Quote: AJR "3 match ban and £300 fine from RFL on twitter'" www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/26533962 for an extra £700 you can swear on a stage. Nice to see the RFL proirities.

Quote: AJR "3 match ban and £300 fine from RFL on twitter'" www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/26533962 for an extra £700 you can swear on a stage. Nice to see the RFL proirities.

Prior to Sunday he must have kept out of trouble for over 12 months or else wouldn't have been allowed an EGP.

Last time he was up before the disciplinary was after he was sent off against Saints in last game of 2012 (the Joining Jack shirts game)

And who knows if he hadn't missed the playoff agsainst Leeds we might have won. I wonder if the penny will drop with him. He did well all of last season, stayed on the field and we got the double. We really need all of our senior players available this year as there are so few of them.

He played for Qeens which may or may not be the reason he keeps losing his marbles , but it would be a shame if he finishes up with a reputation of a thug instead of the talented player he is .

I dont know what videos of the Dixon incident Wigan fans have seen but here is one posted by a Cas fan which looks pretty conclusive.

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thats the carbon copy of Morley on McCormack in 1998, he didnt get sent off either

Watch boots'n'all if you get a chance watch the referee after the tackle. He clearly points and says shoulder. That is why he gave a penalty and no send off or on report. It's also why it was graded as reckless rather than deliberate. Obviously and correctly his previous has been taken into consideration hence 3 games rather than 2.

Thats from the Wigan TV camera, and if you call seeing McIlorum back conclusive then your right . at no point from that does it even look high never mind conclusive.

Yeah, because refs always judge things perfectly. The reaction of the Cas players shows you what they thought about the "tackle" from a front on view.

Anybody who has watched MM play knows that he is more than capable of deliberate malice, even Wigan fans if they are honest with themselves.

if you can McIlorum making contact with the head then you need to go and work in border control you will be worth a fortune as you must have X-ray vision.

yeah we might as well do away with the video ref if we are going of players reactions every try must be a try

Micky MaC is a tough intimidating player, he is also a very talented player. He crosses the line sometimes.

If you remove that aggressive streak in him you lose some of his effectiveness.

All aggressive players tend to be fans favorites at their own clubs and villains to opposition fans.

Skerrett, Nickle, Newton, Foggerty, Forber, Davidson, Tuuta, Ian Roberts, Paul Harrigan, etc etc etc

Despite the attempts to over sanitise the sport rugby is at a base level an aggressive contact sport and characters like those listed above and many more before and since will always thrive in that environment. It's the nature of the beast and when they do boil over they receive the adequate punishment. No need to go OTT on the issue.