What he said.

Agree with that

it was a smother tackle

The tackle was illegal. Even that referee could see that.

was it . how ??

Because in this country (and under International rules) tackling someone around the head is illegal.

Jason 'Manilow' Robinson's two performances in this country have demonstrated he's some way to go before reaching an acceptable standard.

Ben Westwood - 5 match ban, Jamal Fakir - 1 match ban, shows a referee incapable of making the correct decision on the day.

i thought it was shoulder too head

Agree. Watmough took aim and intended to take Burrow out. Why would u launch at someone like that, jumping shoulder first into someones head. Therefore at least should have been a sin-bin or straight red in my book.

I agree.

Nice to see a consensus forming among the anti-Leeds brigade.

Just proves Robinson actually got one decision right.

Not sure he did to be honest, type this into a famous video site;

World Club Challenge - Anthony Watmough Big Hit on Rob Burrow

He smothered Burrow, nothing more, nothing less.

Why did we get a penalty then?

Because the crowd went mental and the ref caved in.

I see. Thanks for clarifying. I thought it was because contact to the head was illegal in RL. Silly me.

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Can we please have a special dispensation to your rule when responding this this poster?


Please?

Ahh well, see..

OK, I have just read the frst 2 pages and cba reading the next 3. My view was the Burrow was just unlucky. Watmough caught him high but not purposely. He didnt jump, he didnt swing and he main contact was with the shoulder. Burrow was also leaning back which probably made him 5'2. What is Watmough supposed to do in that situation? Not make the tackle and let Burrow make a break. That tackle would have flattened any player. It's just a shame that Burrow was there.

And just to add... there seemed to be an abundance of s in the ground on Sunday. Some guy behind me (with 2 young kids) was F'ing and blinding at every decision regardless wether it was right or wrong. His wife was almost as bad. What are those kids going to grow up like

I don't know, did they look undernourished or neglected?

Yes I really must do that because obviously the quality of those images will be several times greater than my 1080i High Definition version courtesy of Sky Sports.




Thanks for telling us what he didn't do although I don't think what he didn't do is the issue here. Watmough's right bicep clearly collects Burrow above the shoulder. That is what made the tackle illegal and rightly resulted in a penalty to Leeds.



He is supposed to hit the player (no matter how big or how small) legally ie shoulder and below. This he failed to do and was rightly penalised.

So in other words, no different to the SBW hit on Marcus Bai that had various retards on here proclaiming him to be the hardest man on the planet then?

I thought Sky only broadcast in 720p?

Burrow's biggest asset is also his biggest problem. If you look at that tackle (in any resolution) Burrow's knees are bent and he's leaning over quite a lot when the tackler hits him. Being as he's only 5'5" standing straight up his head must be between about 4' and 4'6" off the ground when the tackler hit him so quite difficult to miss for a big guy.

The other thing about Burrow getting hit in the head (but not this time) is that his main way of avoiding tackles is to duck under them. He can't be too surprised then when he smacked in the melon can he?

Could you draw my attention to the section of the RFL rule book that makes tackling a player around the head acceptable is he is below a certain height or bent in a certain position?

TIA.

My TV very kindly tells me the quality of the input signal from my Sky HD box when I change channel (when viewing through the HDMI connection.) It says 1080i but I suppose it could be lying to me. Either way still better than whatever 'You Tube' manage to output into my pc, which at times leaves a lot to be desired.



It's not a matter of whether he or you or I are surprised when he get's hit high it's whether the law regarding what constitutes a legal and illegal tackle applies to all players irrespective of a player's height.

I would suggest it does. And you?

Watmough's right bicep clearly contacts Burrow above the shoulder and it was a penalty to Leeds just the same as it would have been had Peacock been on the receiving end.