I believe the touch judge report was that Smith threw the first 'punch' when he pushed Gilmour away. Really poor decision by Bentham that one.

Yep, major decision wrong.

Gilmour started and finished that whole incident just after Smith had got Leeds some nice yardage on the first tackle.

I for one am I for players smashing the hell out of each other for 80 mins, its part of rugby league, its part of our game, but what did make me laugh about Bailey was when he was able to take the ball in after the incident he bottled it and ran behind his own players then got pushed back a fair few meters aswel.
Though I`ll take me hat off to him, from what I saw on the telly, he was the first player at the end of the game to go over and shake the players hands. Thats one of the reasons you`ve got to love our game!

No.

Even the radio commentators were gobsmacked at that decision and at the scrum to Leeds that followed iticon_lol.gif

First off, as can be seen on Sky footage, while there was someone's hand in Smith's face at one point, it was brief and didn't go into the eyes. Secondly, I think it was Wilkin who ended up taking most of the punches, to be fair. If you watch it on Sky you'll see he flopped on top of Smith pretty quickly to protect him. That might have saved Gilmour getting binned or maybe Bentham just decided that it was six of one and half a dozen of the other and, given the temperature (and boy was it boiling at KR!), binning may have triggered more problems rather than solved any.

Gilmour is a thug who had to be stopped from assaulting a player on the floor.

Seem to remember Shaun Briscoe knocking Bailey off his perch a few weeks back let alone rattle his cage.

Maybe cited?

Wilkin too I hope. You can see him getting a quite few good punches into Smith's face while he's laying on top of him.

Glimour was definitely the offender in that incident, firstly with the facial and then the punches.

Having watched it a couple of times, I think Bentham gave the penalty to Saints to distract from the fact that Gilmour hits like a girl.

No mention of Gilmour continuing to interfere with the PTB after the ref had called the tackle complete ... Perhaps if Bentham had done his job correctly and apply the same rules both ways, Smith would not have had to push him away and the fight start ?

Oh bless. It was a joke.Saints may get cited but it will be always deemed not guilty or punishment adequate. Bit like Peacocks punching power.