What I didn't get about the Luke incident was that he was penalised for twisting his knee in the tackle - i.e there was no "allegedly" about it, no suggestion that they might have been mistaken, so how on earth was he allowed to stay on the field. Really, really poor officiating. The guy tried to injure Chase who was defenceless in a pre-meditated and calculated way, yet we see players get sent off for instinctive high tackles at times.

Disgrace.

But it's refreshing to see someone come out and say 'look i tried to break his leg' instead of the usual yawn-fest statements.

I think he was inspired by Blatter in the last part of his statement.

Frankly it's an unnecessary statement to make, as the intent was obvious to everyone who saw it.

That his "punishment" is to sit out a couple of friendlies he probably would have been rested for anyway reflects badly on the sport IMO.

I posted this on the Wigan forum

Regarding Isaac Luke's remarkable confession
I wonder what both Phil Clarke and his rugby gods will make of this?

Will he even bother to make a big issue of it?

If he doesn't it is clearly double standards IMO