Personally, I'm happy enough for Justin to retaliate if he has been provoked, what I wouldn't like to see is him instigating any incident (which I don't think he did in this case). I think an inexperienced ref either didn't notice the provocation, or just over-reacted to seeing Bailey bleeding. If Justin had also had a cut then you can imagine Bailey's card would have been red also, even if the ref didn't see how it happened.

Justin seems to me to be a no-nonsense kind of guy and that's what we need. Don't start the fight but if provoked make damn sure you finish it, that's what I say!!

think we are all making a bit of a mountain out of a molehill. He has played one game, got revved up and had a bit of biff to which the ref probably overreacted.

He played several seasons in the NRL and i don't think he was being sent off every other week there so i wouldn't make too much of it

Eh?

No one has suggested that Bailey can go around punching people at his leisure and expect no action against him. What I was highlighting was that in my opinion Bailey has managed to provoke a response from Poore which has resulted in him being sent off early in the game, not by punching but by niggling, winding up - whatever you want to call it whilst Poore was trying to show his Machismo.

Further, I am not pushing any kind of cowardly game! I love the biff as much as the next man, but there are times when you can you can take advantage of someone being overly aggressive and it's a legitimate tactic. Poore was hardly discreet when he was putting in the big hits early on and the ref will have taken note, as will the Leeds players.

Reminded me a bit of the Sculthorpe/Ned Catic scuffle the other year, head to head nose to nose and Scully/Bailey saying "go on then, hit me" and he did. Hard and repeatedly. I must admit, it's great to see your new prop forward get stuck in good and properly and give anybody a good hiding (not least Bailey) but part of me thinks that Bailey had the last laugh and despite the cuts and bruises he did take one for the team and did his usual trick of goading the opposition into doing something daft.

I loved it at the time and cheered poore off the field along with 99% of the trinity fans at the game, now though I have mixed feelings split between thinking its brilliant we have an old style prop who plays the game like I love it to be played that I will love to watch and will get the crowd going and worrying a bit that our new big name NRL signing is a bit of a loose cannon and may need to work on this aspect of his game in order to prevent getting old manned by wind up merchants like bailey

What's poores disciplinary record does anybody know if he has he got previous?

Poore isn't the sort of forward to be getting in to regular 'doos' all be it he's not scared of a bit of biff

I think he was looking as with any new player make a name for him self on his debut and got carried away

He certainly made a name for his self may be in the way he wanted or maybe not!

The season can not start soon enough for me! I literally can not wait to see Poore and Amore line up on the pitch together!

Would we rather have had him back away from Bailey or something?

He'll be fine.

Been talking to one of my pals in Auss about him.

Said he's struggled last couple of seasons, niggling injuries. If you can keep him fit though you'll have a top player

Have you signed for us Dave?

no official offer just yet but you'd have to speak to my agent

Immaculate. before boxing day he had 178 career games (NRL & SoO) with no red cards.

However, the NRL is refereed differently to SL and players get away with a lot more niggle and indeed a bit of biff. In SL, we know that on a given day Justin Poore may have been told to calm it down by a referee, whilst another ref on another day may have sent him off resulting in a 3 game ban...

You just don't know what you're going to get with he RFL.

I don't watch the NRL so can't have an opinion on the differing refereeing standards, but if the lad's nose had been previously clean for that long at that league then it's good enough for me. Presumably if he was a bit of a loose cannon he would have been up before the beak and copped a ban at some point.

His record is good enough to give him the benefit of the doubt in this case then for me.

He had a good pagger with Michael Crocker in an Origin game, but then everyone does.

Heard certain Wigan and Saints forwards maybe getting a welcome you have just met justin poore !
Aggressions fine there is a place and a time and three games in stand wont help us....im sure he is experienced enough to know when and where.

heard that the video was a pretty good watch !!

Didnt go to the Leeds game so looking forward to seeing him in action today.

another short game for Justin, shame he banged his swede

Good try from him though

Anyone know what happened? Looked like a stray finger in the eye from where I was stood as I couldn't see any blood on the towel for it to be a cut eye/head.

Looked like stitches above his eye, didn't seem in any bother.

Noticed the Fev No8 was trying to wind him up a bit early on with the odd niggle but kept his head think it was a simple clash of heads when both went off.

It looked like Fevs no8 head collided with Poores right cheek. Both holding towels to their face / head as they went off for stitches.

Fev No8 head clashed with JP just above right eye, both went off for treatment JP didn't come back on but was pitchside asn was in good spirits

[iPoore, who was dismissed for the 18th-minute altercation with Ryan Bailey, escaped suspension but has lost the right to submit an Early Guilty Plea for the next 12 months. [/i

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Can there be a dislike button added in the next update?

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