Watching as a neutral I would say he is doing well to ignore Hudds blatant slowing down tactics.

I thought the booing of Robinson after he had been knocked out was pathetic.

That made me lol.

Penalty count 7-2 to Hudds.

Dont let facts get in the way of a good moan.

Whats up with you tonight? Time of the month? Anyone would think you lost the semi final to Saints last week. Otherwise, why are you so bitter?

Crabtree deserves to be on report for that. How is LMS supposed to effect a tackle when the options are the point of his knee or the raised forarm/elbow? In Shirley's defense I don't think it was malicious, just awkward and mistimed.

Anything but bitter lad, going to Wembley, champions, top of the league...



Crabtree did nothing wrong at all. His knees may have been up a little but not illegally. LMS simply got in the way of his shoulder and came off second best. End of story. It's farcical it was placed on report.

We'll see, I expect he'll be receiving a letter about his technique.

no he won't, nothing wrong at all.

Maybe what Giants fans should be complaining about is the lack of creativity in attack-Its either a kick close to the line, an easy read dummy by the Giraffe or a miss 2 pass to the winger from the Giraffe.

It may work at the Stoop but it doesnt against a reasonable side.

Hudds are so predictable is unbelievable

It was his shoulder but you couldn't tell that except from slow motion replays. Putting him on report was the right decision and he should be found not guilty. Following your Royce's moaning to Cummings though, he'll probably get 5 matches.

"Dear Eorl,
Aim for Jamie Graham next time.
Yours, the RFL"

Rugby lesson number 1 keep your head out of the way in the tackle- suggested that you use the shoulder

Nowt wrong with the hit on LMS,just a solid hit in which he came out second best.

giants made too look like dwarfs tonight !! got beat fair and square get over it, poor excuse blaming the ref, bentham did well tonight

That shoulder must have done something to LMS. Had him thinking he was a back and could sidestep a full back while going 50 yards for a try. The PFU will not be impressed.

LMS is a pudding when it comes down to it, always has been, always will be. It was a masterstroke by Quins letting him leave when he did as he has gone rapidly downhill since.

I gather you are not keen on LMS then Dave.

Bizarre, supposed to be trolling no doubt, but you need to work on it. The key is to not make the statement too blatant.

It was intended to be ironic more than anything. Your sensors are way off.

Ah okay.

LMS has history with Crabtree at Quins-Usually on the losing end of it

Well, he's been on the losing end of it since he first hit Crabtree and caused Crabtree to go off at the Stoop, not been the same since...

G'morning folks. I have been an avid reader and follower of the forum for a few years but this is first post - so be gentle!!

Regarding LMS v Eorl.

As a non-neutral observer (Saints) - watching at the game I can understand why the ref put this on report. Initially it did look like the elbow was raised, but back home and watching the recorded game with the benefit of slo-mo it seems quite clear that LMS got the collision wrong and came of the worse for it.

No case to answer.

Aye, as a neutral watching it just looked like LMS got his timing out.

Don't know why fans go apoplectic when a player is put on report though - if the players done nowt wrong (as in this case) he'll be let off as no case to answer.

Overall, thought Bentham had a reasonable game. Its inevitable though that fans of the losing side will annalyse every 50/50 decision that didn't go in their favour and decide the ref is against em.