A lot of sanctimonious OTT comment going on. Yes it was wrong and he will have to pay the penalty but put it in perspective please. Tamou was the first to assault Galloway's face, which from where Garbutt was standing may have looked like a punch, and his reaction was to go to the aid of a teammate which not so long ago would have been applauded. While not trying to justify the punch it was an understandable response.

The NQC player was also reacting to something that happened on the ground in the tackle. I've no idea who started it but I've got a better idea who ended it and Leeds were awarded the penalty.

McDermott's only grievance will be Garbutt made a better job of flattening the Cowboy's man mountain than he made of the ex Cowboy's winger in the semi final in Huddersfield.

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Tamou gave it big licks with a b!tch slap Garbutt finished it simple as even the NQC's Coach took the p!ss out of Tamou " Well his nose is even wider now"!
Garbutt will rightly get a ban we move on as for the rest of the trolling sh##e on here it was nowhere near as bad as Flowers actions which were sh##-house in the extreme jog on.

you want your pack backing each other.

Garbutt did that, he'll pay the price. shame because we could do with him saturday.

Absolutely - I posted something on the VT similar... '1 in, all in'... I'd be disappointed if our props stood by and simply watched....

As a rugby league player, you know if you get yourself invoved in any altercation, that you can expect the opposition piling in swinging. Tamou wanted some, and got some... He'll have no complaints - it's just what happens.... Have a dig, get some back - he just happened to be on the rceiving end of a belter....

Garbutt was punished accordingly and will now rightly face the disciplinary panel (I just hope they don't have a ridiculous over the top reaction with the ban) - but for me, I'm more than happy with what he did. Puts a marker down to all other teams that if you get up close and personal with our boys, there'll be a price to pay - I bet there won't be many getting up and indulging in a bit of push and shove when he's in the vicinity. I just wish it had been a game against Wigan - they've got some players that have been begging for that type of reaction for a while...

He threw his dig then backed off. What a pansy.

The incident was a welcome relief from a second half which had already ventured into embarrassment territory. It woke up a crowd who had entered that eerily silent 'Oh s**t, we're getting hammered' mode during the previous 10 to 15 minutes... a mode we're all too often familiar with when our teams play the Aussies. It turned an instinctively silent and forgettable second half from a Leeds POV into what may turn out to be an unforgettable episode of biff and an opportunity to redefine the terms of the contest. Plenty of folk in the North Stand had already vacated their seats and gone home so they missed it.

As da kidz say nowadays "Chat sh*t get banged"

Two giants going toe to toe the same as one big bloke hitting a little bloke who's lying on the floor? Shut your face.

They were right. Hohoia did start and and did deserve the first crack.


However, what Hohoia didn't deserve was the second punch. That is what separates Flower's act of thuggery and last night was the second punch to a prone Hohoia.


Anyone upset with last night's antics would be spontaneously combusting had they seen any of the Auckland tour games in 1987.

You slap a player like Tamou did then expect something back in return. Fair enough that Garbutt was backing his team mate up,but daft in the context of the game and the ban he will get.

Lame. He knocked the guy to the floor and broke his nose. Job done. Or are you suggesting that he should attack the player whilst on the floor, now who would that remind you of

Predictable faux outrage over a bit of biff is the same side of the coin as defending or celebrating biff when it's one of your own players committing it.

Surely it was our best attack of the half? No?