Re: Puletua sending Off : Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:01 pm  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

The Catalan player ended up with a bust nose, that suggests to me that there was contact with his head. I didn't think that he intended to attack the head though.

running with your head down does that ...

Re: Puletua sending Off : Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:06 pm  

No1 Saint wrote:

Billinge_Lump wrote:

The Catalan player ended up with a bust nose, that suggests to me that there was contact with his head. I didn't think that he intended to attack the head though.

running with your head down does that ...

So you agree that there was contact with his head?

Re: Puletua sending Off : Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:08 pm  

BackrowSaint wrote:

Ryan Bailey on Fa'asavalu is another?

Nearly identical but most posters on here had a very different opinion

Re: Puletua sending Off : Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:44 pm  

I felt for TP. Not a dirty player at all, and that shot should have been the match winning play. There was contact with the head, but there has to be some responsibility on the ball carrier for the way impact occurs. If you run into a tackle and duck your head there's always a good chance you'll get hit on it. That used to be considered in referees' interpretations of high tackles, but not any more, it seems.

Re: Puletua sending Off : Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:47 pm  

Tony Soprano wrote:

Nearly identical but most posters on here had a very different opinion

Exept that Bailey jumped,TP didnt he stood his ground.

Re: Puletua sending Off : Sat Jul 21, 2012 3:59 pm  

Don Brennan wrote:

Exept that Bailey jumped,TP didnt he stood his ground.

Nice story but it's not true

Re: Puletua sending Off : Sat Jul 21, 2012 4:21 pm  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

So you agree that there was contact with his head?

There must have been he basically put his head down and ran into TP , whats he supposed to do move out of the way????

Re: Puletua sending Off : Sat Jul 21, 2012 4:26 pm  

saint at wire wrote:

Don't think it was Smith - it was one of the famous chuckle brothers again. The two linesmen seem to work together and are absolutely garbage.
Some very strange decisions in the match coming fron a normally level headed Thaler - on this and many other occasions these two linesmen /ass ref guys come on to the pitch with their selective recall versions of reality.

I can only think that Sky / The RFL are getting them for free, expenses only, on some sort of extended day trip from the local home as part of the RFL/Sky's contribution to their care.

I watched it again this morning and the chuckle brother isnt saying anything,his mouth doesnt move at all,but Thaler is having a conversation with someone so it must of been Smith.

Re: Puletua sending Off : Sat Jul 21, 2012 5:21 pm  

He made contact with the head, so it was a penalty. Agree though, if those become sending off's, like with Sam Moa then the days of big hits will be over, which would be such a shame.

Ian Smith definetly made it up to you with a naff call against Catalans for the no try though.

Re: Puletua sending Off : Sat Jul 21, 2012 5:36 pm  

Bal wrote:

He made contact with the head, so it was a penalty. Agree though, if those become sending off's, like with Sam Moa then the days of big hits will be over, which would be such a shame.

Ian Smith definetly made it up to you with a naff call against Catalans for the no try though.

Disagree , technically he interfered with Makinson which makes it a correct call . If he was going for that ball he needs to get his eyes tested.