I'm not sure the Morley hit on McCormack was that much better.

Flower can have no complaints.

But the worst one I have ever seen was in the 1970 Challenge Cup Final

Keith Hepworth with both feet off the floor elbowed Colin Tyrer off the ball breaking his jaw. Tyrer was a very good attacking fullback and great goal kicker. Cas went on to win the game by 5 points and Bill Francis missed 3 penalty kicks.

The attack on Tyrer was so late that it was not penalised, Hepworth stayed on the field and never got suspended. No video ref or trial by t.v then.

Other than he didn't connect?

If that hit had been slightly lower it could have caused catastrophic damage. Cassidy was so high he missed a lot of the softer part of Morely's face.

Worst jaw injury was of course Andy Dannatt's attack on Ellery Hanley. That was the turning point as I believe it was the first ban based on match video evidence. Dannatt got 8 weeks, Hanley was out over 3 months.

Agree.

Done now.

John Hopoate's flying assault on Keith Galloway was pretty horrific.

yes I remember that.Worst one I saw was the blatant two handed smash into Leeds Alun Rees by Keith Holden of Oldham Rees was never the same after that.Holdn got sent off , but just a run of the mill ban

Your mention of Colin Tyrer reminded me what a great innovation the kicking tee has been!

Colin used to sculpt his own kicking tee that should have guaranteed an invitation to the Guild of Bricklayers as a master craftsman. Painstaking, an attention to detail and never rushed!

Not sure why McCormack had to zigzag off the field with tweety birds flying round his head if it didn't connect.

Yes it was a very bad one on Alun Rees and very deliberate. Big signings from RU always got a rather nasty reception from certain sections of League perhaps because of jealousy of the big signing on fees. Alun Rees had one of the best side steps I have seen and sadly this injury certainly limited his rugby career but he went on to be an outstanding country cricketer and one of the best cover fielders of his day.

Difficult to make accurate comparisons with incidents from a different era because we did not have the benefit of close up TV or replays in those days. With regard to the ban handed down to Flowers, I think it would have been more meaningfull to have banned him for a fixed number of first class matches rather than a fixed term which covers all of the off season. Six months sounds much more severe than 10 matches so IMO he got off lightly.

Had Cassidy tried to tackle Morley properly he'd probably been the one on the floor needing the physio, Morley ran in like a f**king steam train.

Because Morley simply ran over him his swinging arm missed by quite a wide margin - if he had connected then McCormack could have been seeing stars for a prolonged period

Quote: Sal Paradise "Because Morley simply ran over him his swinging arm missed by quite a wide margin - if he had connected then McCormack could have been seeing stars for a prolonged period'" He missed him? Are you Stevo? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HCyzM0V4pk

Quote: Sal Paradise "Because Morley simply ran over him his swinging arm missed by quite a wide margin - if he had connected then McCormack could have been seeing stars for a prolonged period'" He missed him? Are you Stevo? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HCyzM0V4pk

I'd agree with that. I watched a game that season in a pub in Bradford when you played the Bulls. Morley was unstoppable, the Bulls fans were up in arms due to the physicality. He was never quite as dominant & I often wondered whether it was the rest of the game catching up or the Cassidy incident.