Re: Moa : Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:33 pm  

I wonder if we'd have had the same reaction if a london prop had knocked danny houghton out with a shoulder charge which connected with houghton's head?

Re: Moa : Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:38 pm  

Jake the Peg wrote:

I wonder if we'd have had the same reaction if a london prop had knocked danny houghton out with a shoulder charge which connected with houghton's head?

Slightly different......you'd have still had 24 pages of X-file style conspiracy thread bollox, but it would have been on the London boards.......Oh and the London prop would have got 3 games

Re: Moa : Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:40 pm  

Jake the Peg wrote:

I wonder if we'd have had the same reaction if a london prop had knocked danny houghton out with a shoulder charge which connected with houghton's head?

If that was exactly the same shot on Houghton I personally would have said good shot and let's get on with it. Much like the vast majority did with the Welham hit on Reece pre-season. If it's going to be a red card every time someone gets a shoulder charge slightly wrong then they should just outlaw it and remove all doubt it. One thing that's for certain is that we will see similar and worse tackles this season that will go unpunished

Re: Moa : Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:41 pm  

Jake the Peg wrote:

I wonder if we'd have had the same reaction if a london prop had knocked danny houghton out with a shoulder charge which connected with houghton's head?

That would depend on whether the contact with his head occurred as a result of his last minute change of direction or not.

Re: Moa : Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:57 pm  

The decision to plead guilty was moronic. I'd rather there had been a not guilty plea and more matches. He should never have been sent off, and by pleading guilty it's basically accepting that the RFL would have shat on us and saying that we'll just put up with this state of affairs.

Re: Moa : Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:05 pm  

I can pretty much put money on the fact that there will be no consistency with this decision. I can also put money on the fact that those who have said he should have been sent off will be saying something totally different when one of their players is sent off for the same thing.. if indeed they are even sent off

Re: Moa : Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:10 pm  

carl_spackler wrote:

it's basically accepting that the RFL would have shat on us.

We won't be flavour of the month with the RFL. We're not Leeds for starters and look rubbish after the Gleeson thing. You have to pick your battles with an organisation as inept as them and maybe we decided this wasn't one worth losing points over.

Re: Moa : Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:10 pm  

Ian P wrote:

I despair of this sport at times

I do all the time..

Re: Moa : Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:16 pm  

When Ryan Bailey is of no use to the Rhinos anymore & ends up playing for Batley/Dewsbury i guarantee he be banned every other week for the stuff he gets away with now.

Re: Moa : Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:24 pm  

Did James Rule represent him at the hearing?

Anyway, let's move on. No point in appealing the sentence if the RFL can increase it.