More inconsistency from the disciplinary committee : Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:00 am
I see Mr McIllorum gets away with his spear tackle in the derby. Given that only days before they had pulled up and banned a player with a perfect disciplinary record plus another with record in this country for incidents that shouldn't even have been penalties, it shows a remarkable lack of consistency.RFL Disciplinary wrote:
Player lifts opponent’s legs in the tackle, however is contribution from teammate and opponent lands arms first.
So it's okay to spear tackle someone, provided you get a mate to help you and they put their arms down first. What kind of BS is this? It wasn't the worst tackle in the world, but it was worse than both Wello's and Laffranchi's the previous week, which both resulted in a ban. If you read Wello's report it states he didn't intend to do it, Briers caused the lift and yet still banned him.
Mr Hock also escapes for the on field incidents. Rather bizarrely the disciplinary report states:
RFL Disciplinary wrote:
player makes unnecessary late contact with opponent and first contact is shoulder to head
Then the decision is 'No charge' Utterly bizarre given how late and deliberate it was.