Paul Youane wrote:
Mathers has always been a cheap-shot type player.
SKY making a big play on him wanting to check King was alright before he went off was pathetic. To me he knew what he had done, he knew he had hit him bad and was now crapping himself that he had caused a very serious injury.
Its time to see how serious the RFL are about stamping out dirty play and dealing with intentional foul play. Mathers' "tackle" was a deliberate attack to the head and deserves 8 matches minimum. If it was the NRL the games he would get would be in double figures.
As a comparison, and seeing that Mathers was being touted as a GB full-back prior to yesterdays "expose" of his limitations, how rock-solid was Reardon yesterday? Competition for places and losing your spot for sub-standard performances certainly appears to focus player's minds on producing the goods.
SKY making a big play on him wanting to check King was alright before he went off was pathetic. To me he knew what he had done, he knew he had hit him bad and was now crapping himself that he had caused a very serious injury.
Its time to see how serious the RFL are about stamping out dirty play and dealing with intentional foul play. Mathers' "tackle" was a deliberate attack to the head and deserves 8 matches minimum. If it was the NRL the games he would get would be in double figures.
As a comparison, and seeing that Mathers was being touted as a GB full-back prior to yesterdays "expose" of his limitations, how rock-solid was Reardon yesterday? Competition for places and losing your spot for sub-standard performances certainly appears to focus player's minds on producing the goods.
Was it me or was the commentary by O'Connor, Stephenson and Clarke the most one-sided (pie-eyed?) commnetary they have ever heard on SKY? Even when Warrington were in total control of the game all they were talking about was Wigan. It was that bad Eddie Hemmings had to keep interrupting and standing up for Warrington.