Quote: Him "I'd agree the incidents themselves aren't at the most serious end of the spectrum. However, with Hock, you can't seperate the incidents from the offender. If, for instance, Kylie Leuluai had committed the first offence I doubt it would have even been punished beyond a warning letter. If he'd done both then probably a 1 or 2 match ban.
But since Hock has been done so many times for such stupid offences then the ban is probably about right. Any offence by Hock is going to be harshly punished. In the same way as an offender just out of jail will get punished more harshly than someone who has a clean record for the same crime.'"
Surely you need to draw a line under it somewhere though- where does it end?
That high tackle last night was deemed a penalty sufficient for any other player. If Gareth Hock does it it's a sending off and 8 match ban.
The punishment needs to fit the crime no matter who does it.
