Thanks CLEARWING and TVOC for the clarification................

I'm fully aware where the quote comes from. I just don't see the relevance.

dannatt copped a 8 match ban for it

The implication, I would have thought,(unless Tad proves me wrong) is that 'marquee' players are treated differently to the average prole in the game, despite a system which should guarantee fair treatment for all. Seems relevant enough to me.

And for a similar offence, at around the same time, Les Boyd got 15 months in Australia. If Dannatt had received the same ban it would have put the $h!ts up all the **s that made a living hitting better players in the face after the ball had gone.

so easy someone from hull should of got it