2 match ban for higham, for attacking a players head. 3 matches for a ref getting in you way?

An absolute joke









It just goes to show TMFMISL has a target on his back from both oppo fans and the RFL.

How many games did silverc@ck get for being a pi55 poor referee, Im willing to bet a big pat on the back from cummins and co.

Doubt it. If Cummins patted him on the back he'd have to ban himself.

IF what Bailey did is worth 3 game ban, then why did Silverwood not send him off? unless he didnt see the incident of course........

Anyway....Kirke can cover for TMFMISL


He hasn't got a handful of SL rings for nothing!

Hopefully see Singleton and moore get a shot ahead of kirke for me.

According to McDermott he says he has 2 props chomping at the bit to take over at prop or words to that affect.
He went on to say if Bailey were to get banned it would be up to him to win the jersey back.
He said before the ban was known if he did push the ref he deserved a 3 match ban and needs to learn a lesson.
I`m sure someone can qoute it better than I have.

This comment pretty much sums up what a joke refs and the rfl are these days. Refs consistently bottling big decisions because in their mind it can be rectified at a later date.

However, for what is worth i'm amazed it even got referred to the disciplinary panel never mind a 3 game ban.

One is Moore and the other...surely not kirke?

What a f*cking joke - really!!!

Silverwood gets it all wrong and Bailey cops a three match ban, how is that justice?

I've watched this indecent several times now, both from the Sky footage and also from the amateur footage taken from the Southstand (which, surprisingly shows a better perspective of the incident than Sky) and Silverwood stuffs up.

When he blows for the penalty he should have retired BEHIND the defensive line, instead he tracks across the front of what is now a sliding defence.

OK Bailey shouldn’t have shoved Silverwood and that’s an absolute offence which needs to be addressed. A letter or/and fine but a 3 match ban?? A f*cking joke – an absolute f*cking joke.

I wouldn't mind giving him a pat on the back!




With the front of my car

Singletons injured

Presumably the player in question has been found guilty of making a deliberate physical contact with a match official.

Hopefully lesson sent out and lesson learned, it's not something I want to see creeping into the game no matter how poorly the official is positioned.

Quote ="Rastrick Rhino"Singletons injured'" He played on Sunday and was "very good" according to McDermott. McShane also praised, despite the claims he is not rated. I wondered about resting Peacock on Friday but am less inclined to now with Bailey absent. Would Leuluai, Griffin, Moore and Singleton be a strong enough quartet of props? www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... -1-4339058

Quote ="Rastrick Rhino"Singletons injured'" He played on Sunday and was "very good" according to McDermott. McShane also praised, despite the claims he is not rated. I wondered about resting Peacock on Friday but am less inclined to now with Bailey absent. Would Leuluai, Griffin, Moore and Singleton be a strong enough quartet of props? www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... -1-4339058

I could understand a lesson being sent out if pushed a la dicanio. But when the appeared focus was to defend the line and get to the tackle 3 games is OTT for me

If your going to get a three match ban for moving the referee out of the way, then next time Bailley will just have to ignore the ref and go to make tackle. If this means the ref gets flatenned , then he only has himself to blame.

The real travesty is that he got more of a ban for his part in a collision that was mostly silverwoods fault than he would have done foe a speaar tackle, elbow drop or ironically, leading with the knee

I think we need to change the words of the song to Silverwood he does what he wants!

Exactly right. Ridiculous priorities at the RFL.

Higham tries to take a player's head off and gets two games. Bailey tries to get a bumbling inept official out of the way and gets three.

If Wilkin and Peacock want to do something useful with their shiny new union they could ask serious questions of the RFL about why they punish someone more harshly for shoving a referee than they do for attacking a player's head. Is referee's "safety" more paramount than player safety?

That said I don't want players touching officials and am pleased Leeds have taken this on the chin.

Third line, fourth word. The mind boggles.......

indecent+touching, lucky to get away with 3 matches

If such a deliberate action from a professional player ever happened (and hopefully it never will) I'd be unhappy if that player ever played the game again at this level.

Credit the club for coming out in support of the ban and respect our sport has for officials. As the ball was passed beyond the C defender it didn't really affect baileys effectiveness in the line, im sure he enjoyed a little shove on the ref, poor positioning from silverwood, but no major deal just making a statement and Leeds seem to have accepted it.