It will be fascinating to watch Williams and Hampshire.
We need mac to play if we are to give them the platform they need, though.

Match review panel, Jamie Peacock and John Kear must be Wire fans too then?

Like i said in real time it looks very nasty and at the game no one would have been angry if a red had been shown.

In real time, Ben Westwood showed no due care for the safey of the player. If it did hit the chest first he was very lucky as he certainly had very little control over where he was going to hit him.

At best it was reckless, extremely careless and very dangerous

Spot on.

I'd sum up the difference between Ah Van's challenge and Westwoods with one word- 'intent'.

Ah Van was a little careless but to me it wasn't malicious whereas Westwood was reckless and was quite clearly trying to knock the bloke senseless.

Lucky lad...again.

Ah Van's was rightly a red card because it was dangerous and reckless and had the potential to cause injury (which it did). It might have been accidental, which helps him in the eyes of the disciplinary, any forceful dangerous challenge that makes direct contact to the head has to result in a red card. People might moan about the game going soft but you've got to punish players heavily for challenges like that, especially with the new rules involving concussion being introduced.

Westwood's was a forceful challenge but probably not as bad as it looked. The arm hit the shoulder first and then rose up to hit the head. The initial contact was fair but the arm can easily slide up after contact with the upper arm/shoulder. The fact that both players were running towards each other meant there was a lot of momentum in it. Saying that there's still danger posed by Westwood's tackle. There's less chance of a concussion but there is a risk of a neck injury in a tackle like that. It might be something that the officials and the disciplinary committee should look into regarding their interpretation but under the current interpretations it isn't a red card or worthy of a ban.

Powell has been given the nod as expected.

Wane States that Hampshire hasn't blown him away at fullback this year, well no , he isn't a fullback and never will be. How about you try him in his more natural position instead of stating he isn't going to get a shot because he's been poor at fullback?

I like Wane, sometimes though his logic and comments just confuse you and make you wonder what goes through his head.