Quote: Hacked Off "It isnt cowardly because it was done to provoke a reaction a la Radford.
Roughing someone up as calculated risk to incite retaliation and gain a penalty or more, in this case being punched in the head a few times surely cant be cowardly. Its rather like Tomkins milking penalties by trapping the arm but at a higher level.'"
It's coming to something when the only way you can defend one of your players is to admit that he tries to provoke players by punching and elbowing them in the back of the head. Oh dear.
