Players square up all the time you can’t just go knocking people out

Id say the same if it was one of our players that had done it.

Hurrell isn’t a dirty player either, something was either done or said in the tackle to make him ‘go after’ mossop

Im not condoning either player

Exceptionally strong indeed if Holroyd can gather momentum, I do hope Tetevano can get a run of games and in the prop rotation. Hearing good things about Mellor today which is pleasing as he needs some consistency making significant impact.

Think it was more than a walk up by Hurrell to Mossop.
Something riled him and he ran at Mossop who reacted with his fist.
Disagree that you think Mossop isn`t a dirty player Marty.
He`s been sent off before for a late shot and is often seen trying to be the tough guy and using cheap shots.
And why on earth did Hurrell go to shake Mossops hand when they were walking off?
Holroyd, Mellor and King played really well along with the rest of the pack.
Martin probably the weak link but did ok.
If Gale gets a ban after being hit late for the umpteenth time today then Burgess will get one too for his punch on Thompson not that it helps us.
Myler the pick of the backs by far.
I also can see Leigh playing the same way Thursday and by Monday we will be at walking pace against Wire.

Hearing great reports of Mellor today. Credit to him let’s hope he continues in this form

Think the pack is just about as good as any in the comp. Pleased that King is looking more like it. He's certainly a step up from Wellington Albert. It'll probably never happen, but would be fascinated to see us square up to Saints or Wigan at something approaching full strength.

Apparently Mossop pulled his hair in the tackle. Hurrell went looking for him as far as I could see from the video evidence.
Mossop is allowed to defend himself. Thompson ran in and threw a few, obviously looking to defend his team mate.

Watched the game. Hurrell went hunting and got caught and ended up the hunted. Actually tapped hands with Mossop going off as if to say yep got what I deserved. Thompson May get off unless they say that he started the 26 man brawl running in.

Mellor had a strong 1st half. Funny they moved Rhyse to centre when Koni went off and not Mellor.

Yeah, that's not how it works. Just because Hurrell ran after Mossop doesn't give him the greenlight to spark him out.

Standard defensive move being the first person to throw a punch that. I know whenever anyone ever approaches me I defend myself by knocking them out, you know, just in case.

It was either punch or be punched. If you think otherwise you are being naive about the situation.

It looked like there was too much in the tackle, Hurrell running at a prop probably isn’t the smartest move and once he did I think Mossop is on instinct there.

Six and half a dozen. Actually I think we’re bothering teams with our size down the middle and so there’s a bit of spoiling and niggling to put us off our game.

Excited to see what Holroyd can do with a run of game time because he’s a monster in the making.

Not sure what happened in the tackle but Hurrell was stupid to palm him in the face, could have cost us a penalty.

He then seemed to have a kids tantrum similar to when he kicked the ball at our medic a few weeks ago like a 5 year old. I don't think Hurrell ran in to punch him, I think he would have simply pushed him or squared up to him... he doesn't strike me as a fighter. Clear red for Mossop.

No idea how Thompson got a red, yes he ran in but so did everyone else. He took about 5 punches from different Salford players. Hicks simply didn't wish to ruin the fixture by only sending one player off. Did Hicks expect us to go hug and kiss Mossop after knocking our player out? Was always going to end up in a melee.

Yep absolutely. We ended up down 2 players over that incident to their 1, albeit we could substitute one.

Also have some sympathy with half backs who aren’t protected by the ref and eventually have enough and take the law into their own hands. Although we can.mr really talk after Tetevano earlier this year…

I think some Salford fans think that because Hurrell got sparked out, it means they actually won the game.

Based on Hurrell's history of regularly punching opponents? Based on Hurrell being close enough but not throwing a punch? Interesting take.

Based on it being a tough sport if someone comes at you when your back his turned you have to protect yourself. He will be banned no doubt but can’t really blame him for protecting himself from what he saw at that moment.

That's not what you said though, you said it was punch or be punched, and there's zero evidence to support that assertion. Players chase players to remonstrate all the time, it's very rare that the player being chased just turns round and decks their opponent.

It's really easy to blame Mossop. Turning round and lamping someone isn't protecting yourself, it's attacking someone else. Other options he had include but are not limited to...pushing Hurrell away, fending him off, backing off himself, putting up some defences.

I'm really struggling to understand the desperate clamour to make out that Mossop has somehow been hard done to here, lots of people making out that he's the first player to ever be chased.

After the melee Leeds got the penalty with Hicks signalling a swinging arm punch in the original tackle. Arguably, if the officials had given that straight away then the ensuing ruckus may not have happened. This sort of thing has been going on for as long as I can remember, no penalty decision by the officials followed by a reaction from the players then the original incident gets penalised.
If Thompson gets a ban then Burgess should get at least the same, he came in on the blind side of the officials so wasn't as obvious but definitely ran in throwing punches.
As for Gale, okay maybe he shouldn't have reacted but after getting hit late so often with zero protection from the officials it wasn't that surprising. It was especially frustrating when Vuniyayawa got penalised twice for late hits the other way.

Watching it on the SuperLeague feed on YouTube I'm not even convinced that Bodene threw a punch, it looks more like a straight arm grab at Mossop who lands a punch on him, then Burgess does a couple of snidey punches himself.

Best one was Mikolaj picking a Salford defender up by his shirt after a bad tackle.

Mik and Holroyd will be scary in a couple of years, they're not even fully grown yet.

In the round a good result this after the break from the Cas game.

We are looking something decent suddenly. Whether we get Lui, Williams or someone else in that right channel it has to help when we've got specialist halfs playing again.

Think there's a little bit of niggle in the tackle then if as they get up Mossop leans towards Hurrell with his head which is the point he sees red mist and the rest is history.

Reckon Thompson will get sending off sufficient but we'll be missing Gale for a game or two given he threw and landed 2 or 3 punches. Not exactly knockout blows but given how punching is a big no no now I'd expect a ban which will be a huge blow if Myler also misses a couple with that hand injury. We'll just have to play Prior in the halves since he's stepping all over the show and banging out 20 metres passes...