His back wasn't turned, the pictures show him holding his hands up expecting a punch when Lees arm is at the bottom of the swing.
He turns to avoid being hit.

Apparently a poster on the forum who speaks to the players says Briers wasn't upset by the tackle but Ablett says something about Lees family, now to get such a response out of him like that I might assume it was his brother, put it this way what he said was so bang out of order when Lee went back to his players and told them it fired the whole team up to belt the living chuff out of Ablett.

Not excusing it, Lee should have been off be it Yellow or Red and I agree Childs was weak but as for the RFL ruling it is, like it or not the correct one. It's a grade A, Cummins called that right at the time and he should know better than anyone, Lee has no previous so with an EGP it is the correct decision to just get a fine and not a ban, no conspiracy, just simple black and white.

Yes but Ablett's second cousin's mate spoke to a guy in the pub apparently denying this.

There are plenty of posters that do know players personally, I know several.

The RFL are not only incompetent, they are possibly the worst administrators of any professional game, anywhere in the world.

Unbelievable decision and totally inappropriate.

Our game is run by clowns.

It was a cowardly shot but a single punch is grade A. EGP and like it or not he's eligible so we move on. RFL are pants and we all know it!

either

a) nothing, because the RFL doesn't want players being banned for the big games

or

b) nothing if they play for a big club but potentially players from the other clubs will get a ban

I am glad he never got a ban

Dont really want to see red cards and games missed for a bit of fisty cuffs.

Really glad that the new directive from the RFL is not to punish players for it.........

I want to agree with you Tuggles but I'll wait until it happens against a Wire player so that I don't look biased and to show I'm not a softcock like most fans seem to be at the moment.

All RL fans like a good scrap (if you don't you should do) it takes all the frustrations out of you, however they aren't consistent at Red Hall and that is what annoys
people, I couldn't care less if Briers got 1 match or 6 but lets treat them all the same.

That's the real issue here, early in the season punch thrown straight red and a ban now it seems not to be worthy of either.

I love to see a bit of biff but lets have some consistency.

What he said

Wire and Briers have simply played the system, that's all - nothing that we wouldn't have done. Definitely warranted a card at the time though - seen reds given out for that in the past, so should have been no different this time. Childs bottled it, simple as that

You can't treat them all the same, do we treat all theft as the same? Rob a Mars Bar 10 years in jail, it's only the same as robbing a bank.

Look at them all individually based on circumstances and outcomes.

Right decision, there was nothing much in it. Should have had a yellow card and that should have been the end of it.
Leeds seem to have an abundance of players who try and wind players up, they got rid of Brent Webb but still have Ryan Bailey, Carl Ablett & Danny Maguire. Should be interesting if Warrington pick Leeds next week.

Unless its Micky Mac, throw the book at him