Quote: Durham Giant "I would like to see the specifics before i would agree with that.
Ablett takes a player out right in the mush, tansey a spear tackle both of which were in my mind a lot more serious than Masons yet one gets the same ban and the other less.
Bailey who i felt with his raised Knee which was as bad and more dangerous than masons stamp gets gets nothing.
It is the lack of consistency that concerns me'"
What a load of codswallop.
Ablett's hit wasn't as bad as Mason's trample. Tansey's tackle WAS worse. Ablett's ban, for a player as clean as he, was perhaps 1 too many. Mason, for a player as dirty as he, is lucky not to have got more. Tansey should have got 4+ in my opinion.
Mason deserves all three matches, and I would hope any appeal would see an extra match added on due to the blatantness of the incident, and a urine-extracting frivolous appeal.
Bailey should maybe have got 1 match based on his past record, but it was NOWHERE near as bad as Mason.
Quote: Durham Giant "No he could not. he put no weight on it it was just winding him up.'"
He put enough on. And even so, it's a disgraceful act, anything of this ilk should be (pardon the pun) stamped out. If a player feels he has to do this, or perform a chicken-wing tackle, or grab a player by the balls to try and gain some "advantage", they don't deserve our great game, and aren't welcome.
Quote: Durham Giant "Funny that nothing much has been said by the Wigan fans about Sam Tomkins deliberate stamp on Faolog`s hand at exactly ( 16.37 ) game time.
I have sent an email to sky sports ( boots`n`all ) but it probably will not get air time due to the Wigan biased presenters.
If any more email in about it they might think it worth mentioning.'"
Nothing much said by Sky or the RFL/Disciplinary either. Or maybe your club didn't see anything in the incident and didn't consider it worthy of reporting?
Quote: Durham Giant "wigan fans think its ok to do it untill it happens to them they thought lockers double forearm to robbos face was fair untill ablott did it to there golden boy then its a 3 match ban lockers cheap shot on the smallest player on the field and didnt even have the ball when struck didnt even go on report and now there crying over someone standing not stamping on someones foot what is it 1 rule for them and another for everyone else'"
He keeps his face in a funny place, being in the middle of his chest and all.
It was a fraction late, every Wigan fan said so, it wasn't high, and the penalty was sufficient.