As I have previously said , he does you no favours with his stupidity. He knows you are on the bones of your @rse with injuries ,so he adds to your problems with a probable 2 match ban (If Webbs sentence is anything to go by)

Lack of self-control or poor technique , either way at least one match .

Sit down, Lauaki

You can make any player sit down if you smash your shoulder into their face!!

The last laugh will be on Westy, at least 1 match possibly 2, something we could do without right now .

Shouldn't have played anyway, clearly not fit. Two game ban wouldn't be a bad thing.

Was great that it was that pudding, though. Westy will probably get a ban, just coming into some
Good form as well.

It was his bicep. He shouldn't have played in the first place, he obviously isn't anywhere near fit, so he deserves respect for putting his hand up.

If Lauaki hadn't ducked down to try and get his forearms into Nicklas' head then Westy would have hit him fair and square, like he did on Mossop 5 minutes later.
It wasn't his shoulder that made contact, yet I'll be expecting the idiots at the RFL to ban him.

I suggest you watch it again, it wasn't his shoulder.

EastHull, are you saying they were idiots for banning Mika?

Good hit but will get banned, I for one love seeing big hits like that go in

He swung a clenched fist.

Just a bit different, isn't it.

No . Both were contact with the head.

You're right, it wasn't his shoulder - that makes the tackle even worse. He should get banned and rightly so.

Luaki was getting ready for collision, front foot forward, lean forward, ie downwards then brace, thus taking force on your front foot with your whole body weight behind.

You dont stand up straight knowing that with straight legs and back you will get put on your backside, you brace, he was leaning into hit nicklas, he was getting his body perfectly positioned as coached from the age of 8 upwards.

No excuses for westerman and will rightly cop a 2.

I think it's clear that he knows we're on the bare bones with injuries as he's one of them, and shouldn't have played. Must have put his hand up to try and help the team, but unfortunately it looked like the wrong decision last night.

for a big man Luaki certainly cannot take a hit to the head like some of the other players do



missed timed/careless by Westerman nothing malicious

one with an arm on a player in the process of bending down, one a swing with a fist, from the side and straight into the face.

I just hope it hasn`t affected Hame`s looks.

Are we banning tackling with the arms now too then? We may as well give up.

Westerman looked to have all the potential in the world when he first came onto the scene at Cas but has gone backwards ever since.

The bans will get longer, hopefully players will change their approach before someone gets seriously injured.

Hits to the head happen in a contact sport. People get kicked in the head in football, should they ban kicking?

Complete over reaction. Yes, punish the ones that DO hit the head, but FFS don't ban them.

Its a contact sport and people will inevitably get hurt. I personally like to see players use the shoulder, though obviously not to the head. The problem arises when a player bends low or a small player like burrow comes at you. It was a bit like Moa's where the french player came in low and got sparked out.