I think Walmsley has been lucky for it not to be classed as a shoulder charge but it was definitely late and high.

Moon's challenge, in my opinion, was awful. He had no reason to even join in the tackle, let alone then throw his shoulder while stood still. It's not even as if he just timed his run wrong or went for a big hit.

What does annoy me though is the number of high tackles and face rubbing that goes on without being penalised.

Those were the days

Neither are that bad IMO. To the letter of the law both were red cards, think Walmsley's ban is about right, and Moon's is harsh.

That boring old chestnut




Walmsleys shoulder leading arm never moves!, his other arm strokes Robinsons back, sorry but I don't see how he "tries to make a tackle"





I never said it was a shoulder charge if you look back a couple pages.


[i"In the Panel’s opinion you used an illegal Shoulder Charge and made direct initial contact with the head your opponent (Robinson)"[/i

rlhttps://www.therfl.co.uk/the-rfl/disciplinary/item?5798rl

Any incident where a player is concussed by a late hit or a shoulder is worthy of a ban IMO. I'm not going to quibble whether player x deserved a bigger ban than player y, I just think that the RFL can't afford to be seen to be doing nothing in the light of recent research. And the coaches need to do what they can to stamp it out too.