After the melee Leeds got the penalty with Hicks signalling a swinging arm punch in the original tackle. Arguably, if the officials had given that straight away then the ensuing ruckus may not have happened. This sort of thing has been going on for as long as I can remember, no penalty decision by the officials followed by a reaction from the players then the original incident gets penalised.
If Thompson gets a ban then Burgess should get at least the same, he came in on the blind side of the officials so wasn't as obvious but definitely ran in throwing punches.
As for Gale, okay maybe he shouldn't have reacted but after getting hit late so often with zero protection from the officials it wasn't that surprising. It was especially frustrating when Vuniyayawa got penalised twice for late hits the other way.
I love it when Shabs says something as I know it will be the total opposite.
It`s like poles apart every time.
Sorry Shabino only pulling your leg, sort of
On the one hand we shouldn’t celebrate brain injury when we have Burrow going through what he is.
On the other these moments are pretty indelible from the memory. Tallis/O’Connor, Senior/BJ/Wilkin (my personal favourite), Mason/Fielden, Garbutt/Tamou, now this one.
What I can say for sure is I’d never want to be hit by a pro RL player!
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