Said very similar when it happened. I always thought 'on report' was for incidents where something has clearly happened, but neither the ref nor touch judges have seen it - it now seems to be just for when the ref doesn't want to make a tough decision. The disciplinary panel are only going to see the same footage as was on the big screen, so why couldn't he watch that & make his mind up?

And sin-binning seems to have almost disappeared completely. Always thought it was a good rule for incidents like, potentially, the one last night where a sending off may be deemed too harsh, but some punishment is warranted. It seems to have been replaced completely by on report - which as others have pointed out, has no impact on the game where the offence occured.

How can it be ok to use a shoulder charge fairly below the neck, but 6 inches higher is a red card? That then depends on the height of the player being tackled: so if he's short, or is dipping into the tackle, or being tackled and going down, what could have been a fair challenge becomes a sending-off. Too tight to call, and open to too much 'opinion'.

Exactly the same rule as for an arm tackle. When was the last time someone was penalised for a swinging arm to the chest?

There is an argument for that, but personally I believe that they should use the best evidence available to them.

Exactly spot on! it makes the tackler to make sure he uses the correct method. I know it will sometimes be mistimed but the responsibility is on the tackler.

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Give it a month discussions will be very rare instead of after every match.