Grade F charge for Acton for those interested.
Some interesting comments from Derek Beaumont on twitter regarding the incident as well. And by interesting, I mean embarrassing and unprofessional.

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.

At the time I didn't think Bird's challenge was particularly late, and it appeared to be a clash of heads that left both players on the floor. The challenge was certainly reckless but I don't think I'd go as far as to say that Bird intentionally used his head to do damage in the collision. The replays certainly made the head clash to appear accidental.

The supposed ankle twist is a strange one too. I don't think Bird has been cited for it, so either the replay footage was inconclusive or Crooks possibly overreacted.

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.

I must be watching a different replay, I didn't think the challenge from Bird was late, or high. He went to hit the man as he was kicking the ball, launched himself before the ball was kicked, but hit him after - that's not late. Reynolds ended up with a bloody nose from a clash of heads - it happens in a sport like RL.

Completely agree, nothing in the Bird challenge for me.

Birds tackle wasn't late , it wasn't high , well not in the normal sense , but it did result in him basically head butting the opposition player , so is it something he did deliberately , or just an accident

Bearing in mind this is Greg Bird we are talking about , if he did it against your team , you'd be screaming for him to be red carded , the blokes a scumbag , he certainly appeared to attempt ' something ' on Crooks leg/ankle , and most certainly punched Matty Fleming as third man in with 5 minutes to go

Maybe Sam Moa should have been cited for definitely taking out Reynolds with a high/late shot in the build up to Tickles try

This has to be the most comical response I've seen. Greg Bird deliberately headbutting an opponent. You really can't make this up

Remember the Ganson penalty against Con Mika a few years back for an accidnetal head clash in which Ganson penalised Mika for leading with his head?
Even as an FC fan i thought that was a shocking decision and his (Ganson's) threat to take it further was disgusting, so basically he was going to penalise Mika more severely for an incident that didn't even warrant a penalty anyway. THIS is partly why the refs are so useless with him in charge IMHO.

I wonder how long before Mr Beaumont tells us his twitter has been 'hacked' again

Oh dear, you're making yourself look silly trying to defend it and put some blame on Bird, if it wasn't high or late like you've admitted then surely it was an accident or 'just one of those things'?
Basically you want someone penalised for not doing anything wrong ??

Any team that has someone like Jamie Acton in it needs to accept that bans and acts of thuggery etc are part and parcel of having him there.

I can beat that. Giants v Leeds on 9th September 2012. Ref was Thierry Alibert

Luke O'Donnell was red carded for 'an elbow' on Ian Kirke in the 15th minute. This was after a 10minute stop in play where O'Donnell was subbed off and then brought back on the field to be carded. The match review panel acknowledged it was actually an accidental clash of heads.

Yawwwnnnn....

Fooking Hell seen it all now, Acton has international potential and doesn't deserve more than three games. Taking delusion beyond Jean's quest for French RL global domination.

in MMA i think they mean

Huddersfield Angels...



Just because the last 2 times we have played you, we have won very easily. GET OVER IT. Who cares if Acton get's 8 games, we have about 15 forwards in our squad, won't affect us that much.

Wow, talk about a dummy spit !!

According to your board this fella's international class

and will be missed

And who cares? - well maybe your coaching staff and management team, the other players who will probably feel let down by him - again.
Sponsors of the player and the club
Other fans of the club ??

But hey you're obviously so good you can afford to lose what a lot of your fans seem to consider your best forward for another lengthy period.

And yes you did beat us last 2 times but 'who cares', your bottom of the league and look like going straight back down and we're battling for top 8 so i think it's safe to say i'm over it !!

Acton has carried our pack at times.

WHY ? The mighty Huddersfield finished BOTTOM last season, but didn't get relegated ! Please explain why we will, and where did you get your crystal ball from ?
p.s. Rick Stone is a legend.....

Carried a pack of what????

His discipline is non existent, spent more than enough time over the last few seasons sat in the stands due to his stupidity.

The coaching staff need to be asked why it's still happening.

9 match ban for Acton

How many games did ben Flower actually be excluded from for his GBH assault, I know the period was 6 months.

We had some suggesting the two incidents were comparable , which I find ridiculous

16 games; 3 internationals, 2 friendlies, 11 SL.