"I may have been fuming over the incident, but I certainly didn’t want Gareth Ellis to pick up a ban. That wasn’t what I was after.
My point was that from the footage of the incident we received I couldn’t see Gareth’s right arm being lifted, which meant a shoulder charge.
There was contact with the head, which, in my eyes, is a penalty. That’s why Robbo was lying on the ground with his eyes shut.
No-one wants to see a player ending up like that.
I think what made it even worse was that a penalty wasn’t given, Hull played on and scored a try as a result of it. It was a score that clearly should not have counted."
"I may have been fuming over the incident, but I certainly didn’t want Gareth Ellis to pick up a ban. That wasn’t what I was after.
My point was that from the footage of the incident we received I couldn’t see Gareth’s right arm being lifted, which meant a shoulder charge.
There was contact with the head, which, in my eyes, is a penalty. That’s why Robbo was lying on the ground with his eyes shut.
No-one wants to see a player ending up like that.
I think what made it even worse was that a penalty wasn’t given, Hull played on and scored a try as a result of it. It was a score that clearly should not have counted."
^^ as Baloo said, i think thats what the majority of us thought too....our complaint was we didnt get the penalty and they were allowed to continue and score a try to draw level - it could have cost us the game in the end. Dont think anyone had any animosity towards Ellis, more the decision not to penalise it.
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