We've all watched dull games where things are just plodding along and the crowd are numb. Then a fight kicks off. Crowd get on their feet and get noisy. Then forwards start putting big hits in for the next few minutes. Game on! Bring back the biff... just not cowardly shots from behind!

Totally disagree. Sin binning both sides is the correct call imo. You can't go around punching people and at the same time you shouldn't retaliate you should let the officials deal with it. That's what they're there for.

Fair enough. It's your opinion and I can't say it's wrong. For me though, it's the instigator who should receive the punishment.

I think he should get the stronger punishment yes. In the first Origin game for example, Jennings rightly went to the bin for running in (if you ref it to the laws) but the QLD prop (Hannant I think) should have gone as well for causing it all and NSW get the penalty.


I'm pretty sure though that retaliation used to always reverse the penalty??

Lovely turn of phrase !

There was an almost identical incident to the McIlorum one in the Hull v Salford game, yet O'Meley only got a yellow card for throwing a punch.