Quote Big Steve="Big Steve"1) I haven't got a list of late high challenges - there have been lots - some with leading elbows - if you think this is one of less than a handful in the season then you're probably not watching very closely..'"
I am not aware of any leading elbows to the head that have gone unpunished. Please name any.
Quote Big Steve2) The Paul Woods punch was in the CC Final - if that isn't a showpiece I don't know what is! '"
Are you saying every punch is the same & should be a sending off, or no punches warrant a sending off, it's one or the other, whichis it? Presumably the punishment for each has to be the same for consistency? A broken jaw is the same as Woods girlie slap?
Quote Big SteveI too think the game is getting too sanitised - there's room for a punch or a flare up - but the rules should be consistently applied:'"
I agree, subject to my comments above.
Quote Big SteveTuson hit the Saints player with a single punch - that's what he was sent off for. MM hit a player with a single punch - that's what he was sent off for. Woods hit the leeds player with a single clean punch -only a penalty? Clear as day - no interpretation needed, everyone saw it, some tackles have lots of room for interpretation, was it intended, was it shoulder first, etc - there's no room for interpretation when someone smacks you in the jaw with a clenched fist. '"
See above.
Quote Big Steve3) So does a 'dangerous throw' which may easily have broken a players neck not warrant a sending off? Lifting a players legs high above the horizontal, dumping them onto their shoulders - it was only luck he didn't land on his head - and therefore a spear tackle. No attempt to pull out of the tackle once the legs had gone in the air. No other players involved in the tackle to alter the players momentum.
Entirely down to the tackling technique of the defender - potential for far more damage to a player than a punch.'"
Just a few years ago that would have been acclaimed a cracking tackle. Seymour was cautioned, end of. I presume Joe Westerman's presence was as hologram.
His advice seemed not to be given when Saints were committing dangerous play against our players... 
