If Burns' fist had been clenched and he'd swung it in then it would have been red. He didn't so it was the correct call.

Swinging arm to the head and stopped a certain try. At least a sin bin.

He made contact with the head. If there's any consistency, he'll cop a game, intentional or not.

How will that work now that he is injured?

should have got 10 mins at the most, but doesnt excuse us being gash. pity the fans care more than the team

Stopped a certain try? Doubt it Tom, they had at least two others covering. No clenched fist either, penalty was the correct decision.

Crooks was in, with Briscoe on his outside, 20 metres out. Looked all the world to be a try.

It's irrelevant.

It would be moot, effectively. Is there not some rule about if it is seen and penalised but not put on report...? Not sure.

I thought he'd get yellow - Horne ended up taking it instead for one much more innocuous. Red would have been harsh, but away from home and with Ganson's willingness to surprise, not a risk you want to be taking.

Dirty cheapshot merchant and that was in Aus so he has carried on over here.......not at that good as well.

So how can a ban effect a player who can't play anyway? Ridiculous.

That's just one of those things I'm afraid.

What would be the more sensible approach?

On report is a complete cop out.

It was a red card, pure and simple. Nasty, malicious and dangerous. what makes it worse is that the officiails and everyone in the crowd could see he should have walked just by looking at the slow-mo on the big scree. Another example of RL ref bottling a big decision.