Could Matty cop a ban for leading with his shoulder when he flattened Fash? I reckon there is a chance of 3 suspensions.
Could Matty cop a ban for leading with his shoulder when he flattened Fash? I reckon there is a chance of 3 suspensions.
No such thing as "leading with the shoulder", Fash got his head in the wrong place. Wasn't even worthy of a penalty.
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No Flash got his head in the wrong place.
Bell was a little unlucky as he may have completed the tackle safely if Sironen didn’t push the Hull player. Also the Hull player didn’t actually suffer any dangerous impact, which may help his case
It was a televised game, so surely the video ref would have had plenty of time to watch the replay repeatedly such was the delay in treating him to suggest that the ref put it on report if there was anything suspicious, he didn't , there was no raised or leading elbow so case closed
Never a ban. Some clown on a YouTube comment claimed he was leading with the elbow too. Utter tosh.
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If Lees is cited then Akuaola will doubtless get a retrospective sine die ban for his previous similar contacts as a ball carrier. People who think there was anything culpable by Lees clearly don’t understand rugby while anyone who thinks the RFL would impose a ban to ensure a level playing field for Warrington need to get some treatment for their victim complexes.
Not one post mentions a ban to benefit Warrington. Perhaps people with a superiority complex should be the ones seeking treatment.
My post was in reference to the RFL's obvious intent to to react to any contact with the head these days. I also clearly said it shouldn't be a ban. Hopefully that helps
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Yeh possibly. The game is played at 100mph and the judiciary don’t seem to bare in mind the difference in physiology of players. To me it looked like Fash’s head is square with Lees chest and lower arm. Lees didn’t lift the elbow. You could argue Fash got the tackle all wrong.
For me it was one of them ‘it’s a contact sport, shit happens’ sort of incidents.
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Definitely. Lees ran it in hard and Fash just seemed to pause momentarily and didn't adjust his body for the tackle. He needed to get his head to the side and get lower into the ribs, but he just stood there. If there is a charge on Lees the club needs to throw the kitchen sink and a 5 minute highlight reel of Akuola at them. Lees wasn't anywhere near the head contact he's done over the years and he's never been charged.
I thought Bell was unlucky too, but he'll definitely cop a ban. It was Sironen's fault and one gleefully taken by the Hull player as he hurled himself to the ground to try to get the card. Daft to lift him that high though so got to take the inevitable 2 game ban. Knowles shouldn't be banned.
Did any else see Knowles get a jabbed to the face by a Hull player? Ive not be able to record the game to look back and double check. But im positive it happened? He got subbed not long afterwards.
Yeh i agree with all that, mate. Those tipping actions can really get out of control once you lift a players legs which sadly Bell did. No player goes into a tackle thinking ‘I’m gonna tip this bloke, risk breaking his neck and get myself banned for a month’
It looked worse than it was but at the end of the day you just can’t do it.
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It is tricky in the space of the few seconds to get it right. But totally agree you just can't lift in the tackle anymore as you never know when another player will join the tackle and cause that dangerous imbalance.
It only takes one time for a player to be severly damaged as we have seen in the past.
The ban of the shoulder charge is a bloody joke
They should have just clamped down on the shoulder to the head.
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Ps it wasn't a shoulder charge.. just saying
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