there was nothing wrong with the Tackle on Tamu...a couple of pushes down on the chest to hold him down a bit longer, but a perfectly decent three man tackle.

if everyone throws a punch after being held down in a tackle there would be no one left available to play the game....

Tamu has never thrown a punch in all the time Ive seen him play in the NRL or even state of origin... why does he think he can come over here and start throwing them at superleague players....??

because hes an arrogant Aussie... and that's took him down a peg or two so job done for me...

Garbutt will pay the price and that's fair enough (tough on Leeds)... But nothing to get worked up about like some (wigan Fans ) are doing.

Is this thread for f*cling real?

Don't know what you saw tonight but the two incidents are completly different

Pillock on other team throws a girly slap at our player. Team mate stands up for him and sorts stuff out.

Lovely stuff. Should've been 2 yellow cards. Silverwood shat himself, as usual. If you don't want to get punched don't throw one.


Quick point of order, this only applies to the fully professional game.

Big bloke punches big bloke , another big bloke takes exception and punches first big bloke not much to see here .

Comparison with big bloke punching little bloke already laying defenceless on the floor not really comparable .

Sound of straw clutching in Wigan is deafening .

Pathetic thread.
The guy is a total gobshoite. Ignore him.
Personally it's good to see an Aussie or Kiwi on his arris.

Thing is a lot Wigan fans actually did, they tried saying Hohoia deserved it or started it and tried to throw a lot of blame on him.

Punching an Aussie shouldn't even be a penalty never mind a red card.

Indeed. Even if an Aussie put him there

The punch was a belter but he obviously shouldn't have done it, i'm sure he will accept whatever ban the RFL give him and apologise.

nothing more to be said really.

FFS its Rugby League!
10 years ago it wouldn't have even been a yellow, just defending his teammate
It used to be expected in international games, now it seems even English fans think punching an aussie player (whos actually a NZ traitor) is worth a ban

It's more of this gooey eyed NRL obsession I'm afraid.

Imagine if you will Garbutt gets up and gives a girly slap to a Cowboy player and then another Cowboy player knocks him on his backside.

People would be lining up on here to say Garbutt deserved it and appalling the NQC player.