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

Wire won't pick Leeds.

Week 3 will be:
Wire v Hudds/Hull FC
Wigan v Leeds/Saints

If I was a Wire fan and saw them pick either Leeds or Saints, I'd be livid!

They are consistent at redhall,if its a leeds, wigan or warrington player,its not a problem,if its another teams player its a ban.
You cant get more consistent than that.!!!

Well let’s just hope the Wire fans take it on the chin (no pun intended) in the same manner when it’s one of ours in the dock under similar circumstances!

Andy Wildon had it right on backchat last night. If Huddersfield and Leeds both win their games this weekend Wires special coin (possibly double sided) will land on Huddersfield.

I do think if Saints win they'll choose them though. They'll keep the coin in Tony Smiths pocket for that decision.

Would you and the wire fans have said the same had it been McIllorum doing the one punch ? I highly doubt it as we've all seen the crying on the wire board(and most others) before.

If Ablett has said something about Lee's family then he more than deserved it but the problem is most of the time players are sent off, ie Poore, McIllorum, Hock etc etc.

Consistency is all anyone asks for.

YOU might ASSUME it was about his brother? And because YOU ASSUMED it you thought it justifiable to post it on here?
It think what your trying to insinuate, with no foundation, is totally uncalled for.

He obviously said something that upset enough to get Lee to swing at him, now I've watched Lee since he signed for us and I've rarely if ever seen him react like that, yes he has his cheap ways of milking penalties and he has his gamesmanship but it was out of character, even the time he reacted at Tomkins was just a grab and staring contest at a perceived cheap act by Tomkins. Maybe I assumed wrong and for that I'll apologise BUT Ablett said something, no doubt something unrepeatable on here and it upset him enough to almost get a red card and put is in trouble, it was also something so uncalled for that it fired up the rest of the team to want to really hurt Ablett. In hindsight it was probably the catylst for firing up our team to completely dominate you after that moment.

That's an odd turn of phrase as you were not playing us

These days there only seems to be one form of verbal abuse that excuses such a reaction and that is racism. Given Briers reputation for gamesmanship if he let some no doubt nasty sledging get him to commit an offence that could have got him sent off, then it worked.

If it backfired on Leeds well there you go, Ablett went beyond the pale and it backfired.

I think MM got one match when he was sent off for punching last year against Bradford so that does seem the norm.

The part that has annoyed me about it all is the fact he wasn't sent off. Especially when we had 2 players sent off last season (and subsequently banned) for defending themselves in Tuson and Micky. Had he been sent off at that time it would have been a completely different ball game last week.

Micky did get sent off v Bradford last year for a single punch on Elima.
Paul Wood threw a single punch at Ablett in last year's Cup Final. Stayed on the field, penalty to Leeds and Wire won the game.
Briers throws a punch, stays on the field, penalty to Leeds and Wire win the game.
All three were charged with Grade A offences.