Flower appears to have a selective memory. He should shut up and thank his lucky stars it wasn't a year ban.

Good to see Sky, as always, focussing on the positives in the sport ahead of the new season.

Lazy, sensationalist journalism typical of the Murdoch empire.

He says in the Sky interview that he reacted to being sideswiped and can't explain why he threw the second punch. Therefore, he wasn't lieing about his actions being retaliatory rather than premeditated. Anyhow, Sts became the worst side ever to win a grand final because of this so be gratefull.

He was hit first, he reacted, and then over reacted, he was punished on the day, then punished afterwards.
That all works for me. I reckon he'll be a good prop again when he comes back and I'd put good money on him being in the grand final again this year.

Shouldn't have stepped into his path to try and block him then, should he?

Bet Lance doesn't take good ole Benny on like that again.

Quote: Cronus "Shouldn't have stepped into his path to try and block him then, should he? "Lance was escorting me, which he has every right to do"* Ben Flowers own words on the matter, he didn't have the right to push him out the way (shoulder to shoulder is allowed not pushing) - lance reacted badly and the rest has been discussed to death. * www1.skysports.com/watch/video/s ... -interview?

Quote: Cronus "Shouldn't have stepped into his path to try and block him then, should he? "Lance was escorting me, which he has every right to do"* Ben Flowers own words on the matter, he didn't have the right to push him out the way (shoulder to shoulder is allowed not pushing) - lance reacted badly and the rest has been discussed to death. * www1.skysports.com/watch/video/s ... -interview?

Gentle Ben will be a magnet for wind-up merchants, expect to see others walking for having a pop at him....

If he was, he could pop it right next to the winner's ring he already has.

Whether Hohaia was escorting Flower or not, the shove Flower gave him was not worthy of the reaction from Hohaia. He quite rightly got a ban for it, was lucky not to be sent off. The second punch from Flower was despicable, and he's been quite rightly banned and castigated for it. The first punch would probably have seen him walk anyway, because when you knock someone out it looks worse, even though for example Paul Wood threw 4 punches at Eddie, but only got a yellow, because he didn't connect.

Anyway, it's about time we stopped all this, he did this, he did that petty squabbling. Lets put all this sorry saga behind us and make this sport known to everyone what we already know it is. THE GREATEST SPORT IN THE WORLD.

Is that what got him through those long cold nights when you pretended he was suicidal?

He will have a fair bit of time to look at his winners ring over the next 4 months before he can play again. And I'm sure he wouldn't need his loses ring to remind him of the time he humiliated himself on the largest stage possible, im sure there will be 17 players and a few thousand fans perfectly happy to remind him every week

For the record, Ben Flower may not have recieved any medal for the grand final. He merely gets his place in history as the first person sent off in a super league grand final. Quote: " When a player is dismissed during a Grand Final or Play Off Final, the medal to which he may otherwise have been entitled may be withheld at the discretion of the Board. '" www.therfl.co.uk/the-rfl/rules/i ... section=B3

For the record, Ben Flower may not have recieved any medal for the grand final. He merely gets his place in history as the first person sent off in a super league grand final. Quote: " When a player is dismissed during a Grand Final or Play Off Final, the medal to which he may otherwise have been entitled may be withheld at the discretion of the Board. '" www.therfl.co.uk/the-rfl/rules/i ... section=B3