It was high, from behind and on a player without the ball

Clumsy, reckless and immediate red card and a 2 game ban

From behind? What game do people watch at all? If you can't add to the forum constructively then just disappear.

It was certainly a red card as contact with the head from the shoulder but I don't think it was as bad as people are making out.

Walmsley is crouching into the tackle, he is not late enough to be negligible and it wasn't a shoulder charge as it was an attempted tackle.

The issue with them tackles on HBs is when players are not making a genuine attempt to tackle and fly in with just their shoulder: e.g Joel Tomkins on thurs was very late and used a shoulder charge and scott Taylor on GOB last season.

It will be interesting to see what the outcomes will be at the disciplinary on Paddy Wack and Walmsley. The problem is the disciplinary know that its parts of his game for Paddy Wack and they might factor this in, where as Walmsley was clumsy but they might want to make a deterrent example of him.

Let's be sensible lad. We're talking about Walmsley's late tackle on this thread and it was most certainly a red card. Alex made a mistake and he must be feeling really bad about the sending off but let's not get into stupid stuff such as [ihe'll end up the way of Newton...[/i

Both my mate & I said at the time he went hunting for Luke & it was deliberate. Neither of us has an Axe to grind on this one.

Mclorrum (sp) is getting into a thug like Newton was in my opinion NUff said

I would expect the same punishment as Moon, 2 match ban.

It was a red card IMO. The rules state that a shoulder charge to the head is a sending off offence and add to the fact it was late.

Sadly we won't see Alex again this year now.

Shall we start a collection for some rope?

On reading this post Walmsley isn’t the only one who could have been committed. :

Shoulder charge to the head, straight red for me, deserved the sending off will get at least two matches and that will be it for Walmsley this season.

You have to admit Walmsley is just so clumsy! as someone else said at the play the ball he is hopeless, right decision, 2 match ban.

Has he used his EGP ?

I don't recall him being sent off before. He's not a malicious player (annoyingly too much of the contrary), and I think it was clumsy rather than intended.

Still think he'll get a ban, because we're Saints and lady luck hasn't been our friend for some years.