Neither deserved bans and the fact they were even cited shows how diluted the game has become. There was less than a second between robys pass and the hit and it only looked bad when sky used the slow motion replay (it was certainly no worse than what hooper used to get away with for saints) As for mickys tackle as soon as you pick someone up by the legs their weight is going to go forward, was just a really hard solid tackle.

I wonder if sean long ever got banned for throwing the ball into the wigan end? I wonder if lee smith ever recieved a ban for jumping into the wigan crowd a couple of years back?

It actually wouldn't surprise me with how incompetent the RFL are if they actually fined and/or banned hock.

Charnley and Makinson will need to be disciplined as well for kicking the ball into the crowd after a try.

You cant compare Hock's to Turners. Turner didnt even throw it in the crowd, he through it in the air and to his own fans - Hock's was incitement and could have caused trouble.

I remember a few years ago - Simon Finnegan scored against us for Salford, he threw the ball into the Hull fans and actually broke someones nose, the police questioned him after the game

I am suprised that no one has mentioned Lima, after scoring his try the Sky cameras panned on him and he was smiling; not the kind of smile one would expect from a player scoring in a derby game. I will contact Red Hall. This sought of behaviour needs to be stamped out, there could have been a riot, sunami, earthquake, car crash, burnt supper, fire, petrol shortage, frogs from the sky!!!

I believe that Richard Lewis left due to the unsporting behavior of the Wigan team and fans. This is surely a low point for RL.

Maybe the Cas fan questioned his sexuality?

Cas Fan??

Lima is definitely on thin ice and this may be the last straw where a lot of British fans are concerned. Remember, over in Yorkshire they had a gallows ready for him because, when spoken to at Wembley, he wasn't quite sure who Lance Todd was.

sorry wrong tigers Tiger

I'm surprised Sam didn't get a ban last season for throwing the ball into the empty North Stand...

I Just did, a ball thrown into the crowd is a ball thrown into the crowd however way you look at it, people in the crowd are always at risk of getting hit by a ball from conversions etc. Did you see the guy that got hit by the Brough kick on SL show yesterday, I'm sure he was worse off than whoever Hock hit with the ball, should Brough be in trouble for unnecessarily kicking the ball in the crowd?

It was silly of Hock to throw the ball into the crowd anybody can see that but he's not the first to do it and more is being made of it because it is Gaz Hock.