Perhaps better not to post it in the first place!

Yes, it's really easy ("View your posts" would be a start), but the point is that you provoked a situation by stating that it was from behind. The facts prove otherwise. That's what's happens on the pitch sometimes - someone provokes a situation and others react.

Dane comes over maybe as a bit of a "hot head" (others would say passionate), but that applies to a lot of sportsmen where physical contact is the name of the game. I don't know him personally, so I can only say what I see - and that's that he's totally committed to the Fax club and team.

None of us (in the stands) know what he was thinking or what provocation before, or during, the game had gone on.

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Thanks for the advice, post now edited. I apologise it was never my intention to mislead or provoke anything, I said what I believed to be true. Anyway I hope we can all move on. None of us can change what happened, it's in the hands of the rfl disciplinary panel who have already outlined the charges. Let's hope also that what your coach said after the game about meeting in the grand final happens because it would be another cracking game for both sets of fans, let's just hope for a little less controversy though

So is it Ok if Dane says that he made a mistake, but he's entitled to correct it by saying "sorry" for the punches he threw (I'll leave the initial challenge up to the RFL), and hence no further action?

Clearly not, but read what you've just written, and apply that to RL players on the pitch in the middle of what's always an attritional and physically confrontational sport.

Ships passing! Let's move on. All the best for the rest of the season.

I'm not quite sure it's a fair comparison, but I take the point.

I started this thread with,
I have decided to start a new thread as Sam seems to be mentioned on at least 3 other threads.
To me Sam was superb in the first half, at least three or four important offloades two of which resulted in trys.
Threw a silly punch in the tackle early on and was quite rightly penalised.
Booed in the first half when substituted, and more importantly in my opinion, disgracefully, as he was helped off the pitch.
Why do Fax fans dislike him, he opted to play for us instead of that useless waste of space club in South Yorkshire and accepted all the vitriol from them, did't we christen him Slamin Sam.
Sincerly hope he is well tonight,
O'h if you look at the other threads about tonight, leyther94 and hindsfordleyther79 won't be able to reply, they have been sent to bed without any supper.

I was hoping to draw a line under the incident and perhaps move on and talk about the game.
Instead we get a medical update from Dick Jones, fractured skull and bleeding.
What a great way to derail a thread and start all the stupid vitriol that followed.
Dick, I know what great work you do for your club and your passion for Leigh but next time draw a breath, you say you posted it because Mr Rowley said it. Great coach I agree, Doctor or Surgeon? not sure.
But hey don't let the truth get derailed by hearsay.
Good luck Sam, good luck Leigh.
In my humble opinion if you were in Super League this year you would not finish in the bottom three, no other club in the Championship could say that.
Anyway of to bed, apparently Wendy ball is on tv.

If you were allowed to backpedal in the Tour De France you would be the winner by a country mile.

No doubt it was a late and high shot from Manning, but as a stand alone incident I'd expect his punishment to depend on whether the red card was issued for the initial challenge or for the scrapping. What he will find himself in hot water about is starting another scrap a full 40 seconds after the initial incident when the ref had split everything up and seemingly calmed it down.

Matt, I agree, "the afters" (in my opinion) were worthy of a red card and Dane (I hope) is reflecting that it was pretty stupid. I'm sure there must have been some verbals involved, but "sticks and stones" etc...

I would like to say that, walking out of the ground, regardless of the animosity on the pitch, from my perspective (wearing a blue 'n' white shirt) the atmosphere between the fans was calm and just reflective of a tough sporting tussle.

Exactly as it should be, Sparky. Such a shame that everyone is talking about these incidents instead of what was a terrific contest.

Quite right and a game Fax should have won.

They have a great squad but are bad tactically' had they thrown the ball out a bit more the game would have been theirs.