First offence was the Huddersfield player not letting Hardaker play the ball and going head to head. Between that and the fact that no punch was thrown i think you're in fairly shaky ground with that claim. Good job they changed the obstruction rules mid game for you too.

Yes, it should be a penalty for a punch. It probably wasn't given because, well, it wasn't a punch.

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claims Hardaker were bitten. shme it wasnt the other way round as we would have all been told about it 30 times by now and how leeds must sack him. but lets leave it at that

And a bite should result in immediate disqualification from Super League and the club should be forced to crease existence with all assets, including trophies, been evenly distributed between all SL clubs.............Oh wait.

Yep correct. Conner bites Hardaker that's why it kicks off.

Also Kiwi test hooker Luke has just been fined $10,000 for homophobic comments. Where is the righteous pitch folk brigade who were crying into their rainbow rosettes when it blew up with Zak (both times)

There's a difference IMO between being in the referee's ear, doing what Wardle did (and was rightly marched ten metres for) and Brough's rant at the touch judge.

The first one can be dealt with on the run during the game, if you've got a referee who sees fit to lower himself to conversing with the players (which many of them seem to think is too much of a chore to bother with). The second gets a player taken back ten metres and potentially binned if it continues. The third one has no place in our game.

If you're going to aggressively confront match officials and deliver expletive-laden volleys at them then you should expect to be straight into the dressing room.

Is it any wonder the amateur game struggles to attract people to be match officials, when they see high profile players on their TV screens getting away with that kind of behaviour?

Did Jake Connor not get penalised at Headingley earlier in the season for doing the exact same thing to the marker??

Brough's carrying on is nowt new. Luckily for hudds he stuck to playing, as opposed to whinging, for most of the game. He's a very good player when he shows a stiff upper lip and an equally poor one when it's the lower.

Yes which led directly to their winning try i think

where has this idea come from that a bite occurred? Ive looked at the footage and can see no evidence of one. If it is the case hes been bitten then Hardaker should inform the disciplinary, evidence supplied and Connor should be banned. If its just a load of guff from leeds fans then that's pretty sad tbh.

Love the selective reading that's going on. Bite what bite, nobody ever mentioned a bite?!

Hardaker did a Ben Flower though! Should of seen it. Wasn't a little shove at all, forget MayPac & Vegas, The (Insert Huddsfields new 1 years stadium deal sponsor name here) stadium is where its at.

All these Rhinos complaining about dissent towards an official is laughable, have they forgotten Sinfield already!

McGuire was worse than Brough yesterday, then there's Hardacre who's track record is atrocious and I could easily link a you tube video of Peacock using foul and possibly homophobic language towards a ref which was conveniently ignored even though it did the rounds on Twitter at the time.

I have some sympathy with Brough regarding the decision in question, the rule itself is a farce and penalises good defence. Even then the Leeds players feet didn't lose contact with the ground and no defender was dragging towards the touchline.

It you're on twitter search for it. There are a couple of picks. Also on Facebook there is a video. MAYBE, just MAYBE, Hardaker wants to keep his head down. He has been a bad lad himself and has faced a lot of abuse over spur of the moment incidents. Having first hand of that maybe he doesn't want to land Connor in hot water.