As a neutral fan watching that game i remember feeling sorry for Leeds as if anything was to have happened to Briers upon a disciplinary meeting then it wouldn't have benefitted Leeds in any way during that game.

but as many allude to already, we don't know the full story for sure and can only comment on our opinion of the incident from what we can see. he also went on to pop in that amazing 40/20 which continued to pile the pressure on the leeds defence which in turn took its toll. would have been a totally different game with briers on the bench for 10 mins i'd imagine...

in hindsight, he's got away with it and should learn from it but i wouldn't be suprised if saints and then if Wire win, in the GF against either us or Leeds, that whoever the opposition they will continue to try and wind him up.

i hope someone fairly and squarely duffs him in a decent gut busting tackle and takes him out of the game. will serve him right. he should not have got away with it just because of who he is, which is what my opinion on the matter is.

cracking player as much as i hate to say it, but we all have our own versions of that kind of player in our teams so lets just hope its rectified somehow along the way to the GF!

Some of the Briers hatred on here is comical.

Is it as comical as the Sam hatred on the Leeds/Wire/Saints boards? (and ours now I guess lol)

This link just turned up somewhere else. I can't believe we're still discussing a punch on a rugby pitch over a week later!

What Karl Fairbank, Kurt Sorensen and Kelvin Skerrett (to pick a few from my early days watching RL - I'm not so old...) must make of this I dread to think.

Totally, utterly and unequivocally agree

I hate the little weasel, but he has only thrown a punch.

Fair enough it was on the back of Ablett's melon, but that is the only controversial point.

Whoop de doo a rugby player throws a fist!

Its has been and hopefully always will be part of the game.

Fair enough if you bite, grab the goolies, gouge, twist a limb, spear or lead with the knees you deserve the book thrown at you.

But a red card for a cheeky right hook?

what is the world coming to

I appreciate that many teams players have seen a straight red this year and the situation "should" have been treated the same. Maybe the RFL have decided to go a little easier on a straight fight?

If we all keep moaning about it they might start rolling out the reds every time. I dont want that.

Nothing wrong with a bit of man dancing

It's rugby league not tiddlywinks, a slap round the wrist and a bag of sweets would suffice, the little rascal.

with a bit of luck then one of the Hudds players will give Briers a smack who rolls around on the floor. The ref goes over to him and has a quiet word " if you can't take it then don't dish it out, get up you soft "

I only mentioned this because it was topical at the time didn't think it would be being discussed a week later!

briers should just be banned for looking like a weasel!

The question is:why was Bailey not cited for his knee in the tackle against the stains?

I agree, but there should be some consistency.