Radford's shouldn't have punched Bailey while he was on the ground but Bailey shouldn't have elbowed him in the back of the head (which is more dangerous than a thump to the forehead). A yellow card should have been sufficient as it was the start of the match and the players would have calmed down. It seems that the RFL take the same view as Sky: it's alright because its Leeds.

I would agree that Radford should probably be banned for his punching though. I don't think anyone can deny that he was a bit stupid for doing that so early in the match.

over ruling touchjudge on forward pass for salford in challenge cup game resulting in hull getting knocked out!

awarding crusaders try from clear knock on at wrexham!

over ruling ingoal judge at harlequins when luke dorn clearly knocks on for his try !

not going to screen for westwood double movement at warrington !

draw your own conclusions!

what is the difference

between what lee smith did in the leeds v wigan game kicking out in tackle on player tackled 26/09/08 (see report from rfl website) and ryan bailey striking a player several times with his elbow?

[iIn the Panel’s opinion the Player kicked out and made contact with the face of the Wigan player. The Wigan player was on the ground and was therefore in a defenceless position. The Panel considered that the Player must have known that the Wigan player was there and that therefore there was an element of intent or at the very least recklessness in such contact being made. The Panel was concerned that the Player’s actions had the potential to cause injury and that in lashing out in the manner he did breached his duty to other players.[/i

everybody laughed when burrows swung several punches at Lauaki
in the chall cup game but did he get sent off no, bailey raises kness against wigan ,bailey flops on riley in 80th min cup final with forearm , wheres the consistancy when it comes to leeds?

The fact they get away with it?

The most annoying thing about Leeds is they seem to do one and sometimes two forward passes in every set miles more than any other team and mostly get away with it with the biggest culprits being Buderus and Diskin which lead to a lot of their tries, its as if the refs and touch judges just ignore them.
for me this is one of the reasons they have been champions for the last two years.

also one of Maquire's groundings looked a bit dodgy to me last night, the one Childs gave .