Quote ="Saddened!"No one is saying Saints are angels, if we're committing serious fouls and not being punished they should be, just further evidence that the system isn't working. What he wants is consistency and a disciplinary system that protects players. There is IMO a clear line between an intended outcome and an accidental one and the RFL don't have any grasp on the severity of incidents IMO. In this instance Green used an outlawed technique to deliberately attack the skull of a player in a vulnerable position, causing a triple fracture of his cheek bone. Do we really have to wait until someone dies or suffers a life changing injury before something is done about it? A 6 game ban in this instance would be a deterrent to players. It's not a normal high shot like you compare it to, those are more often than not accidental or reckless. As for the Wakefield v Saints game, the worst challenge was Lauitiiti's, also a shoulder charge to the face which also caused serious injury. Green is only going to miss 1 game for this, which is a joke. Surely you can see that?'"
I can agree with most of what you are saying, BUT if he feels so strongly about a flawed disciplinary system why did he not back up our chairman and Hull FC's chairman, both who were fined for their very similar outbursts last year. I'm afraid it comes across as not in my back yard because of his comments purely about St Helens being hard done by.
Always had the upmost respect for your club and thought our two clubs shared a pretty good relationship, afraid this statement has disappointed me, not for it's content but for it's poor timing.
(Still hope you beat Wigan tomorrow though
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