6 match ban & £300 fine.

Got off semi-lightly then.

Can't argue with that. Is the £300 fine just standard because everyone seems to get that regardless of what foul they've committed?

yet Jansin Turgut smashes his elbow into a players face, after the tackle has been completed and the players face is unprotected and is suspended for two matches and fined £300. without defending singleton usual consistency from the RFL

Last season Scott Moore got 4 matches for gouging 2 weeks after game with no evidence RFL consistency again or just got sick of betts moaning

I think all teams have gained/suffered at there expense. its a joke and needs sorting out

Should have got 4 max imo anyway it's done now personally if no-one is fit id recall Oledszki.

I would give the kid a run too.

Nah he's crap. Honest. Might as well just leave him where he is

Oledzki might do ok as a 4th choice prop doing a small spell. We'd needed a starter and Singleton was stupid. Bird might have hit him earlier, so what? You think if Kylie Leuluai got hit he'd elbow someone like that? No he's just wait for the next time he ran in and cream him, but fairly.

Yep. It's a silly lack of composure that could result in serious injury. Can't really complain at the ban though it maybe a trifle harsh by a game or so simply going off the fact I can't remember Singleton having disciplinary issues before.

But I wouldn't complain at that or at the 2 game ban for the Hull player. The 2 aren't really comparable. One was a late hit off the ball, the other a silly nudge during a tackle.

Singletons first game after his suspension will be in the challenge cup fifth round.

can't remember all this righteous indignation and slagging off when sinfield nutted dorn and nearly missed a cup final

Dorn deserved it.

Dorn's "schoolboy" of Sinfield was a classic.

Sinny literally walked right into that situation and Dorn took full advantage.

Holy hell. ...Did you seriously compare the 2
Get a grip man. Soon as I saw singletons I thought he should get the 8
1s a young kid few games in being dumb and reckless in the tackle
The other is a late high shot to some1 with back turned with an elbow. Worst I've seen in a while tbh

I'm sure Sinny wont be too fussed when he is inducted into the RL hall of fame and Luke (journey man aussie backbacker chancer) Dorns career is long forgotten.

Sinfield was dumb to do that and was very lucky to not miss the cup final. But that one goes back to the point you made about "things happen" on the pitch. That one was a heat of the moment, split second thing.

Singleton on the other hand, I do believe Bird probably did do something to him earlier, that's not defending his actions btw, and he's clearly thought about what he was going to do to pay him back, which makes it worst. He's clearly lined him up and premeditated it.

the fact he's a kid has no relevance. he is on the pitch and can cause damage. had he smashed the opposing players cheekbone you may have had a different opinion.
the two games he got was right, but given other things where people have had light punishments had singleton git 4 games that would have been right for me

so he probably had been got at earlier and you are assuming it was premedidated.
lots of guesswork there.

now that I can't argue with! also leeds hammered him in the tackle every time in the final a week or two later. I mean really roughed him up. payback

They systematically took him apart that game.

Lovely stuff.

The alternative is that Bird didn't do anything to Singleton (which would make his actions even stupider) and that he didn't mean it or line him up.....which takes an even greater stretch of the imagination wrt to "guesswork".

Think I'll stick with my theory rather than the alternative thanks.

right. so guesswork and assumption all round then

Could you imagine some of these sad sacks playing Origin in the Mid 80's and 90's?