Quote: Big Jim Slade "So you ARE trying to justify and condone what Tamou did. That's an interesting turn around.
Slapping somebody is over the top, but it happens
Punching somebody for slapping somebody is over the top, but it happens
If Tamou hadn't slapped Galloway Garbutt wouldn't have punched him - we can go round like this all day.
The point is that you did put a slant on what Tamou did by calling it a push. It wasn't a push, it was an aggressive strike to Galloway's face, and from Garbutt's viewpoint it quite possibly looked like a punch. he understandably didn't wait around for an inquest, he did what props sometimes do and laid the idiot out.
There is nothing special in this incident, there is nothing especially wrong or aggressive - and certainly no thuggery - in Garbutt's actions. It was bog standard prop-on-prop fisticuffs. Garbutt got the red he deserved and a ban we all expected.
What has got me (and many others) riled up here is that people are trying to make out it was something it wasn't, that it was out of the ordinary, a sneak attack, a grub move, a sucker punch, thuggery, assault, whatever you want to call it. It was none of those things. It was a standard RL punch and you'll see several more like that this season, I just hope they don't all get accompanied by the bed wetting that this has.'"
So the nonsense that went on in the tackle is all ok ?
Full facial plus forearm over his throat so yes, on that basis a push/slap/tap (or whatever you want to call it) is certainly understandable. Whether it's justified is a different question.
I don't think anyone is bed wetting, the punch was a little more that we see in the weekly rounds of SL but, it's been dealt with (2 game ban) which I and many others have said, seems about right.
The KR fans are still unhappy with the 4 games that their man got for something that appeared more accidental than deliberate but, these things happen with the judiciary.