One of the things that stuck in my head from saturday was the tapping of the head of Scott Moore by Bailey after he fumbled a ball. In my view this is completely not what the sport is all about. You should show respect to your opponents and not taunt them over errors. Would love to see a ref penalise this kind of thing. It will probably never happen though.

Was it o.k when Tommy Martyn did it?

btw I agree with you it should be penalised for ungentlemanly conduct.

Nowt wrong with the occasional wind up. If a player can't control himself when that happens he shouldn't be playing sport.

Dont like it and were as guilty using similar tricks to wind up the opposition.

There is a creeping lack of respect for both the opposition and the ref.

Refs needs to be firmer and ward a penalty for this, would soon stamp it out.

Players mouthing off at the ref and arguing the toss need sorting too.

I'd outlaw it personally. We've had plenty of players who did it, Martyn and Hooper the most recent that I can think of. But when you've messed up having some spoon run his fingers through your hair is always going to annoy you. The rules should be changed IMO.

I don't like the tapping of players heads when they have made mistakes, it shows a lack of respect and gets other players backs up.

Jason hooper did it alot, i don't like it at all.

I think it's funny. Personally, I'd point and laugh instead.

Personally i'd just smack them, thats the problem.

To be honest it is irrelevant who does it. I think it is unacceptable. We pride ourself in this game how we respect the ref etc and the players should show a little respect for the opposition regardless of who they are and what shirt they wear.

It's great gamesmanship.

Remember when Hooper used to make Briers his little bitch? We loved that!

That was then, now we have =#FF0000bleep like bailey doing it to saints players and it don't feel so great.

Part N parcel of the game, pro and amateur. Horrible to see it done to your own team, great to see it when your team does it to the opposition and watch them explode ... BOOM ! Bailey / Leeds are bound to do it, they have the thumbmark over our head and those little things make them feel they are winning on all levels. Well done Moore on showing how =#FF0000bleep off he was , would have lvoed to it have been Scully.. WHAMO, goodnight =#FF4000bleep !

I don't get it, are you condoning double standards or being sarcastic?

Maybe the rule should be that if someone does it to you you're allowed one free punch.

Hooper was the worst I've seen for this, he used to get in their face with the smug grin while he did it as well. Not nice.

Bailey's a WUM, players know this and shouldn't react, regardless of how irritating he is.

i took it as sarcasm

Chill out, I'm saying it's funny when your beating teams and players do it, then when you see it from the other side, it's not nice and gets you =#FF0000bleep off.

It's even worse when =#FF0000bleep like bailey does it.

I see your still bitter, I won't reply to any of your posts again if it really upsets you.

Sorry flower

Jason hooper?

tommy martyn?

If roles were reversed, you'd be saying ryan baileys reaction was completly unacceptable.


It's a joke.

Stop been soft ffs. Its a mans game. A small part of the game is about been canny and getting under your oppositions skin. That could of easily given Leeds a couple of penalties from Moore losing his head, going for the big shots, caught offside etc. I think Bailey should be quite proud of himself tbh. I mean look at the reaction he got. Wound Moore up and obviously irritated you guys. Its all part and parcel of the game. I remember when Bailey had a bit of a bad temper in his early days, teams knew this and rightly tried to exploit it, now of course roles reversed and Bails is the wise one playing the games.

Bad temper, has he got rid of it?? I don't think so - he's one of the most ignorant hateful players in the game for me.

Knowing Bailey in family circles he is one of the most quiet,shy and friendly people you could meet...forget what happened when he was younger we all grow up and that is also what makes him a good player on the field cos come game time he turns into the most hated man in rugby and every team needs one of them...your just jealous

Must say that does surprise me

maybe he should conduct himself a bit better on the field in that case

It's the same as sledging in cricket but no one has a problem with that.

once again..saints fans proving they can't take it...happy to dish it out..but when the shoe is on the other foot they start crying....said it before..you have to take the rough with the smooth. Get on with it.

Not with the sledging, no. Cricket's pretty dull though.