Quote: Sitting Bull "You have the making of a referee. It was a hand off hitting the player below the throat above the sternum on the chest. The Batley players and the linesman made the suggestion to the referee that it was an elbow. You must remember that it was the same linesman that did not see the high tackle on AOB by Batley's number 5 which lead to AOB being subbed.'"
Are we talking about the same incident here? The one in the second half where the ref placed the incident on report? Because that was absolutely not a hand off. He used his forearm - which is perfectly legal btw - but he caught the Batley defender in the face with it which is why they felt aggrieved.
He didn't do anything worthy of a ban, but it sure as hell wasn't a hand off to the chest
