A few stats from tonight game after watching a rerun with a stopwatch!

1. The game was supposed to start at 7.35pm but started at 7.40pm!
2 The minutes applause lasted 2 minutes!
3. The first half lasted for 50 minutes.
4. Why wasnt the Featherstone player not put on report or yellow or red carded for nearly killing the Hull player 5 minutes into the second half!
5. Where was the big screen at tonights game?
6. The second half lasted for 57 minutes
7. Why was a Hull player red carded just as the full time hooter sounded.
8. A tennis match was supposed to start on the sky channel coverage at 9.30pm but the game only finished at 9.43pm!
9. Why is Gareth Hock allowed to play modern rugby league without trying to punch players every player?
10. The official attendance was given as 2,344 but there seemed to be much more than that

"Has".

Regarding No. 4 it looked bad and maybe should have been a yellow card.

Watching it back it wasn't a high tackle there was no contact with the head and Shaul had his feet planted so the tackle wasn't in the air. That's why it was deemed to be only a penalty the referee actually said the only problem was timing and a penalty only, this was after advice from the video ref. Shaul was winded but quickly recovered it wasn't a dangerous tackle albeit it was ferocious.

The problem was contact was made before Shaul caught the ball. There was nothing wrong with the tackle itself had it been made a split second after the ball was caught it would have been perfectly legal. Probably should still have been a yellow card but wasn't as bad as it looked.

For me the incident that sent an already bad tempered game into meltdown was when Jake Connor feigned injury and refused to play on after Wheeldon's hand accidently brushed against his face. This was cynical gamesmanship which incensed the Fev players and after that it was a free for all. People say Connor likes to wind people up he certainly does and sometimes these are the results. It's time that an offence of simulation was introduced IMO.

wheeldon swings an arm at connor's head a long time after the game had deteriorated into a headhunting competition. fev obviously came out from the half time break intent on knocking Hull off their stride through rough house tactics. I blame the coach personally.

You watched the Shaul incident back, so I'd suggest you watch this one back too.

Clear contact with the forearm to the back of the head = direct contact with the head and should have been a card. Regardless of Connor's behaviour after.

Was there a match clock at the ground? I didn't see one from where I was sitting. That plus no big screen for the video ref replays added to the rather bizarre experience of the second half.

Whilst not condoning what Connor's actions after, if Connor had been facing in the opposite direction, Wheeldon would have seen red for that tackle as it was similar to Faraimo's. Wheeldon was out of control.

Whilst it was an appalling night's TV, we have to grateful for small mercies; Stuart Cummings wasn't on the commentary team.

FYI - Sky Sports broke the cabling to the scoreboard/clock.

People are getting binned and even sent off for tackling a prone player after they've released the ball, should be exactly the same rule for hitting a player before he's received it. Talupapa should have seen Red. How you can hit a player, who isn't looking at the traffic ahead of him, 2 seconds before the ball comes anywhere near him and only give away a penalty is beyond me. Regardless of whether he hits his head or not.

Connor doesn't feign injury. He draws the attention of the blind officials to another player making direct contact with the head which with the current interpretation of the rules is a red card. Unfortunately the game is a complete shamble at the minute and the 'crime and punishment' process is nothing more than a lottery. Jake Connor is doing nothing more than playing the game the RFL are creating. I have no issue with it at all from the players perspective. it is the responsibility of the RFL to manage the game, it's laws and how it is officiated. They are failing and the game is suffering.

Agree he isn't a dirty player generally, but he was wound up and "putting himself about".



Diagnosis via the TV. Great stuff.

He may or may not have been hurt, but accusing a player of feigning injury is a good one. If the "flames" can be "fanned" like that perhaps the players should be asking themselves about their own discipline. Chris Hill is another example. Connor wound him up a treat.




Most fans would love Connor on their team, winding up the oppo.

I'll take a WUM like Bailey if Connor helps us win grand finals