Exactly my friend!

I can't believe any of you are defending what was a horrendous tackle.. He should have walked there and then for it.. Put down softly? Your'e having a laugh he dropped him!!! He should at least get a match ban for that.. JC was not badly injured but was winded... Even Paul Cullen was disgusted and apologised across to Joe Berry on the touchline about it...

After having looked at the video, absolutely no way was Campbell put down on his head. Varks grabbed him initially around his middle and lifted, then Campbell appears to 'curl up into a ball' and then extends his legs once he is in the air, this gives the image of Varks with him sort of over his shoulder, however, he then puts him to the floor in a way no worse than many tackles I've seen. I'm not saying it was legal as he was clearly lifted past the horizontal, but I think Campbells own efforts contributed to this, but I also think he milked the situation for all it was worth. Watched at normal speed it does look suspicious, however in slo-mo it becomes clear it was not malicious IMO.

THE HOOF

I wasn't aware that there was a video Hoof.. but thanks for that.
I think everyone, including our coach, has fairly condemned the tackle as a bad one. There is no doubt that he should be up in front of the panel for them to look at.
I do think though that as you suggested it is important to look at the way that Varks dealt with a potentially dangerous situation (that he had put himself and the other player in).

Case Number ON/385/10
Name Richard Varkulis
Club Widnes
Shirt Number 3
Match Widnes v Batley
Competition Championship
Date 23/05/10
Incident considered Dangerous tackle in 28th minute (Campbell)
Decision Charge
Details of Charge / Reason for NF Law: 15.1(d) Detail: Player uses a dangerous throw Grade: C
Range of Recommended Sanctions in relation to Charged Grade* 2-3

Date of Disciplinary Committee 02/06/10
Evidence provided

He did it more than once when we played them. He's clearly a big girl.

Charlie,

The Dors was talking about Campbell's play acting.. Not about Varks mate.

Varks is a friend of mine,i spoke tohim about this and he says ,there was no malace intended,it was just reaction,Rich is a very fair player,a very decent bloke to.

As you all did when Zeb Luisi was injured...you booed him and when the Barrow fans applauded him off all the Widnes fans did was shout for Widnes. I was disgusted and before you deny this, even the commentators stated that only Barrow fans clapped him from the field.

Absolute complete and utter BOLLOCKS. Get the chip off your shoulder you malcontent.

Widnes fans were applauding and cheering for Gaskell getting back and halting Luisi's dangerous break. I've never ever in almost 35 years of watching Widnes seen fans cheering when an opposition player gets injured. I and all Widnes fans around me (incidentally directly behind the Barrow fans) were applauding Luisi off as we always do when a player has more than a bump.

You Barrow fans (and your chairman - who also (allegedly) has form for cheering injured players) need to get rid of your no one likes us inferiority complex.

Hilarious... when Luisi was down there were plenty of shouts of Deano ringing around the ground for the brilliant cover tackle he had just completed...
Then your comment about about the commentators... the video showed a clip of the Barrow fans applauding and Bill Arthur said 'The Barrow fans applauding their man from the pitch'. Hardly the same as only the Barrow fans..

The main difference between the two incidents was that Luisi was very obviously injured and hurt badly. Campbell simply play acted.