I don't think he was either 'held' or 'Held' - he was moving forwards using a leg drive.

This is the crucial bit! What did Paea do different to Flower in those two videos?



And Flower is of similar build to Paea!

He wasn't stopped and clearly the other tacklers prevent him from falling as freely with Paea's tackle. I would agree that this turns the ball carrier from sitting duck to protected species and favours the attacking team.


Was Flower's last night? I only saw the last 20 minutes. Be interesting to see it and what the panel do.

No. Flowers was against Cas the previous week.

He got penalised and sin-binned for his but not called up by disciplinary.

Link is on this thread.

[url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-FC-hit-Mickey-Paea-ban-video-evidence-worse/story-20832437-detail/story.htmlFlowers tackle.[/url

Tbf, a sin binning is a moderately harsh punishment from a team POV. Hull will be without MP for 160 minutes, but won't be playing with 12 at any point as a result of this.
I guess that Paea going off his feet might have counted against him, but I agree it's effectively the same thing. As one of Flower's went completely unpunished, it does seem inconsistent. Either they both are ban-worthy or neither is.

2 match ban is way way more punitive than a sin binning - different league. And since the tackle was made in the 79th minute I'm sure we could have lived with it.