Quote: sergeant pepper "Why isn't it? It was a nothing slap and very over zealous by the [insert expletive] with the whistle.
What's not good enough is that any type of biff has been taken out of the game. Wigan Vs Leigh, there should be some tension and rough play.'"
It’s not good enough because it was extremely unprofessional and lead to a try.
As captain he needed to do better in that situation.
This isn’t park rugby on a Saturday afternoon in front of 20 blokes and a couple of dogs.
This is the elite level of the sport and he broke the rules of the game (regardless of what yours or my personal feelings are about them) in a blatant way, even worse it was late in the tackle count I believe.
Luckily it is an isolated incident and seems very out of character for a usually very level headed player.