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| Quote: Derwent "He did not manhandle the referee in the slightest. The incident he's been banned for appears to be when he and the ref got tangled up when Hock was chasing back to make a tackle. The referee took no action at the time, no penalty, no talking to, not put on report, no cards shown. He later said in his match report that he considered the collision to have been accidental.
It was Steve Ganson who referred the matter to the disciplinary despite Stokes saying it was an accident. Nobody at the game (and I was one) saw anything untoward and the incident wasn't even mentioned in any match reports that's how innocuous it was.
I think Hock's reputation has preceded him in this case and I think he has been very harshly treated.'"
Sounds like a similar incident last season with Brent Webb and IIRC Richard Silverwood.
Both Webb & Hock can do stupid things at times amongst superb play.
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| Exactly. "The contact was unnecessary and avoidable." That's the finding, deal with it.
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| If he's fit and playing well he's still a class player, we don't have that many of those to choose from so to say it's the end of the road for him at test level is a bit ridiculous to me.
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| Quote: Ferocious Aardvark "Exactly. "The contact was unnecessary and avoidable." That's the finding, deal with it.'"
So, this ruling is basically saying that if a referee gets himself badly positioned in the defensive line then a player should not try to tackle the opponent in case he makes contact with the referee in the process. Fair enough.
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| Quote: Derwent "So, this ruling is basically saying that if a referee gets himself badly positioned in the defensive line then a player should not try to tackle the opponent in case he makes contact with the referee in the process. '"
No. It isn't saying that, at all.
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| Quote: Ferocious Aardvark "No. It isn't saying that, at all.'"
He didn't threaten the ref, didn't throw him to the floor or use any aggressive actions towards him. The ref himself wasn't bothered and hock gets four games. It's rugby league for gods sake, get a grip and let it go.
If sinfield/tomkins/wellins got four games for the same thing there would be so many people defending the player however because hocks got this passed which admitadly he has, people say "same old same old"
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