking?
Walker was unable to wade into the mind of his opponent after the game but the good news is there appears to be no hard feelings.
We spend our lives watching and talking about sport, but every so often certain actions and decisions leave us with just the one question, “what were they thinking?”
Zinedine Zidane
Brain snaps to not get any bigger than this one from Zizou.
Extra time in the 2006 World Cup Final, France and Italy are level at one apiece.
Italian defender Marco Matterazi managed to set off the French maestro who mistook his sternum for the ball and headbutted it.
In true Italian fashion, Matterazi made the most of the contact and Zidane was sent off.
France would go on to lose in a penalty shootout, where Zidane surely would have been one of the takers had he remained on the pitch.
Justin Hodges
Most rugby league players dream of representing their (or a) state in the biggest arena the game has to offer, Origin.
Few players will ever experience a worse debut than Justin Hodges in 2002.
To make it worse, it happened twice.
The good news is Hodges was able to shake off that rough start to his Origin career, making a further 23 appearances for the Maroons.
Leon Lett
It takes a special kind of player to have a gaffe named after them and then make another spirit crushing mistake.
The most famous moment in Leon Lett’s career came during the Thanksgiving Day game in Dallas, when his brain snap cost Dallas the win.
Had he left the ball, it would have been game over, but because he touched it, Miami had another chance to win the game, which they did on the second kick attempt.
Former Cowboys coach Jimmie Johnson did his best to absolve his defensive lineman of the blame.
Before that came Super Bowl XXVII when he recovered a fumble with Dallas up big late in the game.
Opting to showboat as he was running the ball into the end zone, Bills receiver Don Bebe knocked it from his grasp.
Not that it mattered too much there, Dallas still won 52-17.
And if it makes him feel any better, plenty of other players have let up early costing their team points.
South African Cricket
World Cup Semi Final, scores level, three balls remain.
There was no reason whatsoever for Lance Kleusener to run on this delivery… but he did, Alan Donald didn’t, dropped his bat and Australia got through to the Final on run rate.
Matt Dunning
The Waratahs needed a bonus point win to make the Super Rugby Semi Finals, they lead 17-14 and the Chiefs had a man in the bin with 12 minutes to play.
Enter Matt Dunning who decided to go for a drop goal.
For a specialist kicker, it was a sweet strike, for a prop, it was remarkable… aside from the fact it helped end the Tahs season that night.
Sam Norton-Knight
If it feels like we are picking on the Waratahs… well they just keep giving us material.
The scores were level at 16 between the Waratahs and Western Force, and New South Wales had a penalty with 11 seconds on the clock.
Substitute Norton-Knight had a rush of blood and decided to try and play the hero on the night, taking a quick tap and trying to go 40 metres himself to win the game.
Realising he was the only one who thought it was a good idea he had to chip ahead when surrounded by Force players, lost the ball and cost the Tahs a chance at two points.
Lote Tuquiri was not impressed.
Greg Inglis
Nowadays this would not be such a big deal with a two point field goal on offer.
But in 2016 with Souths trailing by 2, Inglis tried for a drop goal to level scores up, not realising they were only worth one point.
After the game there was only one explanation for it.
Patrick Stefan
Dallas lead Edmonton 5-4, the Oilers had pulled their goalie and were selling out to try and level the game.
Stefan did all of the hard work, stealing the puck and skated to the open net and just had to put it in… he missed.
To make it worse, the Oilers were able to pounce on the loose puck, go coast to coast in seven seconds and tie the game.
Saving him from some of the embarrassment was the fact Dallas still got the win in overtime.
J.R Smith
This moment gave us one of the most memorable images to come out of the NBA for all the wrong reasons.
If you need a refresher, Smith rebounded a missed free throw and thought the Cavs had the lead so he dribbled back to half court past a bewildered LeBron James.
Cleveland would go on to lose Game 1, and eventually get swept in the series by the Warriors.
LeBron James also left Cleveland (again) after these Finals, but it definitely had nothing to do with Smith’s brain snap.
George Hill was the happiest man in the building since nobody was talking about his missed free throw.
Rhys McLeod
Rhys McLeod did everything right here… almost.
Riding Mystic Outlaw at The Valley in 2002, he charged over the line after 1200m and began to celebrate… not realising the race was 3000m, and there was another lap to go.
The final margin between him and the winner was 72 lengths.
Russell Knox
Watching this, you’re just not sure if you want to give Knox a hug or laugh hysterically.
Probably shouldn’t do both at the same time.
Trevor Bauer
Baseball pitchers are a unique bunch, with some a little more emotional than others.
Trevor Bauer had just given up seven runs and his manager decided it was time to pull him from the game.
Bauer had a completely normal reaction and fired the ball over the wall with some impressive velocity.
At least he could laugh about it later.
And to be honest, that wasn’t even the most out there reaction to getting pulled.
Heath Herring
Apparently Heath does not know that you can’t throw a punch until the referee says you’re allowed to.