Agreed 100%, also think the coaches of these players should be having a word with the culprits as it is getting ridiculous. I cant stand watching the likes of Peacock and Brough giving refs grief when they are both ambassadors for our game!

Indeed nowt wrong with a bit of biff it's part of the game we love. No problem with no ban for Peacock it was retaliatory and not malicious. There's a difference between biff and thuggery....Westwood's GF actions were thuggery and his ban was fair. Carney/Flynn, Peacock/Sarsfield - 10 mins each - job done.

In terms of TV pundits, if Cooper comes back over to ESL he should be shoved towards media work as he's rather excellent at it.

Was going to post the exact same thing about Cooper, when he's done radio commentary, I've been initially fooled that I was listening to the actual presenter.
He's a confident, intelligent lad, no ermmms and erhhhs.
ideal for the game.

Cracking player + just as good a pundit but that's just my opinion.

Not fussed about the punishment etc. It just shows how susceptible Peacock is to someone winding him up. Hopefully we will wind him up in the semi final and he will end up doing something stupid.

I think that he is probably a bit too canny for that and will have taken the reaction to this latest incident on board. FWIW I agree with runningman Peacock seems like a top bloke

I would suggest that being punched and head butted whilst on the floor amounts to more than a wind up. I thought the Leigh player was extremely fortunate and should,IMO, have been more heavily punished.

Could not agree more although, as a player, I think age is beginning to catch up with him.
However I don't agree with any player mouthing off to the referee and he is prone to do this. It is the god given right for supporters to question the eyesight, judgement, veracity, probity, intelligence and parentage of the referee but players, even former international captains, should keep their opinions to themselves.
The referees and RL authorities need to take a grip on this sort of conduct before the game descends into the fiasco that soccer is in, particularly in the NRL where player dissent is even worse.