LOL - from that comment I take it you didn't go to the Shay for the game earlier in the season? Tbh, I couldn't keep up with what was going on in the melee, but Manning got his just desserts with a red card, and the headhunting/cheap shots looked to be coming in equal quantity from both sides.

We came back when you predictably tired (albeit we didn't get out of our half for the first 20 mins of the 2nd half), but the real sucker punch was that horrible bounce over Ryan's head.

The officials seemed to miss a fair bit from both sides, with some very strange decisions.

Absolutely stupid post.
Didn't Sam get penalised a lot earlier for punching?
The hit on Sam? can't comment until I see it again, actually we thought Leigh should have been done for crossing and that Sam was unfortunate not to get the ball.
Go to bed, sleep tight and wake up tomorrow less bitter, by then I'm quite sure we will get a more sensible opinion from Charlie and Salford Lad, two blokes who unlike you know something about Rugby League.

Like i said we have our fair share of thugs but dont run round fracturing skulls off the ball. I must be bitter about sitting unbeaten at the top of the league.

Well done, most inane comment I've ever read on this forum... ever.

In what way?

Read what you have just posted.
Think about it?
Hope you have a good nights sleep, school in the morning?
English I hope.
It should be "don't run around"

In what way?

???

Because no professional rugby league player, including Dane Manning, would set foot on the pitch with the deliberate intention of fracturing an opponents skull.

I'm sure he wanted a big hit on him (bearing in mind Sam had been dishing it out earlier), but to say he was going round with the intent of fracturing someone's skull is... inane.

As I've said elsewhere, I hope it's not as serious as being reported and he makes a speedy recovery.

I don't believe for a minute he actually intended to cause the injury he did, but he did. He intended to hit him though and in doing so he must know there is a chance of an injury and in doing it the way he did there was no opportunity or possibility of Barlow defending himself.

Cool. That's all I was trying to say (he wouldn't have intended causing a serious injury). Dane will get the punishment he deserves when it's reviewed.

In the meantime (again), hopefully it's not as serious as feared and Sam makes a speedy recovery.

Agree. As for the rest of the match, it was a good game, hard and aggressive at times, both ways too but nothing that bad. Shame it seems that one incident is overshadowing everything else

One but he did would be enough.
For goodness sake what a stupid post.
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"I don't believe for a minute he actually intended to cause the injury"
"He intended to hit him though and in doing it the way he did etc etc
Isn't the point of a tackle in Rugby League to not only halt play but to hurt someone?
Surely Paul Rowley doesn't say to his players "tackle, but be gentle"
As I say go to bed, chill out and enjoy your game of "touch rugby at school tomorrow"