Re: Moa : Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:48 am
So vexed off with our governing body (not for the first time) I vented a spleen to boots 'n' all (for what it's fecking worth!!)
See below.
"Hi I'm writing first and foremost as a rugby league fan although I won't lie and admit that I am also a Hull FC fan.
My reason for emailing is to question the decision to ban Sam Moa over his shoulder charge.
Firstly my argument is that the hit by Sam was in no way intentional to hit Julien Rinaldi in the head, it was purely a poorly timed challenge as Rinaldi appeared to duck just prior to Sam hitting him, surely as Sam is committed at that point he cannot pull out from the move. I accept it was a hit to the head and certainly hope Rinaldi has no lasting effects from the concussion (he's a top player), however given my argument I would have accepted a sending off sufficient ruling from the disciplinary committee.
Secondly, The RFL have now set a precedent that is in affect ruling out the shoulder charge from our game which I consider to be a big mistake. Big hits are what make our game such an exciting sport to watch and now this ruling is putting the whole sporting spectacle in danger of becoming a sanitized version of the sport.
Thirdly, I can only hope the likes of Morley / Bailey are very careful over the remainder of their careers as they have been known facilitate far worse tackles than Sam in the past (and get big raps from Eddie and Stevo!!) as now they may also face bans if they undertake such tackles given the precedence now set.
Please see the following links for evidence to substantiate this.
No YT links, sorry- no penalty / not put on report.
No YT links - at 3 minutes exact - the incident is no different to that of Sam Moa's - no action taken.
One final query is, due to Phil Bentham's incompetence to send Tommy Lee of for a very bad high tackle against Lee Briers on Saturday night, was Sam the victim of Bentham's incompetence seeing as he was the video ref for the Hull v London game? Did he give the nod to Silverwood to produce the red to cover his own mistakes from the previous nights game?
Kind regards..
PS - please share this with Stuart Cummings as his email address has handily disappeared from The RFL Website!