Not actually seen a replay of it but my first reaction when watching it live was 'bloody hell, that's a shocker' !!

if it was deliberate then he should cop a huge ban for that, we dont need it in our game.

I was never defending the tackle, just the misconception that it was an elbow.

Sloppy technique that will see him get banned, if Cas had a good coach he would also spend time having it trained out of him.

No but as an International you should know how to tackle!!

So it was the victims fault for side stepping now



It was a disgusting cheap shot, I have always rated Chase highly! and nowI hope to never see him in an England shirt again.

I think he's trying to use it to show that Chase is really a good egg, he's just a little clumsy. And not in any way a cowardly thug. No, sir.

Who needs a replay when a blurred, grainy image with a circle drawn on it is available on this very thread?

If it was mistimed and Chase isn't that sort of person, why would he congratulate himself?

Clutching at straws twonk.

Why did Jonathan Walker congratulate himself when he broke Luke Burgess' jaw from an accidental head collision...again on a shoulder charge?

If you allow shoulder charges, things like this will happen from time to time - the only way to stop it would be to copy Union and ban shoulder charging.

He wasn't congratulating himself, he merely threw his arms up in exasperation that his perfectly innocent challenge was so unfortunately mistimed. Don't you know anything?

Apart from the fact you've already estabilished, through the medium of high def, high speed photography, that there was no shoulder involved. In this case you'd have to outlaw strikes to the chops with a fuzzy elbow/, and thats already been done.

A poor attempt at a shoulder charge, like the one Chase made would make an excellent case for outlawing the shoulder charge because there are players who don't know how to do it properly and in a manner which can be considered safe.

Oh and just so you know, you can see the white shorts Cas were wearing further down the image

Are you Rangis dad or some-thing because this is just getting embarrassing and awkward

Gronk, don't try to defend it! Wait for the RFL verdict and then either gloat that you were right or man up and admit you were wrong. As things stand you're in a hole and still digging furiously!

Gronk, don't try to defend it! Wait for the RFL verdict and then either gloat that you were right or man up and admit you were wrong. As things stand you're in a hole and still digging furiously!

Whoops, not v. good with mobiles!

Last thing I'm going to mention on this because it's going round in circles thanks to trolls:

It was a bad challenge, it was probably accidental but people like to think otherwise and there was no elbow involved. The only thing I've said is that there was no elbow involved, not that he should get away with it.

He will get a ban for it because of the nature of the challenge (high tackle) and the damage it caused, it really is that simple.

It shows very little. Had you taken a still from that video just one second later you would have a perfectly blurred picture of Chase's forearm in direct contact with Ropati's face.

Deliberate and unjustifiable...unless you're Gronk.

You know it is a really bad tackle when Twonk is the only Cas fan trying to defend it

Good arrows.

He forgot to mention that he saw Rangi helping an old lady across the road today and that he gives all his wages to charity.

I guess you struggle with basic comprehension?

Where did I say the tackle was fine, or that he shouldn't be banned for it?

Oh wait! That's right, I didn't say that.

The tackle deserves a ban, it will probably get banned but the notion he lead with his elbow is preposterous.



Not a very good troll are you?

Whereas on page 1 of this very thread..



or Page 2

Troll? Hardly. Just marvelling at how blinkered you are.

Which was after one look at it.

After looking at it again, whilst still mistimed and deemed legal by the officials, it was high and reckless.

That was before his high resolution image became available.

It really is embarrassing. First it was the refs fault Cas lost to a 2nd Division team, now it's a pathetic defence of an awful tackle.

Having seen the slow mo replay, the one on the Cas board, its a very bad one.
Yes he tries a big hit with his shoulder. But, as he gets close he knows he's mistimed it and is being stepped so he moves his elbow up and outward. Needs a long ban.