I recall sonny nickle doing a awful tackle on a Leeds player at Leeds, think his name was mears.

It's 1 of worst things I've seen on the rugby pithch. Leeds was in uproar and didn't stop in telling the press, tv or anyone who would listen that there man wouldn't again that year and had smashed up face.

That same smashed up player played 3 weeks later but sonny was giving 8 games iirc.

My point is, how can red hall ban a player on the time they expect him to be out?

Teams could try getting players banned for longer by making out it's worse than it is.

Unless red hall have medical evidence then how can they ban a player on that basis?

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He clearly went into that challenge to do harm, but he didn't spend the game trying to mame someone, like Newton did.

The overreaction on this thread is unbelievable. "Defend the indefensible" indeed. What next? Cunningham is the devil?

This thread is hilarious. By reading all the saints haters posts you would think Cunningham did a cockayne on him, when in reality all he did was give him a "get off me" slap. Its not cunninghams fault Stosic has a face made of paper. Much worse happens every game

Aside from the pathetic nature of your post, try using that as a defence in law.

The fact that the thread has gone somewhat out of proportion is as much to do with the blinkered inflammatory rantings of your fellow Saints fans.

I think anyone who lashes out at the play the ball with their ball carrying arm should be banned for life and I hope Saints sack him.

I've never seen anyone lash out at the play the ball before and hope that Cunningham hasn't invented a new violent act in RL.

LOL at the stupid and blinkered Saints fans.

It's beyond funny now IMO!

Don't worry - it'll be attributed to Nathan Brown. It usually is. The Chicken wing, the Grapple Tackle, the Cunningham Jab - all Nathan Browns fault.

And the recession is his fault too.


And the weather.

And swine flu.

Damn you Brown.

Nathan Brown taught Paul Wellens to kick.

I'll go with this. Think it makes sense.

Interesting also though from the Saints fans moaning about JD on Wellens. Because Cunningham actually did the same thing in the play immediately following his incident with the punch. He too fended off with the forearm, to get an offload in, where they scored a try. not too many moans about that from Saints fans.

It must be very frustrating for him now that referees are allowing defenders enough time to clear the ruck. Having made a very successful career out of exploiting weak/unset defences to suddenly now have to use skill to break down defences must be hugely frustrating.

However that isn't Stosic's fault.