Clearly cheap shots are popular in east hull

As long as he can count to 6 thats all that matters

Isn't the point here that Lauaki did actually prove to be a big distraction for Rovers during the game? Singling a player out for rough treatment by definition means you take that energy away from other parts of your game. So perhaps when Newton says he "refuses to apologise" for these rather transparent tactics, it's the Rovers fans he should be apologising to as they played a part in Hull's victory.

yes he did, and if he keeps jumping up fists flying then hell keep getting illegily hit, lets face it, the guy is an animal, teams are gonna do whatever they have to do to get the better of him, and if that means play for a reaction then thats what they will do, what team wouldnt?

no you lost because we scored MORE points than you

Deary me.

I'm pleased to see Agar publicly supporting Lauaki. At the same time I'm also pleased to notice that he recognised he has a fiery temperament and other teams will play to that. If I was Agar I'd sit Lauaki down and show him some old videos of Trevor Skerrett playing, especially one of a 1980s semi-final against Cas. IIRC Keith England had given James Leuluali a bit of a roughing up, Skerrett waited his time and hit Beefy with one of the most perfectly timed tackles I'd ever seen. Even a packed Elland Road could hear the "ooooooommmmmmpppphhhhh" as all the air was knocked out of England's lungs.

There's a lot to be said of the old adage: "vengeance is a dish best served cold".

Don't look to retaliate straight away, be patient and wait you time, it will come and when it does, give it back in spades

I would like to see some of the poster get an elbow in they face,and being head butted and they neck bent back whilst two other are holding them.. and see what they would do..What people should remember he wasn't sent off reason the ref knew he was getting ruffed up ..To me if you dish it out expect to get it back .. If you don't like it play netball The illegal hit were not just on Lauaki Longy got his share R Horne got a beauty when he was on the floor being held ..The only problem was Lauaki didn;t hit out hard enough

i fully expect lauaki to exact sweet revenge the next time we meet!!!!!

Think there will be a few 'mysterious injuries' on the return match. Fitzy will be on the lookout as well for a certain Mr. 'runaway' Webster

Lauaki's agression can be a huge asset to us but it needs to be harnessed in the right way. That said it's easier said than done to calm him down, when someone does something he doesn't like the red mist just seems to come down and he lashes out. You can't blame teams for roughing him up, what Rovers did wasn't sportsmanly or even within he laws of the game but if they had someone like Lauaki in their team I would hope we would try to wind him up too. The problem I have isn't really with Rovers tactics, but with he way the ref dealt with it as the ref judged him on his reputation rather than what was happening in front of him. Thats the way I saw it anyway.

That said he seems better than he was at the end of last year so maybe Agar is making progress with him.

A few 'wendy wobins' have said Lauaki was the dirty bar steward, for nutting Websters elbow.