You should be used to it, with your apparent lack of intellect and being from a hole, I was going to start calling you Damo!

Yes, clearly you're right. Gary hetherington runs the RFL. What a well considered response.

Can't fault any of that. You see, when you really try, you can be observant.

Great to see the RFL have got it right in this case if abbo wanted to really gauge manu he would have done! end of! he was grabbing out no intent was there at all

It was a hand grab [iand[/i rake to the face
if someone caught someone in a high tackle, [iand then[/i ragged them up and/or down, that's very dangerous, and could break a neck.
if a late challenge is late [iand[/i the person gets absolutely buried, that's very dangerous and could cause serious damage.

It was a bad gesture, made worse by the rake, which could have caused Manu a lot of discomfort, and by the looks of his reaction it did.

I'll say it again, Andy R, for the hard of thinking:

"SAYS WHO?"

The RFL have yet again been less then even with decisions, they make it very easy for many people to believe that they are inept, unprofessional and not capable of running a booze up in a brewery.

Time to move on ...............

I didn't answer as I thought it was fairly obvious but if you need it explaining:

1) The RFL disciplinary

2) The cameras

Look closer and tell me at any moment do you see Ablett's fingers in Manu's eyes?

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You look at the Sky footage and replay it frame by frame and you WILL SEE Ablett's 3rd finger right hand in the corner of Manu's left eye.

have seen it 2 or 3 times and it doesnt look good at all,

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The only surprise is that some seem surprised. Clearly, we've all completely misinterpreted what we have seen and are only serving to smear Ablett's reputation as a gentleman. What may have appeared as a reckless hand into his opponent's face with a rake of the fingers to follow was quite simply an attempt to tenderly caress his worthy adversary as an expression of his admiration and respect of a fellow competitor. Such things are par for the course for the dignified gentry of the Leeds Rhinos, where foulplay and dirty deeds have no place as they are the acts of a cad and would not be tolerated. Their impeccable judiciary record shows this to be true.

Maybe it wasn't as conclusive on the stadiums sole camera, Aren't the SKY camera's footage excluded in such cases to avoid certain games being more scrutinised than others?

Do you mean like those that have video refs?

Crap, innit.

Contradicting, Regardless of this, I'm pretty sure that the disciplinary panel use only footage from the stadiums sole camera regardless of what footage the SKY cameras captured, explains alot of decisions that come out of Red Hall.

Have they? Where?

Err, yes they do. That's why everyone, [ithat's everyone[/i who has spoken on this, excluding a handful of face, I mean Leeds fans, has been very indignant since Saturday.

What was the letter from the RFL cautioning him for?

So Moa gets a ban for a shoulder charge and Ablett gets a strongly worded letter for trying to blind a fellow professional. The RFL are a bunch of clowns.

To beware of the kind of hot-headed ruffians who play for clubs other than Leeds, as they can explode without provocation at any time. I believe there may have been a postscript containing a profuse apology that such individuals currently pollute the SL, but it is unfortunately the case that there are not enough of the kind upstanding, honourable athletes whom make up the Leeds club to go around.

Thanks Carl. Your input is really valuable

Manu's letter tells him in no uncertain terms that if he continues to impersonate a bowling ball, the committee will take a very dim view.

I think Manu should be ashamed trying to break Abletts fingers with his eyeballs. Seriously though "jobs Fooked."

Still not seen the replays. Therefore hard to comment.

Has anyone from Hull FC made any comment?

apart from the 20K who watched it at home , those at the match etc ....no comment made
but GH is right remember

Thanks, but I had in mind somebody more official...

I never mentioned GH (who also doesn't seem to have made any public comment on the incident).

Sheffield players got banned last week on the evidence of fan footage on youtube so it would seem unlikely that the match review committee didn't consult the Sky footage.