Quote: Alan "Agreed. Acton deserves what he will get, for a stupid action.
As a Leyther, I am puzzled by the threatened severity of the punishments for 'punching' - three grade B's and a grade C, for what was a very minor skirmish, that finished almost as soon as it had started.
I also note that Myler has been cited for his SEVENTH tripping offence in the past three seasons, and will most likely get 'NFA' or another warning letter for it, just like all the others.
I am totally at a loss to understand how Bird has not been cited for the late, high challenge on Reynolds, - an action that prompted Acton's unforgivable deed. At best, Bird's challenge was reckless, especially as the Leigh player received a nasty facial injury, that required several minutes of treatment.'"
I don't like Bird, I think he's a grubby player. However, I don't think he did anything wrong in that tackle. He was already committed to the tackle and had his arms out around the Leigh player. It was just an unfortunate clash of heads.
What followed was the real incident in all this. Acton obviously thought that it was a deliberate ploy to take out the HB and proceeded in a moment of madness to do what he did. If there had been spinal injuries, incurred during the initial clash, Acton would have probably been looking at not only a long ban but a brush with the law too.