You of course could do it better , I can tell

Clarke's comments were a bit dumb. Every player 'cheats' whenever they think it benefits their team, and especially if they can get away with it. Has anyone ever seen a player own up to a knock on missed by the ref? Any side not had players offside when defending close to their line this year, and not get penalised? Has any player in the league not tried to milk a penalty at the PTB or deliberately delay the attacking player getting up?

I'm just not sure why there has been all this fuss about McGuire's actions in particular.

Jealousy.

Had it happened to anyone other than a Leeds player there would have been a mass outpouring of sympathy on here rather than some of the ill-directed bile that has spewed forth instead.

Had it happened to ickle Sammy T I would have expected the Pope at his hospital bedside beatifying him instead of Cardinal Newman.

And with a single stroke, the self perceived high moral ground held by certain Leeds Rhinos fans evaporates.

Whats it like down there?

I would imagine because no one other than Leeds supporters actually like him?

I agree with you there. In last weekends Wigan v Hull KR match I distinctly saw Briscoe prevent a tackle being scored by reefing the ball clear with two men in the tackle. A penalty was correctly awarded, but I've not seen any hue and cry from people deploring Briscoes "cheating".

If only he'd resign.

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I see Longy has retired according to Clarkey. I know Hull is seen as a backwater, but that's a bit much

Why is Hull seen as a backwater.?

exept the rule is it is alowed if the player is in tha act of scoring a try which is what the played was doing at the time of "the ball steal" ,,,,,,should have been a drop out under the stick or scrum attacking side feed dependent of where the ball ended up.

I've heard that before but never seen the relevant section of the Laws.

Any proof that is the case? I can't see why it's not a penalty just because he might be about to score. Surely a 2-man ball steal is a 2-man ball steal, regardless.

It's not a rule. They used to consider awarding a penalty try until about 3-4 years ago. Nowadays, it is just a penalty kick.