Beggar

I was expecting that as soon as I saw the replay in the ground. Big loss but, looking desperately for an upside, we were going to need to freshen him up at some point.

So how good is Eribe Doro?

And after all the huffing & puffing Sita had "no case to answer ".

No one thought that would be any different. Under the current rules he has done nothing wrong. It's whether the rules need looking at that people (Me and Justin ) are debating.

There is such a big deal being made about concussion in rugby league at the moment that any more Sita KO's will likely mean it's really looked into.

This isn't a new debate BTW, it was discussed when they brought in the no shoulder charge rule for defenders. It was one of those things that didn't really come up again so it never got looked at. It hasn't been an issue to this point, but there is clearly something about Akouala's technique that's an issue when there's been 3 incidents this season. It's not like he's a particularly strong runner generally, as his lack of metres per carry in games testifies.

He made more metres than Smith (though he made a few backwards) you obnoxious fool.

Tad awkward perhaps, I was at the game and perhaps was distracted with the thought I shouldn't have had that last Harvey's Bristol Cream but what incident has Hill been done for?

Presumably the crusher on Mark Percival?

Time for Pat Moran to break into the team, ala Thompson, and make himself un-droppable.

Similar one to what Roby got away with at an field...

By “got away with” you mean “was sin binned for” right?

Yes, you are Exactly right!!!

Both pretty much the same incident - one gets 10 minutes punishment, the other gets 160 minutes!!

Jon Wilkin's view on "grapple tackle" was illuminating recently. When tackled players get placed into certain grapple positions many pretend to be hurt as they know they can get a penalty. You get up feeling your neck ... and hey ho you get a penalty. Wilkin was very clear that a large percentage of players are simply milking a penalty. For a current player to be so honest was unusual.

I've seen one particular player for Wire do it on many occasions. A little shake of the head and a miracle ... he gets up an plays a blinder.

The RFL have improved this recently. It used to be in televised games that if a player stayed down and replays showed that there was any contact with the head (even if the contact was minimal and resulted in no injury), the ref would give a penalty. This led to many players feigning injury to gain the penalty if they knew their had been head contact (Jake Connor was especially annoying in this regard), something no one wants in RL.

That rule was changed so that the only way it can be reviewed onfield is if it was red or yellow card worthy - which I think is fair enough. This has reduced the amount of players staying down ‘injured’.