Was they actually bad enough to provoke an attack on a player who couldnt defend himself?

And if you think his elbows where malitious, surely he will be pulled up by the RFL.

Don't hold your breath. Bailey = no case to answer. You only have to look back over his yearly disiplinary record to see what will happen.

and no one is mentioning his attempted head butt on sean long!!!

That should be end of season for bailey even tho it didn't connect

Radford's shouldn't have punched Bailey while he was on the ground but Bailey shouldn't have elbowed him in the back of the head (which is more dangerous than a thump to the forehead). A yellow card should have been sufficient as it was the start of the match and the players would have calmed down. It seems that the RFL take the same view as Sky: it's alright because its Leeds.

I would agree that Radford should probably be banned for his punching though. I don't think anyone can deny that he was a bit stupid for doing that so early in the match.

Quote ="PAUL M"Spot on. Plus what about all the other pucnches thrown this season, no red cards to be seen.'" www.skysports.com/rugbyleague/ma ... 26,00.html Opening game of the season - have a guess who the ref was. Said at the time it would be interesting to see how many more recieved red cards for punching,well he waited til the last game of the regular rounds.

Quote ="PAUL M"Spot on. Plus what about all the other pucnches thrown this season, no red cards to be seen.'" www.skysports.com/rugbyleague/ma ... 26,00.html Opening game of the season - have a guess who the ref was. Said at the time it would be interesting to see how many more recieved red cards for punching,well he waited til the last game of the regular rounds.

It got put on report I think Neil.

And look at the teams involved...... do ref's seem more willing to dish out the cards when players involved are not from a 'top team' ??

Not the worst refereeing display....but that's because there have been so many in the past!!

a) He missed plenty of forward passes for both sides
b) Made himself look a pr1ck by going to the video ref on the 1st try of the season (which incidentally has to be in the mix for our try of the season)
c) Sent off Radders (correctly) but then made himself look a fool by letting Bailey off completely!!!!
d) Going to the video for the Lee Smith try claim when I could see from 40 yards away that Lee Smith had dropped it


One thing in his favour is that he did something that I wish refs WOULD do and that's only give knock on when the ball goes forward. The amount of times I see a player get penalised when the ball goes slightly backwards is a joke. The dopey Leeds fans were screaming a Briscoe knock on in the 2nd half when the kids had to turn 180 degrees backwards to get the ball back!!

The rule seems to have eroded in recent years so that any slight mishandling becomes an automatic knock on. The biggest joke, which actually worked in our favour, was the Rovers one (Murrell IIRC) at a play the ball which cancelled out what would have been the winning try for Rovers on Good Friday. Never a knock on in my book but obviously happy onthat occasion for some reffing idicoy going our way.

What about his attempted head butt on Long?

Of course, it wouldn't have been in the RFL's interests to set up a Hull v Rovers clash and a Wigan v Leeds one, would it? Hmmmmm

I watched the game in the pub and missed that incident, something obviously happened as many people have mentioned it.

Bailey is a t*t and always has been and deserves to get a good beating(something which Radford never gave him).

Hmm, Wigan v Leeds, Wire v Saints, FC v KR........

What annoys me is we share the money with the 8,000 attendance that will be Hudds/Crusaders!

I suggest you re watch the incident before commenting on it. Bailey did 'nothing wrong' pull the other one.

It must have been good enough as he cut him open.

I saw the incident between Bailey and Radford.

The punches thrown where pretty laughable, especially if Radford is supposed to be a pretty good boxer. It doesnt take a huge punch to inflict a cut like that, especially around the eyes.

I think some referees are consistent in that they give the benefit of the doubt more often to Leeds and Warrington. ( Is this the Tony Smith factor?!) Bailey should certainly have been punished/sinbinned during the game and he should now be cited to appear befpre the Disciplinary Committee on Tuesday for the incidents with Radford and Long. Just as he should have been cited for his attack/elbow to Riley's face/head in the final play of the Cup Final.

Will he? Doubt it.

The way that certain Leeds players are constantly allowed to show dissent/question the referee's decisions and get away with it is also appalling and should be dealt with.

yet another warning letter winging its way to Mr Bailey's filing cabinet then?

probably so

But Radford should not have done what he did, there is no excuse, not for someone who is supposed to be a leader, role model and future U15's coach.

Late change of Referee.
Loads of dodgy decisions
Unfair sending off
RL get the play off matches they wanted.
Give the News of the World a ring.

Well said and totally factually correct.

I'm convinced of this. I'm also convinced that Leeds came with the intention of getting one of our forwards off asap. I am also convinced of corruption in rugby since Lindop in 1980. However, I am also unreliable in my convictions as I am completely biased. Last night, though, took the biscuit - strange forces at work methinks.

Thought Bentham was supposed to be in the middle last night?

over ruling touchjudge on forward pass for salford in challenge cup game resulting in hull getting knocked out!

awarding crusaders try from clear knock on at wrexham!

over ruling ingoal judge at harlequins when luke dorn clearly knocks on for his try !

not going to screen for westwood double movement at warrington !

draw your own conclusions!

what is the difference

between what lee smith did in the leeds v wigan game kicking out in tackle on player tackled 26/09/08 (see report from rfl website) and ryan bailey striking a player several times with his elbow?

[iIn the Panel’s opinion the Player kicked out and made contact with the face of the Wigan player. The Wigan player was on the ground and was therefore in a defenceless position. The Panel considered that the Player must have known that the Wigan player was there and that therefore there was an element of intent or at the very least recklessness in such contact being made. The Panel was concerned that the Player’s actions had the potential to cause injury and that in lashing out in the manner he did breached his duty to other players.[/i

everybody laughed when burrows swung several punches at Lauaki
in the chall cup game but did he get sent off no, bailey raises kness against wigan ,bailey flops on riley in 80th min cup final with forearm , wheres the consistancy when it comes to leeds?

The fact they get away with it?

The most annoying thing about Leeds is they seem to do one and sometimes two forward passes in every set miles more than any other team and mostly get away with it with the biggest culprits being Buderus and Diskin which lead to a lot of their tries, its as if the refs and touch judges just ignore them.
for me this is one of the reasons they have been champions for the last two years.

also one of Maquire's groundings looked a bit dodgy to me last night, the one Childs gave .