according to bennie westwoods twitter he is expecting a game ban

DAM

Striking charge, 1-2 games: www.therfl.co.uk/disciplinary/item?3451 It will be one game I expect if he pleads guilty.

Striking charge, 1-2 games: www.therfl.co.uk/disciplinary/item?3451 It will be one game I expect if he pleads guilty.

Lauaki is up for the Spear Tackle, but has got NFA for leading with the forearm which I find amazing.

youre on a wind up right

Nope, I thought the lead with the forearm was very dangerous, it appears the RFL don't agree.

It's the right decision. Westwood completely overreacted to the leading arm from Lauaki. It was a penalty and no more, you see those kind of impacts every game, it was Fozzard's default move.

I bet Simon Grix isn't too happy, he's been on the recieving end of 2 forearm smashes to the face so far this season and neither player has had a ban.

It's extremely dangerous and it's crept back into the game this season. It could have easily have caused damage to Myler's windpipe.

A complete lack of consistency from the RFL as usual. How was Lauuki's forearm to the throat/face less dangerous than what Bridge did in the Bradford game ?

The next time a Wire player leads with the elbow into a tackle he's got no fear of a ban at least. In their defense all they need to do is show the video of Lauaki getting away with it.

I just don't think it was particularly bad. More lazy technique from Lauaki than malicious I thought at the time.

Westwood could still get off. What's his record like? Players often find themselves given lenient rulings ahead of big games if they have good records.

no it isnt jarrod sammut got 1 game for a simular lead

Westwood broke Waterhouse's nose in the process of swinging his arm. Thankfully Waterhouse is OK to play on Friday!

I'm surprised that as an R.L. fan you're making light of this offence... The potential for a broken jaw or cheekbone is huge and there seems to be an increase of it this season... I'd like to see the R.L. get tougher on it myself..

Suppose your right after all we Play Catalans very soon...

Or if they could just get it together in general they are making a rod for their own backs this year

A swinging arm will knock you off your feet, at worst you get a few stars and birds tweeting above your head.

Leading with the forearm or elbow to the face is far far more dangerous. If you cop a serious one of them, your talking a few weeks if not months out.


Which one is dealt with more seriously?

Well we will just have to give Saints a dry bum banging without the best second rower in the game. Thats ok

gives them a chance.....



bum banging is still making me chuckle some two days after that pie posted it ...its so good i think its worthy of going in my sig under Sir Winstons great speech

They look at intent. It's easy to raise the arm if you have the ball and the contact wasn't severe and I don't think the intent was malicious either. It was just lazy play from an unfit prop, who ultimately won you the game.

I take it you have never took an elbow to the face?

I got a broken nose and very nearly a smashed jaw from one

If it's lazy technique or not it's a lot worse than a swinging arm, total cop out by the RFL

Bet there are some on here who would love to experiment this with Saddened?

Bring it on, you'd all get dusted.

Not for one minute do I believe that no one has tried to elbow Saddened in the face.

Ignore me. Joke has already been done

good reply Saddened.