Quote: nikos "cobblers - let the punishment fit the crime, not the individual.
do murderers get a light sentence for a first offence?'"
...and this is why the use of internet forums should be licensed. If you did ANY of the things that happen on a Rugby pitch in normal day-to-day life you'd be banged up for some time. Picking someone up and slamming them to the ground happens hundreds of times in a game - you go try doing it outside Tesco on a Saturday afternoon and see how long it is before you're in a 8"x 6" room with bars on the windows and a cell mate called Psycho Steve.
Comparing and governed, profession sport to what happens in the real word is just plain stupid.