The angle from far back looks worse than the close up one doing the rounds.

If you look at the close up one, he gets his hand to the ball as it flies by but can't drag it in. At the very same time, due to the speed Shaul is coming across at he tries to drag it in and past Shaul to step in the other direction and score rather than just plowing over the top of him. It seems like an attempt at being clever that's gone wrong.

The only thing I can't understand is the motion and dipping to tackle the ref after. Think there is some mitigation as to why they ended up colliding but his attempt to pull out leaves a lot to be desired.

I'll go for 5 games.

Great player but has a peanut for a brain

Great Player....but VERY ugly.

Ican see his defense statement now - I was doing a rehearsal for a Specsavers Advert.

https://vine.co/v/Mx2LhEaVpeP

https://vine.co/v/Mx2LhEaVpeP

probably because the ref didn't know what the hell happened due to being blindsided into the first row of the stand by a cheap shot and everyone was following the ball

It's illegal to shoulder barge a player nowa days, so putting the shoulder in on the ref. Bit of a numpty.

As for those saying the ref did not do anything at the game.

Any chance he was doing his job and watching the play, not expecting to get taken out.

He can't assume it was deliberate. It's only on review he would see that hock puts the shoulder in.

Looking at that video clip! It's quite clear that Hock changes his line and heads for the Ref. If he'd kept to his original line he would n't have been anywhere near the Ref. Third offence of the same type full 8 may be more at discretion of the panel!

What a total tool will he ever learn I bet he has booked is hols for this week

Exactly. Unless he knows otherwise the referee has to assume that it was accidental. On review it is fairly obvious that Hock deliberately steps into him and drops the shoulder.

He's the gift that keeps on giving.

It's been a feature of his career; condemned by the RL world, with only the fans of whatever club he currently plays for trying to defend the indefensible.

The man's an idiot - pure and simple - and appears to have no capacity to learn from his mistakes; shame really, as he certainly has talent.

Having just watched the video Bilko put on twitter I'd like to know what happened in the next 5 seconds. Whether he stopped to apologise and helped the ref up and walked away. He looked off balance then braced for impact although I can understand the opinion that it was deliberate I'd like to look at the context before coming to an opinion rather than basing it on assumption. His reaction after would give a better indication of whether he meant it or not.

There is no doubting on his day he is a great player but it's one thing after another with this bloke. I have up on him at Wigan a long time ago. His reputation no doubt goes against him.