Will The Disciplinary Committee Take Any Action ? : Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:33 pm  

Following last nights match between Saints & Wakey, I was wondering if the RFL will take any action against either Jason Demetriou for his hit on Paul Wellens, or Keiron Cunningham for his punch at the Wakefield player?
As both incidents were highlighted on the T.V. it will be interesting to see how the panel reacts.
If that had been us, bet there would have been a ban of some type !!!
(Remember Catalans last year)
Or am I just being cynical?

: Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:44 pm  

I was saying last night if Cunningham doesn't at least get cited i won't be happy.
Perfectly happy with Demetriou's(sp?) one, imo.

: Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:46 pm  

Lifted from the Wakefield forum Seems quite a serious injury, this must mean a long ban for Cunningham?

Lifted from the Wakefield forum Seems quite a serious injury, this must mean a long ban for Cunningham?

: Sat Jul 18, 2009 9:22 pm  

quite agree the demiettrio hand off was all it was, he did not lead with the elbow, was just wellens whinging coz he got put on his backside
As for cunningham blatant punch, but strewth from that position and angle if he got enough power bahind it to cause any damage he need to get a bout for a world title against khan

: Sat Jul 18, 2009 10:00 pm  

mickyb1234 wrote:

quite agree the demiettrio hand off was all it was, he did not lead with the elbow, was just wellens whinging coz he got put on his backside
As for cunningham blatant punch, but strewth from that position and angle if he got enough power bahind it to cause any damage he need to get a bout for a world title against khan

When i saw it firstly, it looked like a nothing punch, but if he caused that damage, must of been pretty powerful.

: Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:09 pm  

It's amazing just how many fans of different clubs are baying for our blood! His injury hasn't even been confirmed yet by the club, much less the cause of it or whether Cunningham actually did anything intentional.

If he's done something bad then he gets what he deserves. But so far all anyone has is a post on the Wakey board of a web forum! Even Wiki is more reliable!

: Sun Jul 19, 2009 5:25 am  

[quote="SaintsFan"]It's amazing just how many fans of different clubs are baying for our blood! His injury hasn't even been confirmed yet by the club, much less the cause of it or whether Cunningham actually did anything intentional.} ............ Anything intentional??? Tw@tting someone in the face with your clenched fist can be done accidently???

: Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:50 am  

SaintsFan wrote:

It's amazing just how many fans of different clubs are baying for our blood! His injury hasn't even been confirmed yet by the club, much less the cause of it or whether Cunningham actually did anything intentional.

If he's done something bad then he gets what he deserves. But so far all anyone has is a post on the Wakey board of a web forum! Even Wiki is more reliable!

Fair call on waiting to find out, however TV showed a player [don't give a fig which club he plays for] appearing to strike out petulantly against another player, said other player having to leave the field of play as a result and not return................how many Saints supporters at the ground were baying for Demetriou to be sent off when they watched the re runs on the big screen of Wellens being put on his 'arris?........all relative ain't it.

: Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:59 am  

Talking to Howells' last weekend, holding a wry smile said the games going soft in some quarters, it needs more biff.
Just compare it against the origin games - no contest, makes the spectacle sometimes and gets crowds going.
To be honest Cunninghams punch looked nothing, he still had the ball in his hand, the art is to be discreet and not blatant, with Sky cameras very hard to do.

: Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:49 am  

SaintsFan wrote:

Anything intentional??? Tw@tting someone in the face with your clenched fist can be done accidently???

We have biff in our game. Most people love watching it. Most times, players don't get injured but sometimes they do. Generally, the yellow card is used or nothing at all. Was Stosic winding Cunningham up in the tackle? I don't know; I didn't see the incident as I watched the match live, not on TV, and only saw the ball come out of the tackle and Stosic not getting up so quickly. I haven't watched the game back yet.

Cunningham didn't perform an illegal tackle. He did what lots of rugby league players do during matches. Whether this is considered in the same light by the RFL will remain to be seen.

However, if he does get a ban then you should tonk us this weekend as we have just added Roby (four weeks) and Lomax (possibly four to five weeks) and possibly Meli (hamstring) to our already impressive injury list (Long, Wheeler, Frodsham, Maurie) with the possibility that Flannery and Eastmond will still be out with the mumps. So you should be able to help secure your place in the play offs!