Well said that man, someone in primrose & blue who can see it for what it really is, I hadn't seen it until tonight when the BBC highlights were shown (it was that controversial that sky cut it from their highlights last night???). It was a messy/clumsy tackle, first impact on the hip then Hansen seemed to grab out to gain grip and came up with fresh air, and gravity being what it is, with nothing to hold onto there was only one place he was going and that was down onto Ratchfords ankle....unfortunate, but unfortunate things happen in rugby, ask Monaghan about headbutting Pats hip.

sh[t happens

Yeah a punch to the face of a defenceless player might [ijust[/i be legal...







Think about what you're posting ffs.

Bennie was stupid to throw that punch so early in the game.

The injuries to two of our key players lost us the game, simple as. Carvell was also struggling with his arm. Once I saw Briers at full back, I knew our game was up.

It will be nice when you parasites jump back on your own site ffs.

Always makes me laugh when our fans start preaching about Hock being a liability etc but then make out like Westwood wouldn't say boo to a goose- he was very lucky to stay on the field. Every side needs one IMO.

Punch to the eye is different to trying to gouge out the eye would you say

Why on earth would we want to do that, it's all milk & roses on our board, much more fun over here watching you lot gnashing your teeth, wringing your hands. writhing about in a cess pit of your own making

Absolutely, we saw the light & got rid sharpish.......... the good Dr Qashqai's problem now....a leopard never changes it's spots (ever!)

Tit

Didn't Jeff Lima get banned for this sort if tackle, it was his speciality

Jeff had many problems .... he failed to achieve a double which was a particular bug bear with me .... its for reasons like that we had to get rid of him !

No, Lima got banned for a cannonball tackle.

they changedthe rules mid season because of how much of house Lima was. funnily enough Wigan fans were defending him at the time as well.

just watching the game again, the tackle just happened, if this had been on a kicker on his non kicking leg, it'd be a straight red.

it's a cannonball tackle with no control on a man that's being controlled by a defender.

I'd agree completely had he actually tackled his leg and not his hip.....

It was a hell of a shot by Westwood to connect like that when he wasn't even looking at where he was punching. Right on the money.

A tough sport which can be brutal, Morley apparently played with a fractured cheekbone in the grand final and Joel Monaghan now needs plastic surgery on his ear.