Anyone else notice Graham raking a Leeds player (who was on the floor) on the back with his boot in the fracas just before Bailey went off.

I'm pretty sure it was Bailey on the receiving end.

Shame that's my last memory of him on the field in Superleague as that aside he was very impressive as usual.

What did he do?, I'm not denying anything but despite all the foaming at the mouth nobody has actually said what Bailey did. what

Perhaps, why Leeds had 17 players on the field while the game was still in progress?

The time-keeper doesn't replace the referee. The referee's whistle ends the game not the sounding of the hooter. There are times when the hooter isn't heard and play continues beyond the following play the ball, as far as I know any points scored (in that circumstance) are allowed to stand regardless of the understandable confusion and controversy surrounding.

In the very least the officials should have noticed the players entering the field of play illegally and ordered them off before the conversion attempt was taken.

Perhaps St Helens should have ignored the rules and sent a replacement on for the injured Shenton while he was still on the field?

Being pedantic in this area is important to the integrity of the sport and making exceptions should be avoided in case precedents are set where it could affect the outcome of a game in the future.

_________



Thank you, another good example.

Obviously in that situation Ganson should have been carpetted by the RFL/Referee's controller (perhaps he was, I have no idea) as he's not there to invent the rules he's there to administer them.

Classic Bailey

I hope he plays the way he's finished the season.

So you want him to screw up at the expense of the national team?

Is it really that important to you?

Wow.

Oh and for accuracy purposes that national team is called 'England' not 'Great Britain'.

Yep. I've read this thread, the one on the VT and Wilkin's comments as reported and am yet to discover what Bailey actually did and when.

It is - only to demonstrate 2 things:

1 - The ability TMFMISL has at getting under the opponents skin.

2 - James Graham's achilles heel - how easily he can be got at.




That's it. The rest's moot.

I disagree, the laws of the game are far from moot although on that occassion I'm willing to accept the possibility that the official was unaware of the law.

__________



No as that would be disproportionate to the offence given the situation. Their entry to the field of play at that moment didn't effect the outcome of the game or any play while the game was still in progress.

A warning letter to the club should suffice.

That's a massive precedent to set, grand final,3 trys up, final hooter gone, subs enter field to join other team mates, the game will never be the same again.

But the game wasn't still in progress was it? The game had stopped for the conversion. Had the ref ignored the hooter and decided that play should commence, then we it would have been a kick from the centre of the pitch to restart the game, and I am pretty certain the ref would have asked everybody non playing to leave the pitch.

But in this instance play had stopped. Everyone around the stadium knew the hooter had gone, and players =#FF4000and officials were walking on to the pitch. At the side of the pitch Cunningham was hugging congratulatory to McDermott on the sideline.

You would have had a point had the hooter not gone and the game was going to be restarted, but it had gone, game finished, and therefore absolutely no point.