Luke banned for 2 matches, Smith for 1 but they are both appealing. www.skysports.com/story/0,,12040_7308832,0.html

Luke banned for 2 matches, Smith for 1 but they are both appealing. www.skysports.com/story/0,,12040_7308832,0.html

Quote ="Old Feller"Luke banned for 2 matches, Smith for 1 but they are both appealing. www.skysports.com/story/0,,12040_7308832,0.html'" Not long enough, Luke should have got 10 games and Smith 3.

Quote ="Old Feller"Luke banned for 2 matches, Smith for 1 but they are both appealing. www.skysports.com/story/0,,12040_7308832,0.html'" Not long enough, Luke should have got 10 games and Smith 3.

A 2 match ban for an incident of that nature is shameful. The RL authorities give out completely the wrong signals with such an ineffectual punishment. Deliberately trying to injure another player is a despicable and cowardly act and could have had much more serious consequences for Chase.

Could not agree more.

(Lovely aircraft the P-51D by the way)

If the discplinary committee has any testicular fortitude they would triple Isaac Luke's ban and fine just for wasting their time......then add a few more for his cheek, mind you if they had any balls in the first place he'd already have a much longer ban!

Luke plays for Souths, which until Maguire takes over, has had no Storm connection.

I too remember the 1985 toruing game - probably the most spiteful match I've ever watched. The kiwis were a disgrace the whole way through the game. Amazingly, IIRC even despite their tactics (or perhaps because of them?) they only won 16-12 or similar.

Wikipedia has this squad:

John Ropati, Warren Mann, Shane Cooper, Marty Crequer, Shane Horo, Gary Freeman, Kevin Iro, Paddy Tuimavave, Sam Panapa, Michael Patton, Tea Ropati, Clayton Friend, Peter Brown, Steve Kaiser, Mark Horo, Ron O'Regan, Rene Nordmeyer, George Mann, Lindsay Hooker, James Goulding, Dean Lonergan, Peter Ropati.

Handy.

Smith has been a cheap shot merchant all tournament but no individual incident warranted a SO in an international IMO. Probably the culmination of all offences.

I don't think either are that appealing. In fact Luke is an ugly fekker. Each to their own I guess

Surprised at you not picking up the connection BR - Kearney is a disciple of Craig Bellamy's, having cut his coaching teeth at Melbourne in the same way Maguire did.

Bellamy's side are much criticised for their tackling "techniques" putting opponents at risk.

Maguire introduced deliberately attacking the joints of the tackled player into the domestic game up here with Wigan.

Kearney seems to have worked similar techniques into this Kiwi side judging by recent performances.

All a bit too much to be coincidental?

It was that close as I remember as well. TC played full back and was awesome, Keith Rayne went beserk at one point. Tremendous atmosphere in the ground.
In the first test there was some "sorting out" done at the first scrum. Crooks and co belted a few of the Kiwis. I have this image of Dane O'Hara running away from Crooksy after trying to get in a sneaky one.

Agree but wouldn't limit it to just this competition. He seems to have been a cheap shot merchant in every series I have seen him

At least they've had the good grace not to appeal: www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... ml&BID=480 Mind you neither will miss any International nor NRL games so not much of a penalty.

At least they've had the good grace not to appeal: www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... ml&BID=480 Mind you neither will miss any International nor NRL games so not much of a penalty.

25th October 1987: Leeds 25 Auckland 29

Leeds:
Gary Spencer
Richard Pratt, Garry Schofield, Peter Jackson, John Basnett
David Creasser, John Lyons
Lee Crooks, Darren Stevens, Kevin Rayne
Martin Smithson, Rioy Powell, David Heron
Subs:
Carl Gibson, Colin Maskill

Tries: Gary Spencer (2), Garry Schofield (2)
Goals: David Creasser (4)
Drop Goal: Lee Crooks

Auckland:
Marty Crequer
Warren Mann, Michael Patton, Tea Ropati, Shane Horo
Sam Panapa, Clayton Friend
Peter Brown, Rene Nordmeyer, Steve Kaiser
Peter Ropati, Mark Horo, Ron O'Regan
Subs:
Paddy Tuimavave, Dean Lonergan

Tries: Sam Panapa, Steve Kaiser, Marty Crequer, Peter Brown, Paddy Tuimavave, Dean Lonergan
Goals: Peter Brown (2)
Drop Goal: Dean Lonergan

Nice to see that a young Martin "Wolfie" Adams was around the Leeds Team back in the day in the second picture.

Luke's changing his last name by deed poll to Hunt.

Wolfie and Wolfer in that case then.

The tracksuit on the left belonging to AS and the wearer also has a passing resemblance.

(One for the vintage YCCC fans around here to play with.)

A great advert for the game is Isaac Luke.
In the light of his latest comments he should be given at least a season's ban!

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Totally agree & to think he was allegedly considering an appeal!!!

Unbelievable.

....speechless

Total sugbag - this POS shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a rugby pitch as long as he draws breath.

I'd say a disrepute charge offers a tribunal the chance to atone for it's earlier error.

I'm a fan of the biff. I'm not a fan of that sort of rubbish. I can't remember ever having seen anything like that on a professional pitch before, and it needs dealing with properly. How long did Jon Hopoate get for his, ahem, digital indiscretion?

Disgrace.

But it's refreshing to see someone come out and say 'look i tried to break his leg' instead of the usual yawn-fest statements.

I think he was inspired by Blatter in the last part of his statement.

Frankly it's an unnecessary statement to make, as the intent was obvious to everyone who saw it.

That his "punishment" is to sit out a couple of friendlies he probably would have been rested for anyway reflects badly on the sport IMO.

I posted this on the Wigan forum

Regarding Isaac Luke's remarkable confession
I wonder what both Phil Clarke and his rugby gods will make of this?

Will he even bother to make a big issue of it?

If he doesn't it is clearly double standards IMO