Dudson I mean

It's one of the most bizzarre weird things i've seen for awhile. Johnstone is tackled, we've won and are dominant in that tackle. Johnstone shouts and Dudson throws a punch at him lay prone on the ground. It's utterly bizzarre, i hope he gets a lengthy ban the muppet.
4 props down now, didn't think we'd be in this situation so soon ha ha
Ahh well Vaughan and McGuire to start, With Kasiano on the bench with Thomas and Green possibly? And possibly Bullock, but i'm not holding my breath on him. Will see what happens on Friday

Grade E - 4 to 6 match ban.
It does make you wonder if they've got the balance right when Josh gets 7 match ban for verbal abuse.

It's not as if Johnstone was in a position to thrown a punch back.

Ben Flower was banned for 6 months for punching Lance Hohaia when prone on the floor in the GF back in 2014.
Different in the sense that the force of the punch was significantly harder and iirc it knocked Hohaia out.

Nevertheless it makes you wonder........

Well, Flower punched Hohaia twice. The first one knocked him out and the second was when he was already unconscious on the floor.

So even though Dudson's was bad, they don't compare really.

Punch is a punch or do we grade them now.

I disagree. Punching someone full force when their head is on the ground so nowhere to go is inherently far more dangerous than a punch when standing or with no real force.
So yes there are gradations.

It was a bit of a strange punch. Basically it looked like into his neck & not very hard (mind you I didn't receive it). Nothing at all like Flower's punch.

I don’t bet but is there a market for, say, a player to get a red card in a match or in a half?
Just asking.

It was such a strange incident it does make you think a bit.

Yes but added tribunal means the fix terms are not wholly appropriate.
Dodson E and Knowles D are both set for tribunals.

What is contrary to the penalties is, Johnstone wasn’t hurt and carried on as if nothing happened, Knowles has effectively ended a players career.
Work that out?!

Wonder if Johnstone will speak up In defence of Dudson???

Anyway people looking for anything nefarious, are discounting just how dumb he probably is. See here, sinbinned for hitting out, after 15 seconds in the first hit up of the first game of the season https://youtu.be/R7memXXt4xY

Anyway people looking for anything nefarious, are discounting just how dumb he probably is. See here, sinbinned for hitting out, after 15 seconds in the first hit up of the first game of the season https://youtu.be/R7memXXt4xY

If it was Westwood or Henare or Cullen or Les Boyd doing this nobody on here would have batted an eyelid.

Dudson unfortunately is seen more in the Ryan Bailey category, he doesn't have the street cred to be a violent Wire hero.

Well,i had to rewind the prog to see the punch which seemed to be delivered with powder puff force but ,by definition of "a closed fist", was a punch. All very strange with seemingly no provocation.