Ladies and Gentlemen - we have an explanation. And very possibly, a final word.
Quote: RFL Disciplinary "The committee have viewed this incident with extreme care. The committee are quite satisfied that initial contact was between the player’s shoulder and the opponent’s shoulder. However the committee feel that the player’s shoulder then rides over the opponent’s owing to the technique used and this causes an upward trajectory which then strikes the opponent’s head. It is on the basis that the committee find the player guilty of this offence.'"
It's smoke and mirrors, as it was the "whiplash" on impact that sent O'Brien's head into contact with Scruton's shoulder, and nobody I know has suggested that Scruton's shoulder went on some subsequent upward trajectory, into the head, but if that had been what happened, then this would be a reasonable finding.
Anyway, here's my drawn line:
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