All of you make excellent points (pints for Hudd shay). They will create a specific ruling for moving a injured player for next season and I bet it will carry a more harsh punishment than contrary behaviour. I think they will give it 8-10 match ban to try and stamp it out.
As for the Officials protection of players ? Fax car is spot on. Yes refs miss things but that is why we have officials running the line but 99.9 % are bloody usless and only use their flag if a ball goes out into touch. I would argue that they are more important than the ref because the should be watching for all the niggling little things that go on or a late hit or a sly head but or a player constantly having a go at another payer …… I could go on. But as we know they don’t. The Workington incident is a fantastic example of an official not doing what they are paid to do and the resulting effect. He told the ref about the head but, if he saw it and flagged it up there would have been no fight but he didn’t. And so it goes on. The lads have to be restrained for the rest of the season and not let other teams get under their skin.