Also, when the pushing & shoving starts, he doesn't do much. When Westwoods pumped, he'll go after anyone. I think he knows from the point of impact it's a bad one. On top of that, the TV footage of the blokes head hitting the floor, I can only imagine the thud it will have made, I think Westwood knows it's a real bad tackle, bends over the top of him (all you can see on TV is his mop, no sound, nor can you see any face to 'lip read') and is about to draw attention to the injury, ie, players are applauded for their quick thinking in calling help etc. As he bends over, he's pushed & shoved by angry Catalans players, with justification.

You'll not hear me say In my opinion, the tackle is anything less than a four match ban, but I'll stick up for Ben in that I think people are jumping on the bandwaggon a tad with this growling, 'lack of remorse' thing. There's not one angle shows him giving him a verbal, so it's pure speculation. If it was somebody else, we'd get 'He's not that type of player'.

5-6 game ban, big fine and a apology to Carlaw. Total sh*thouse cheap shot, wouldn't bother me if he didn't play for us again, i don't mind people playing the game hard but what Westwood did was just thuggery.

It was a high tackle, calm down.

Those people who think this was intentional, do you also think it was intentional when he went for a big hit on Fozzard and ended up bashing his face and knocking himself out?

These things happen, it is a fast, tough game.

He will get a ban, and he should get back in the team. We want players to try 100%, well in Westwood that is exactly what you get, but from time to time, things go wrong.

Yes well done let us pursue a witch-hunt against a player who has been our most consistent performer for years and has simply made a mistake.

There is much worse going on in games all the time.

Well said Mark....not condoning what Benny did, but good grief talk about going OTT..

Im not condoning Bennys tackle but if your gonna have a go at Bennys for his tackle you should have a go at Mogg for his

Thank god some of us talk sense.

For what its worth, I'd have westwood at saints in a heartbeat. A player very underrated by a lot of people imo.

I hope he gets let off with a warning about his tackling technique as he's in my Fantasy Team.

Just to be clear no-one accused him of spitting - someone commented on him 'gobbing off' and it was misconstrued by others.

No they didn't. He might have meant that but he didn't say that.

Absolute disgrace 20 years too late if he had thrown a stiff arm like that 20 years ago nothing would be said but the game has been cleaned up to get rid of the tackles like that, blatant attack to the head hope he gets sign die or at least 6 months

Who the hell is starting a witch hunt? I'm simpley saying what he did was an act of thuggery and he should get what he deserves. His performances have been brilliant last few years and he rightly got a call up to the world cup last year, but i wish he would stop the little niggley things which he has in his game, giving silly penalties away, needless highshots every now and again. I may have gone over the top saying it wouldn't bother me if he didn't play for us again, i just can't stand cheap shot merchants and cowards, and thats what Ben was on Saturday night.

Maybe Legsky will come on shortly to give us the inside story.

Don’t be soft it’s a mans game, Westwood has had a few in his time and will probably be on the end of a few more in the weeks to come. The same Carlaw. It’s an occupational Hazard end of. I’m not condoning this but it just happens

Westwood charged with a Grade D Offence and Fakir Grade C offence.

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Whats Grade D? Is it 4-6 match ban?

Either that or death by firing squad looking at some of the posts on this thread.

Indeed. Some of the posts are truly pathetic.

LIAR......PROOVE IT.

3 to 5 apparently - if you follow the links on the RFL site.

4 games it will be then.

getting booking a nice holiday in the sun benny lad, you deserve one.

Well here i am, Ive not been on in ages....but my friend just called and said that the good old forum was being evil to Ben....How could i resist a sneaky peek?
I will just say, that if all you s out there think that any player, whether it was a Warrington player or not..... would PURPOSELY, do a high tackle.. so aggressively, (As most are saying)... completely exposed to all the viewers on sky T.V as well as the crowd. . . Then that player, would have to be some kind of retard.
Which springs to mind when i read these posts, retards...you must be to think he would do it on purpose. End of!

Life goes on for players banned, injured, dying....they still have to train everyday and most certainly Dont get time off....lol

Reading comments from some fans of other teams, you would think that their players are all whiter than white with never so much as a wrong word said, never mind a bad hit.

Okay Parrot... do you have to keep repeating yourself? ? ? Get back in the cage....u pr**k

What made me laugh was someone on the VT started a thread about the Westwood tackle and fair enough, if that floats their boat, but the funny thing is, as soon as Fakir produces a similar tackle, the angered folk of the RL fraternity disappeared and it turned into a latest score thread.

It seems only certain clubs/players make said righteous men of the RL fraternity angry.