Well played tonight. Your team did really well, the fast speed at the play of the ball kept us on the back foot all night and without doubt you were the better team.

So as to not derail a different thread, as suggested by another poster I have begun a new one about the Nick Scruton challenge on Gareth O'Brien. Obviously, if it hadn't been for the fact that Rangi Chase wasn't playing tonight due to a suspension for his shoulder making contact with Zak Hardaker's head (which I agree with), this issue of head-shots maybe wouldn't be so high in my mind. However, what do you think about the tackle?

And as a direct question to Bully Boxer, which part of O'Brien's body do you see in contact with Scruton's shoulder?

It looked fine to me.



Can we talk about the forward pass now?

Just watched it again and it was fine. Ref even asked video referee for his opinion and he said it was all legal. No contact to the head was made by Scruton and it was clearly not deliberate!

Is it just me that sees a little square box where this supposed image is?



The replay is clear to me, contact is shoulder to shoulder the force of which rocks O'Briens head onto the shoulder of Scruton. That is entirely different to a shoulder charge making direct contact with the head.

No I see a little square box too.

Which part of O'Brien's body do you suggest Scruton's shoulder is in contact with?

No, it's not just you.



I agree with your opinion of the tackle. A still image doesn't tell the whole story, and I think this is a reason it isn't accepted at a hearing.

What about the Gilmour head butt on 49 mins.. Six month ban for sure I reckon.

Apologies, I can see the image fine.

It looks like he in contact with a little box to me.

It's a head clash is it not? However, if the RFL are going to be consistent it is contact with the head whilst making the tackle, and I don't see why it should make any difference whether it is his arm/shoulder/head.

What's needed are the frames before and the frames after, not a single image that doesn't tell the whole story. These are what would be looked at by the match review/disciplinary panel.