My take on it was Bridge went to hurt the man by attacking him with the elbow. Yes there was no contact with the head but the intent to hurt was there. To say he was attempting to dislodge the ball is wrong as the tackle had been complete and its easier to dislodge with the hand rather than your forearm.

It worries me when incidents like this happen and the ref says 'Chris keep it down' were does he think he connected. The Moa one was accidental, the Tommy Lee one should have been a red and so should this.

Other than that and the usual odd alibert calls I thought he had an ok game.

Why no out cry with sammut`s elbow to the head?

It was more of a messy facial whilst he was already making the tackle; not in the same league as Bridge.

He purposely hit him with the elbow in the face

There wasn't any contact I don't think but I agree there was intent. No problem if there's a ban from me.

Amazing that that was obvious enough for the touch judge to get involved but nobody at all saw Bridge raise is arm above his own head and aim it squarely at a man on the ground.

But he didn't drop on a prone player from a standing position with an elbow across the jaw.

It was a grubby tackle with a facial - he could still be cited but I don't think he'll get a ban; if he does, it would open the floodgates - that kind of tackle happens many times per game, but not always with the benefit of 4 or 5 slo-mo replays.