Shenton "to have my season ended by a reckless challenge is difficult to swallow" .....he's sad absolutely nothing out of line there. Powell expressed his opinion, again , think he's entitled to. I don't thint it was malicious but reckless. Compare it to rangi's on ferres last year where there was intent and malice in it, it isn't the same.

On the flip side, I fully understand KR appealing it. Makes no odds to me really how long boudebza is banned for. However, I do want 3rd man tackles on the joint to be scrutinised and if that means the rfl looking at jewit's then fair enough. (Fwiw he is very aggressive, bordering on bailey, which is not an avenue I want a cas player to take....)

Differeng to bailey, Jewitt is the nicest , down to earth bloke ive met involved with rugby, however opposition fans won't like him and perhaps Adam walker...

The video clearly shows him going in waist high though. Whereas the Jewwitt cannonball tackle on Mitch Allgood definitely does go around the knees.

How many times does it need to be said? Jewitts tackle is at the back of the knee, NOT THE FRONT OR THE SIDE, which is where the issues and injury's lie. The Jewitt tackle keeps the joint in the normal range of motion, as opposed to bending it the wrong way, ala Boudebza.

4th best ever actually

The video of the Jewitt tackle posted by a Castleford forum with a comment of lucky guy (or similar) on a Castleford forum and supported by other Castleford fans would appear to support a different view.

The comments about Boudebza's tackle on various social media sites would seem the vast of neutral majority of Rugby League fans would seem to support there was nothing in it.

That's so last season

Rules are rules. Jewitts tackle doesn't put any 'undue pressure' on the joint. Otherwise, he'd have been cited.

My comments about boudebzas tackle were more about the causation of the injury. If you bothered to look through my other posts you'd see that I think its a harsh decision.

wow.

Either they've got another angle or they've just gone with Powell's quote.

Otherwise it's farcical. Or surrealist genius - might as well put a positive spin on it.

The failures of leadership - there are mitigating factors for those. The bureaucratic and procedural incompetence is wearing to see the least.

I agree, I meant that there should be no contact below the knee, even if the initial contact is above (ie the defender should not 'slide' down the legs).
I don't like the type of tackle Jewitt made. However, at the moment it's not illegal as the tackle did not put undue pressure on the joint or bend it in any unnatural way. It's a change of rules needed here.

The camera angle on the SL show wasn’t the greatest and in my opinion from that angle the tackle doesn’t look that bad.

What you don’t see is where Boudebza actually makes contact. If there’s should contact with the back of the knee it is reckless. He could have gone higher with the impact and slid down to effect the tackle without any issues for Shenton.

What we can’t see from any angle is the intent Boudebza has to cause an injury. In my view it was a reckless challenge but that’s just me.

Agreed, POwells use of the word reckless has probably proved mitigating in what should clearly have been a longer ban. Deliberately ending a players season with such wild abandon really needs clamping down on.