Magic Superbeetle wrote:
If your referring to the “shoulder charge” in the first half then a) it was Lees (even though yes, Blake Austin was saying Walmsley should be sent off) and b) the only shoulder was from Tetevano who went for the big hit and got sat on his backside. It was neither a shoulder charge nor high from Lees (though funny as anything). It wasn’t even a penalty but the ref had backed himself into a corner waiting for the video ref to confirm there was no head contact.
And “escalating” the head high off the ball shoulder charge? Really? Walmsley pushed him off Hurrell, it’s Bentley who turned it into a fight.
What a load of crap. Lees and Walmsley both lead with the shoulder and none attempted to wrap their arms around the player. You don’t have to make contact with the head for it to be a shoulder charge, hence why it was a Leeds penalty.
I’m not normally one for referee or RFL bashing, but both are having an absolute mare regarding that farce of a game on Thursday.