I still think that there should have been a separate charge for bringing the game into disrepute which this incident undoubtedly has done. The incident is even being officially debated in class at in my kids' school down here in the midlands where Rugby League isn't actually at the forefront of peoples' minds normally. The debate is along the lines of whether the game allows players to legally assault others.

Jesus People Leave him alone .He is a young kid who got carried away . End of . There has been a lot worse in the past

They could have similar debates about football (two-footed leg breaking tackles, biting etc), Union (eye-gouging, fighting), Ice Hockey, Boxing, UFC etc.

Will that extra charge actually achieve anything further to whats already been done? I'm not sure it will. Flower must be in a horrible place right now and the media attention alone is enough to deter incidents from happening in the future.

There could be an argument that more people will now tune into RL through curiosity than will turn away from the sport due to the attention it's had.

When do people stop being young kids nowadays?He is 26 i believe and got what his actions deserve lucky he didn't fracture his cheekbone.

It's possible that they already do. Most of the things you mention there also happen in League.



It would be a way of showing that the game as a whole will not tolerate individuals dragging it through the mud in this way. Not a further match ban but instead some sort of 'community order' within the game where he goes around schools for 12 months explaining why it's unacceptable to behave in the way he did either on or off the field. Maybe that will help him emerge from this 'horrible place' that he's put himself in.



There could be. I should imagine that medium term it will have little effect either way.

He would of got 3 for first punch so technically got 10 for second punch. Plus The game sent off in. Plus he's had to face his team mates after effectively destroying their seasons work. Plus will be tarred for rest of his career by it.
I'd of punched him for the elbow. Most would. I'd like to think I'd have more about me regarding the second punch. That was dumb. But then how would I know? I've never played in front of 70 odd thousand in a super league final in a derby.
About right imo

Should have been longer.