Quote: BuckleyStreetWire "
It was accidental and I don't want him to be punished for it. I'm getting sick to death of fans (not a pop at the OP, a pop at the ever growing soft RL community in general) coaches and the RFL demanding and going though with banning players when they shouldn't be. The game is soft enough as it is without even more sanitisation through fear of getting banned for nothing.'"
Which is kind of why I asked the question. As I said, I also believe it was accidental contact and as a tough collision sport there are always going to be injuries, some serious, that are simple accidents. But there have been other collisions in other games resulting in less damage to the recipient, that look to be equally accidental yet the RFL have considered the act worthy of punishment. I suppose the word that gets brought up most when discussions come up regarding the judiciary is 'consistency'.