Should be in for a long ban - incredibly dangerous tackle.

It’s not a go at Hull in particular, it’s just that they’re two incidents I can recall these last couple of weeks and when you support a club who’ve had bans handed out like confetti recently and for things that seemed none events, it’s little wonder we’re paranoid.

Offence graded B - E.

The offence: A defending player, in effecting a tackle, makes
dangerous contact (either direct or indirect) with
the supporting leg or legs of an attacking player
who is being held in the tackle by a defender(s),
and who is deemed to be in a vulnerable position,
in a way that involves an unacceptable risk of injury
to that player

Make your own mind up.

That really was bizarre wasn't it

I just couldn’t understand it and that’s not anti Saints bias or anything against James Graham but the game can’t afford delays like that in its coverage. It was clearly a very bad cut and there was a duty of care to just get him off so he could get sorted.

I honestly just think Thaler showed a bit too much respect.

They won’t get anything IMO. There wasn’t a fuss made on the tv coverage and that’s half the battle won for Saints. A pair of cautions maybe to tell them not to do it again.

Does the blood bin not exist anymore? Obviously we can never have too many close ups of James Graham, but it came close.

nope, was removed ages ago when they increased the interchanges, due to people potentially taking the and getting a free interchange.

then we brought them down from 10 to 8

He's supposed to be treated immediately in backplay, or taken off if bleeding profusely, in which case Saints would either have to use up an interchange to bring someone else on, or otherwise temporarily play a man down whilst he's treated

Fancy meeting you here! Thanks, I had completely missed it.

Why did we stop play for 5 mins then? I understand the caution around head injuries, but you're hardly going to be bleeding from amywhere else are you?

There is no way Saints can possibly have benefitted from a ref giving them an advantage of any sort, everyone knows they are totally biased against them (I’m relying on Redvee for my authority on this).

He shouldn't have.

Latest news is Wells has torn a MCL and dislocated he knee cap as a result of the challenge. His season and possibly Wigan career is over as a result.