they way he conducts himself on a rugby park is cringe worthy. Huffing and puffing and all the theatrics. Makes my skin crawl watching that drama queen mincing around.

The fact that he is a prop / loose just makes it worse. Could you imagine some older members of the PFU watching that? He would get chucked out

The cannon-ball tackle is not the 'get a player sent off for free' card that some people seem to think, and it never should be.

It invariably involves a tackle around the legs from either behind or the side. When you think about that, it's exactly the way all young RL players are taught to tackle.

There's no doubt that bad timing, poor technique, a last second shift of position etc can all lead to a heavy impact on the wrong side of a joint ... but the line between that and a perfectly fair and innocent tackle is very narrow.

Note, I'm not saying that it's impossible for a defender to deliberately target the side of the knee, but it can easily happen completely by accident.

We really need to be wary of imposing massive punishments on players who tackle around the legs, without thoroughly examining each incident first ... otherwise we'll finish up playing tap-rugby.

And, of course, phoney outrage from fans and coaches, just because they haven't seen their opponents reduced by red card when they'd kidded themselves into thinking they would, doesn't help.

You missed ST running backwards after scoring at their place a few years back.
The guy in the stands giving ST the "fingers" and mouthing obscenities is priceless. I think that must be in my top 10 of all time memories in watching the game.

If you all only do one thing tonight it's grab yourself a cuppa and biscuit and then watch this video! It's fecking hilarious!!! https://youtu.be/jmhqH9R7WOg

If you all only do one thing tonight it's grab yourself a cuppa and biscuit and then watch this video! It's fecking hilarious!!! https://youtu.be/jmhqH9R7WOg

Brilliant!
Does he appear after each game?
If so where?

Yeah. He has his own YouTube channel. Just click on his username for a list of all his videos.

How on earth can rob burrow throw a deliberate head butt and then use an egp? 1 game ban for a head butt rfl should hang there heads in shame!

Did he make any connection with the guys knees?

and we apparently own the RFL

I'm not sure how much malice was in that to be honest. He definitely gets him but I think it may have been more a part of trying to force his way past the fend. Certainly wouldn't class him as a dirty player.

Rob Burrow... Head butt..... Just seems odd.... will miss him when he's gone, terrific gutsy player.