Takes people's heads off every week and just a bout gets away with it, touches the ref in a game and he gets a 3 match ban!! thats the RFL for you...

3 match ban and £300 fine.





Lock him up and throw away the key!

That sums it up perfectly!
The ego and personal wellbeing of the refs are far more important than the safety of the players!!!

Shouldn't touch the ref though - that's football behaviour; correct call.

One person i expected to see called up was Ben Westwood. Could have sworn i saw him do some kind of elbow drop on Leeds player. I know some of us like to see this but would have thought it would have been looked at.

Agreed, not something that should happen, Ali got away with it not long since.

Ali merely tapped the ref on the shoulder while Bailey probably yanked him.

I've no idea what Bailey did and i know what Ali did and in what spirit he did it, but any contact with the Ref is a no no, and no excuses in my book.

Bailey was running in the direction the Wire were throwing the ball and the ref was in the way . Watch the clip on that popular video sharing site to see just how out of position the ref was . Anyone wearing anything other than a Ref's shirt would have been penalised for being in such a position at the PTB . The PTB was about three metres out , and the ref was stood very close to it with his back to the defence . He moved to his right when 'prompted' by Webb . That put him in the line of TMIMISL's run . Total incompetence on the ref's part .
Bailey didn't yank him at all . He pushed a body out of the way as he headed to where the line needed defending . That body happened to be the ref . Had that body been a Wire player then the try that was scored would probably have been turned down for obstruction .

HTH .

To be fair, that's just how I saw it too.

Good use of the ref by Warrington then, clever play.

Nice detailed reply but ref can stand where he likes and Bailey needs to be more aware of what he is doing.
His own fault, not refs.

Nonetheless, I refer the right honourable gentleman to my previous response; can't touch the ref - correct call.

Credit the club for coming out in support of the ban and respect our sport has for officials. As the ball was passed beyond the C defender it didn't really affect baileys effectiveness in the line, im sure he enjoyed a little shove on the ref, poor positioning from silverwood, but no major deal just making a statement and Leeds seem to have accepted it.

what surprised me was bailey grabbing somebody before 2 other players had already halted his progress, as is his normal thuggish behaviour.

You clearly have not the slightest idea of what happened or you wouldn't be suggesting that TFMISL grabbed the ref .

If you must insist on using that pathetic acronym, at least try to get it right.

The Fickest Man in Super League?

Indeed. Its rather embarrassing isn't it?

AFAIK, FWIW and TBH IMO its more embarrassing knowing what they all mean FFS!!!! LOL.

Im not a fan of Bailey but 3 games for what he did is ridiculous.

i agree with this, i cannot even remember the incident, but from what i have read on here, there was no malicious intent. i am no bailey fan, but it does seem harsh compared to the high tackles etc we have seen in recent weeks recieveing 1 match bans.

slightly o/t but i would have liked to know what was said to the ref (ganson i think) at the hull kr game. you could here ganson say "are you talking to me" and repeating it a few times!!

It is a part of the game to tackle and sometimes it gets out of hand.

There is no part of the game that involves contact with the referee so is clearly a disciplinary issue.
3 games is a deterrent from people doing it again and it stops us descending to the footballer antics.

I fully support the ban.

RAOTFLMFAO

Couldn't agree more.

I don't, it sends out a strong message to all players at every level.