It was poor decision making, joel should not have took the drive.

and punching someone.

its a mystery !!

Correct.



Was an accident waiting to happen. Should have been used as a dummy runner in that set you can gurantee he would have been taken out. But wether Blikers Ganson would have seen it would be another issue.

Oh yeh I definitely know where you are coming from and I think the aggression Joel was playing with for most of the 2nd half was a large part in us winning the game. Just we had a penalty under 20 metres out, 4 points behind on the scoreboard and less than 15 minutes on the clock. I felt this called for a little more composure rather than give the ball to Joel to try and effectively get revenge on Yeaman. As you say the fight seemed to lift the team and the crowd and the momentum seemed to have swung our way. We ended up getting over and winning the game anyway so thankfully it doesn't really matter, Im sure Tuson will come in for the next two and do a great job.

There was loads going on though, Fitzgibbon, Manu, Briscoe were at it too.

mistaken identity?.............jim mills used that one every time he got sent off..

yes but he ran into the fracas with the sole intention of punching someone.....

what do you expect the RFL to do?

Exactly, nobody would have a complaint or a reason to complain if all players guilty of the same offence got the same punishment. It was even in the same game for fook sake.

As did others..............

IT WASN'T JUST HIM.....!!!!!!

What did the other players do then? Calmly walk to the ruck and then just start windmilling?

ok.. you're obviously all correct.

there must be some sort of conspiracy in the RFL.

Fair point well made. Anyone who retaliates against Bailey should be exempt from all charges

Quote ="MattyB"Obviously not THAT much: Exceptional Record my ar$e............. news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 963470.stm '" Indeed - If you have a look at the disciplinary panels decision relating to this incident it states;- " In our view however this was a serious matter, virtually an assault by punching a player four times to the head who was on the ground, and although your opponent was allowed to continue with the game he did sustain a blood injury" [urlhttp://www.therfl.co.uk/disciplinary/item?2217[/url

Quote ="MattyB"Obviously not THAT much: Exceptional Record my ar$e............. news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 963470.stm '" Indeed - If you have a look at the disciplinary panels decision relating to this incident it states;- " In our view however this was a serious matter, virtually an assault by punching a player four times to the head who was on the ground, and although your opponent was allowed to continue with the game he did sustain a blood injury" [urlhttp://www.therfl.co.uk/disciplinary/item?2217[/url

After they stopped laughing?

Come on people. Being punched by that one must be akin to being thrashed with a wet lettuce! A one match ban is a travesty, and simply sending him to bed with no supper would have done.

If footie players have taken to wearing snoods, there must be a good case for that spotty oik to be made to wear a balaclava. And get a proper haircut. I could save a fortune by simply sticking his photo in the office windows and getting rid of the night security.

No really

they wont like that one

At the end of the day though some perspective, Sam gets a rest so he's fit for the Wire game and some of your other guys get a chance to shine.
You guys are going on as if it's the end of the world as we know it, as people say you don't win the league in March.

I'm confident for Friday TBH.

Sounds like you really want him imo

And he'll still be back before Mcguire.

That did make me smile!

I agree with what your saying. I just get ed off when our players get banned for stuff other players have been let off with. If the consistency was there i would understand.

It's the only way that the RFL can even up the cometition , we are so far ahead of everyone that by banning our players(who probably did deserve bans) but letting others off it evens it out a bit

ehhhhhh.
and there's me thinking there are sides above you in the league.

terrible isn't it..... i think you should complain....

Keep in mind we have a game in hand, which, if we won, would take us to top of the league.