It should he independently looked at, if it's true those involved should be banned. Just as all claims of this nature should be.

If it's just made up by Hudgell then he should receive a record fine for accusing the RFL of essentially fixing an outcome. Remember this isn't the first time he's accused an RFL employee of being "anti KR"(complaint against Thaler a few years ago based on what someone in the refs dressing room told him).

Agreed - it is a serious accusation and if untrue I'd expect the RFL to come out and defend their team, and give NH a big fine (and deservedly so).

Shocking, farcical decision and Daryl Powell should be fined. Does he ever shut up moaning? Can't stand the guy.

How many games did Marc Snide get last season for DELIBERATELY trying to end Danny McGuire's season/career?

Here's what Powell said“That was a bad tackle – that’s got to be out of the game,” Powell told media after the game."
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McGuire had greater healing powers than Jesus that week.

Cas lose their captain and arguably their best player for the whole season.

Hull KR lose a pretty average hooker for four games.

Probably best for Hudgell to stand down from his barstool and shut up.

Probably the most inane post for a while on this forum.

Powell wouldn't have blinked twice at that tackle if Shenton wasn't injured. The reaction from the Cas players is also quite telling. Fact of the matter of is that tackle was legitimate (it was unfortunate - no malice whatsoever - that Shenton got injured). Every team does it (yes Mr Powell, even yours).

Oh yes of course, I forgot. He faked being injured.

Well it wasn't a legitimate tackle because applying pressure to joints is not legal. Cas players don't react because if you actually bothered to pay attention Boudebza is facing the Hull KR line, not the Cas one so the challenge is shielded by multiple bodies. Just because it wasn't massively obvious straight away to people only looking for something else, doesn't make it a legal technique.

If he doesn't do the leg whip (which he didn't even need to do!), Shenton doesn't miss an entire season and Boudebza doesn't get banned...it's really that simple.



So you're a hypocrite, got it. Good of you to admit it.

Well actually if you bothered to looked at the video you would see that he doesn't apply pressure to any joint (not directly anyway). In fact you can quite see clearly see that he attempts to tackle him around the waist first, it's just unfortunate that the pair of them lost their footing. If you think that tackle should be banned, go watch football.

I am astonished that Boudebza has been suspended, at all, never mind for four games. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the tackle at all. It started at the hip, he didn't target the knee joint, it was just unfortunate for Shenton.

Very poor from the RFL and very unfortunate for both players.

I've now finally seen this tackle.

The suspension is a terrible decision. It was a tackle. A tackle which began round the waist and was actually quite a low impact. It's the sort of tackle which might happen a dozen times in every match. Calling it a name like "leg whip" tackle doesn't make it any kind of tackle with an intention to injure.

We play a collision sport. Injuries happen. They're perhaps more likely to happen when more tacklers are involved because it becomes impossible to fully control where pressure occurs on limbs as the tackle goes to ground.

Boudebza has been very badly done to here. I hate to say it, but given the way so much of RL works, it would surprise me not at all if Boudebza's nationality had more to do with this decision than the actual tackle.

Dreadful decision. Dreadful.

Interesting point. If it had been Roby I wonder if anything more would've happened at all?