I stand corrected... Child gave a penalty not put it on report. But I believe that was only because he was looking at the screen as Blair was about to play the ball before Child stopped the game because Burns stayed down.

Rightly or wrongly he indirectly used the screen to give the penalty.

Which goes back to the consistency issue, if the game was played on Sunday afternoon woth no screen to view, Blair plays the ball and the game continues.

Because there is a possibility of not many of the saints players seeing the challenge at the time, Burns played on with 3 fractures in his cheek/jawbone his players wouldn,t have known that. Now that the evidence has come to bear post match that it was highly likely premeditated I don,t think the saints players will let it go.
I reckon there will be unfinished business come the return, all done legally of course in our own backyard.

LOL, I figured there would be a fair bit of condoning Burns' triple fracture on Deliverance's message board. But even I was surprised by the new low their fans have set.

Two ... maybe three fans distancing themselves?

Mind, Hull is the only Rugby League town in which I've seen a Saints coach bricked. Twice.

As luck would have it you are right. However, another hit to his cheek on that side could have had very serious consequences. It would have turned a short term out to a long term out and could have damaged his eye or the nerves as per Longy's facial injury.

Me too, last time you came to Craven Park in head hunter mode it backfired and it will do again. If you read the disciplinary report it states, the shoulder came of the shoulder and into the head. Green was found guilty and banned for 2 as per regulations. He took an EPG and that was reduced to 1 game.

Its unfortunate that Burns got a bad injury but if you looks at Greens disciplinary record its pretty clean, he's not that type of player. Its also possible that his injury was made worse by playing on for 70+ minutes after the event which is either Burns fault or the doc's.

All ends up I reckon you should stop harping on about it and get on with your season. I'm pretty certain you'll get a couple of wins and it'll all be forgotten.

Completely agree - except for motive's as that is speculation and I genuinely don't believe that the tackle was premeditated. Dangerous - yes, late - yes and illegal - yes. Was the ban in line with the offence - yes, based on current rules but they are ridiculous. Injury to Burns has amplified the situation, had this happened to Kelly for Rovers I would be as miffed as the Saints supporters.

Ultimately McManus and Hudgell are in violent agreement, as are the majority of fans from both clubs. The disciplinary process is massively broken and completely inconsistent.