Diabolical, not even a charge for taking him out from behind and off the ball.What video do these men review?

Sean O'Loughlin got 1 match for this tackle that ended the other players season.

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I fully expect Greg to get far more punishment for having the cheek to object to getting tackled from behind when the ball isn't even in play

Quote Nozzy="Nozzy"Video of the incident. rugbyleagueweek.com.au/soward-se ... ncos-loss/ It seemed worse at the time. Greg a bit late on Soward although he did look committed to the tackle. Over reaction from Soward to run after him after a try has been scored and tackle him from behind. Bit of a scuffle on the floor but broken up quickly by other players. 1 match each?'" After watching the video several times,it is pure evident that worthy was committed to the tackle. Coward released the ball a fraction of a second before worthy made contact,so in my eyes it wasn't late and he never took him out. If worthy gets a ban for that,then the RFL need to change the rules to No tackling- tick and pass only.

Quote Nozzy="Nozzy"Video of the incident. rugbyleagueweek.com.au/soward-se ... ncos-loss/ It seemed worse at the time. Greg a bit late on Soward although he did look committed to the tackle. Over reaction from Soward to run after him after a try has been scored and tackle him from behind. Bit of a scuffle on the floor but broken up quickly by other players. 1 match each?'" After watching the video several times,it is pure evident that worthy was committed to the tackle. Coward released the ball a fraction of a second before worthy made contact,so in my eyes it wasn't late and he never took him out. If worthy gets a ban for that,then the RFL need to change the rules to No tackling- tick and pass only.

Thaler overreacted, yellow would have been enough for both.

Got to agree with Nozzy though , there's no comparison to the O' Loughlin tackle . Any further punishment to either player would be an injustice. Was a slight skirmish at the most.

Agreed, Atomic, the board know him all too well at present. My clapped-out I-pad 1 won't allow me to view any of the replays, so I'm unable to say if he was acting as peacemaker or piledriver. The other code (the one that must not be named save by the Boy that Lived) used to have a reasonably sensible rule about punch-ups. Let's face it, they are going to happen in one of the most high-impact, full contact sports. The two initial combatants would therefore only receive a ticking off from "Sir". The third aggressor (ie the one who opens the way for a free for all battle) would however be given his marching orders. I worked in SE England for a number of years and turned out in Union games (am I that boy?) but have been repatriated for well over a decade now. Dunno if that's still the rule. Probabably not with hoe-ring lawyers quite literally soliciting all over the place! If the RFL can get away with that one, IMO that would be a great step forward.

This was always the case in Amateur RL, captains were always told, "third man in is off". The likes of Acton, Higson amongst others would have completed many games.

Greg back to fev then?

Toronto.

I see Soward's charge is actually for punching and not for the off the ball tackle on Worthington.

Was the the fact that he tackled a player from behind when the ball wasn't even in play not even looked at?

Or is it ok now to randomly tackle opposition players well after a try has been scored?

It is on the video so I am not sure how it hasn't been picked up by the panel. It is what started the whole thing



I have given up trying to understand the disciplinary process at the RFL. They just make it up as they go along!

From the disciplinary.

Greg Worthington

DETAILS OF CHARGE / REASON FOR NF :

Rule – 15.1(a) Detail – [uStrikes with hand, arm or shoulder[/u - reckless Grade – A

Can they not make there mind up on which one?



Can the stupid buffoons not see it was an attempted tackle?

It covers the options in one rule, it would be a bit daft to have a rule for hand, a rule for arm and a rule for shoulder.