By last year's standards its 2-3 games. Do we go from that to 0 or meet in the middle at 1. It should have been a yellow though.

it's Saints, so probably a 1 match ban for Rhyse Martin

Wouldn't have a problem with him not getting any ban. Didn't think it was more than a penalty tbh. Would have been interesting if it had gone to the vid ref as cover coming across.
Like the fact the refs are making quicker decisions though.

Can't see anything other than an easy saints win but miracles happen

I have no idea what game you were watching but you’re wrong on both counts. Of course Broadbent was stepping and made himself small to go on the inside, Welsby overshot - first contact was actually on the ball after rewatching and went up over his shoulder and onto the head. Both feet were on the ground on initial contact and was lifted on contact as both players spun each other.

I’m fine and agree with other on here saying the key is consistency and wouldn’t think it’s a ban or a penalty try if it were the other way around either. In fact you take that tackle out of the situation and it’s wholly unremarkable. There’s a tackle a couple of sets later where Lees takes a forearm to the face (and gets a penalty) which as a careless/reckless shot perspective was far worse, but definitely nothing more than an in game penalty either.

I was watching the same game as you but without the red vee tinted spectacles.

It was a reckless high tackle and should have been at least a yellow.

Only serious foul play should be banned. Are we that desperate to hope an opposition player gets a ban to give us a chance?!
Not for me….

Im not bothered as long as its consistent, i think a yellow or red and no ban is the fairest way to go, why should we get the advantage that Cas should have had.

Was the Cas player badly injured? If not then penalty and get on with the game. We don’t want to go back to last season…..

If we’re serious about head injuries then direct contact to the head like that should be punished.

It was. They got a penalty!

Someone will cop a yellow for an identical tackle in the coming weeks I'm sure. Then we can bring it up again.

I genuinely have no idea what incident you are watching.

As for clear red card, give over. We've all seen clear red card in our time and that was nowhere near.

We shouldn’t be penalising (or worse) based on the severity of injury, that way lies chaos my friend.

Free to play and quite right too.

Panel said he had no case to answer

Pity for you that there is video and photographic proof that first contact ( and that's what the mvp look at ) that both feet are on the floor and contact is shoulder and chest.