I noz dat. Dats why I put shud.

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What are you saying here ? What is ' a play on the NN/W side'. Do you mean there is footage of the game from the NW, if so, can you show the clip ?

Then the quotation that you made; [i:1ncev2xiAustin flopped on him, leading with his elbow into the nape of the head to neck area'.[/i Who made this, was it overheard from the linesman ?

Nobody wants to see a player injured and out of the game for any length of time, but it happens. I didn't see any contact to the head from where I was stood, and the footage is inconclusive.
Therefore, I'm not saying there was or wasn't, I honestly don't know. It will be dealt with on Tuesday, when there's hopefully footage from the North Stand side, together with the officials report to determine what case there is to answer. Until then (or for years into the future), we can all carry on arguing the toss from a different view point.

I hope the RFL look at this tackle and decide if there is contact with the head too.

I saw that but we cannot criticise young Declan at the moment.

Adrian Morley was out for 12 weeks when Eamon O’Carroll ‘recklessly’ flew out of the line made contact with the head and fractured his cheekbone. EOC stayed on the field, didn’t get a penalty and he didn’t get a ban (and rightly so). Someone getting injured doesn’t mean someone should get a ban. It’s a collision sport, nature of the beast. Joel knows the rules of engagement, and if I remember correctly did a decent job on Yeaman a few years back, he’s no shrinking violet.

If we go down the route of ‘overly aggressive’ gets a penalty, we should just call it quits.

Finally, McGuire has been instantly upset since 2003, I wouldn’t rely on his judgment. Usually appeased with a shrill blow on a whistle. If Austin does get a ban then maybe KR don’t benefit directly, but you did have 10 minutes to make it pay, which you did make use of, scoring while we were down a man.

It looks very bad if you are looking at it impartially. Tomkins is already down and already tackled, no need at all for Austin's involvement. He clearly attacks the head and leaves him with very severe injuries.

I don't think anyone can argue with a 3-4 week ban for that. Nothing too dramatic, but not something we need in the game.

I was sat in the North and saw the incident. Ratchford goes nowhere near with his knees, tackle was incomplete and Austin was legally allowed to tackle him. However, Austin then led with his right elbow tucked in and landed it on his head/back of neck area. I immediately thought if the ref has seen that he's gone and the only thing that saved him was the ref and linesman were running back up the field trying to catch up. If the RFL have the view that I had from the North then Austin is banned. I dont believe it was intentional or reckless but still will be a ban.

he wasn't tackled and how do u know that he attacks the head as any video footage is unclear atm...

Want to see a late tackle, attacking the head? a minute twenty into this https://youtu.be/e7CqTj5o2oQ

Want to see a late tackle, attacking the head? a minute twenty into this https://youtu.be/e7CqTj5o2oQ

Tomkins wasn't tackled, he was clearly going to carry on running after the initial tackle, and Austin completed the tackle