Quote: tigertot "Which is the same with every incident that is referred where a player is not sent off. Whether the fact that the player should have been sent off & the timing of the incident are taking into consideration I don't know.'"
Well, it's not [ientirely[/i the same for every incident, as the instances when the man on the receiving end doesn't play any further part in the game are thankfully relatively rare.
The major factor against sending off in cases where none of the officials see it[?] is the obvious one, that just because someone is injured doesn't automatically mean someone is guilty of an offence and sometimes it is just bad luck. In this instance though I'm truly baffled how none of the officials could give an account to the ref - I saw it from 60 yards away in the stands. Kaufusi ran in, flat out, and launched himself, head and arms first, at Donaldson, in truth I don't know which bit of Kaufusi caught Donno on the chin, but he was out cold for over 10 seconds or more which suggests one of the more solid bits.
I don't think for a second it was deliberate though and "reckless" sums it up well for me.
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