Reacting was fair enough but the punch of the floor was horrible but i don't think flower realised he knocked him out.

Long ban no doubt anybody who thinks different are allowing their bias to come before rational thoughts, as of the poster trying to say because there is a WCC coming up are just being stupid Jeff Lima was suspend for a lot less.

Too true. And it's not just the impact of the punch, it's the head slamming into the ground which does the real damage.

He was motionless on the floor as flower pulled his fist back. He must have known.

Totally right, and we as a sport have dodged a bullet with Lance able to come away from the assault it seems pretty unscathed.

A 20 Stone man punching from at a unconscious man from that position is unbelievably dangerous.

I bet Wane would have accepted 12 vs 13 for Hohaia missing the whole match and Saints being left with no playmakers...win at all costs and all that.

His Wigan are a thoroughly unlikable team

It is scary to think of what the potential outcomes of that was. Without wanting to sound too dramatic as it was unlikely, it could have been a very dark day for sport. And he has to be as severly punished as possible for introducing that risk.

Wanes HT team talk consisted of " open season boys, he wont send another off "

They already could have had somebody in the bin

You can't punch a guy who is out on the floor. It's just not even a sporting incident. I'm not one for big long bans but this is just outside the realms of the sport it's so dangerous

BECAUSE FLOWER HAD ALREADY SWUNG A PUNCH AT HIM

Yet you seem to have missed flower whacking him on back of the head as he was chasing through which started it all. Flowers a grub and if your defending him you are too!

Just been reading about a sillier case in a game of Union. The guy got charged with GBH, was found guilty and did time. So there is a precedent.

This was not a brawl. This was a thug hitting an unconscious, defenceless prone guy.