I see from the Hysterics in Widnes board that Varkulis is facing a charge for his tackle on Campbell.

I think it was rightly put on report and rightly up in front of the panel. But I hope they then view the manner in which Varks reacted when he realised the position he had the player in.

He put the player down like a sleeping baby being put back in his pram. This made the feigning of injury by Campbell an absolute disgrace. It was intended to get Varks sent off and nothing more.

The widnes crowd are a decent bunch when it comes to recognising a player being genuinely injured and I'm pleased to say that the occasions of a player faking it have been few and far between. I hope this doesn't start to creep into the game.

Campbell was roundly booed for his play-acting and I would hope that this booing continues everytime he touches the ball in opposition against Widnes. Disgusting little !!!!!

Feigning injury? Don't be silly. Varkulis didn't lower him to the ground like 'a little baby', he dumped him on his head. It wouldn't have looked out of place in the WWF!
And please stop being so one-eyed. If the tackle had been committed on a Widnes player, the mass of baying idiots ('FORWARD! OFFSIDE!'....repeat ever play for added Do not use language like this again! effect)that make up some of your home crowd would have been demanding blood.
Do you seriously believe a Widnes player would have jumped straight back to his feet from an incident like that? You're living in a dreamworld surrounded by pink elephants made from candy floss if you do.

Jim, you're welcome to post here, you always have been, but don't start using terms like that. You know better than that.

Chris.

And lets keep this topic to the subject at hand and not start a flame war about each others fans, it's pointless as we've never had problems with each other.

Never in a million years...

You obviously weren't at the game or were one of the fans turned round trying to incite the home crowd.
Varks never dropped him... he was placed back on the ground. It was a disgusting act of fraudulence from Campbell and it showed when he sprung to his feet two minutes later. The Widnes fans were rightly in uproar about it.
As I said in my earlier post... our fans are excellent at recognising a player with a genuine injury and this was no such thing. The tackle could have been bad and I don't condone that, but any injury to the player was averted by the actions of Varkulis.

As for living in a dreamworld...it seems like that reading your 'official' match reports. Never have I read so much cock and bull in all my life. According to your website Batley have never lost a game fairly. Instead every loss can be laid at the door of the referee or the deception of the opposition. You are typical of this mindset.

You're a prat.
I've never once read a biased match report on our website, and I'd like you to point out a report to me that says we lost a game unfairly. The guy that writes them is one of the best match writers on the internet in terms of fair reporting. Unlike some outfits in this league, we don't have a problem with 'losing', which comes from not having a vastly over-inflated opinion of our status as a club.
As for Widnes fans being 'excellent at recognising a player with a genuine injury', well done to one and all of you. Its must be a bit like Saints fans and their superb reading of the foward-pass and offside laws in our sport.
Also, thank you to Mr.Varkulis and his act of wonderful of sportsmanship in 'placing' our player on the ground. How kind. I'm surprised he didn't dash into the changing room and bring Campbell out a nice cup of Earl Grey in a lovely hand-decorated china cup to drink whilst he was receiving treatment, such is the obvious saintly nature of the fellow.
If one of our players had done to one of your players what Varkulis did to Campbell, you'd have been crowing for a red card, don't even attempt to deny it.

Quote: Jim Bergerac "You're a prat. I've never once read a biased match report on our website, and I'd like you to point out a report to me that says we lost a game unfairly. The guy that writes them is one of the best match writers on the internet in terms of fair reporting. Unlike some outfits in this league, we don't have a problem with 'losing', which comes from not having a vastly over-inflated opinion of our status as a club. '" As for Widnes fans being 'excellent at recognising a player with a genuine injury', well done to one and all of you. Its must be a bit like Saints fans and their superb reading of the foward-pass and offside laws in our sport. Also, thank you to Mr.Varkulis and his act of wonderful of sportsmanship in 'placing' our player on the ground. How kind. I'm surprised he didn't dash into the changing room and bring Campbell out a nice cup of Earl Grey in a lovely hand-decorated china cup to drink whilst he was receiving treatment, such is the obvious saintly nature of the fellow. If one of our players had done to one of your players what Varkulis did to Campbell, you'd have been crowing for a red card, don't even attempt to deny it.'" As I said before you obviously weren't watching at the time because you simply don't have a clue... Batley fans are beginning to become renowned for having a fairly large chip on their shoulder. Was the tackle bad?? yes it was.. Varkulis lifted the player into a dangerous position... not sure where anyone has claimed that didn't happen? Once Varks realised what he had done he shifted position and placed the lad down on his back. www.trustinwidnes.com/forum/inde ... 328.0.html As I said before you were probably too busy trying to incite the home support by turning around and gesturing like an idiot. That's why you go to these games then fair enough. It was an exciting day and you probably had a few beers. The fact that we spoke to some exuberant fans coming out of the ground and talked about the same incident (We all agreed it had the potential to hurt the player but Varkulis had acted well) gives me some faith that not all Batley fans are like you or read too much into the match reports you post on the official site.

Quote: Jim Bergerac "You're a prat. I've never once read a biased match report on our website, and I'd like you to point out a report to me that says we lost a game unfairly. The guy that writes them is one of the best match writers on the internet in terms of fair reporting. Unlike some outfits in this league, we don't have a problem with 'losing', which comes from not having a vastly over-inflated opinion of our status as a club. '" As for Widnes fans being 'excellent at recognising a player with a genuine injury', well done to one and all of you. Its must be a bit like Saints fans and their superb reading of the foward-pass and offside laws in our sport. Also, thank you to Mr.Varkulis and his act of wonderful of sportsmanship in 'placing' our player on the ground. How kind. I'm surprised he didn't dash into the changing room and bring Campbell out a nice cup of Earl Grey in a lovely hand-decorated china cup to drink whilst he was receiving treatment, such is the obvious saintly nature of the fellow. If one of our players had done to one of your players what Varkulis did to Campbell, you'd have been crowing for a red card, don't even attempt to deny it.'" As I said before you obviously weren't watching at the time because you simply don't have a clue... Batley fans are beginning to become renowned for having a fairly large chip on their shoulder. Was the tackle bad?? yes it was.. Varkulis lifted the player into a dangerous position... not sure where anyone has claimed that didn't happen? Once Varks realised what he had done he shifted position and placed the lad down on his back. www.trustinwidnes.com/forum/inde ... 328.0.html As I said before you were probably too busy trying to incite the home support by turning around and gesturing like an idiot. That's why you go to these games then fair enough. It was an exciting day and you probably had a few beers. The fact that we spoke to some exuberant fans coming out of the ground and talked about the same incident (We all agreed it had the potential to hurt the player but Varkulis had acted well) gives me some faith that not all Batley fans are like you or read too much into the match reports you post on the official site.

The cheating git tried to get Varks sent off by faking injury, then as soon as the ref blew his whistle he jumped up like a spring chicken.
Campbell should be charged for his disgraceful acting show.

Yet another injury expert. I suppose you know exactly how Mr.Campbell felt after being dumped, sorry...placed , on his head.

I agree, Chris. He did lift Campbell’s legs way above the horizontal and probably should’ve placed him straight back down but, what made it look worse, is he decided to carry him 5 meters back before putting him down. He righted him and forced him down to the ground legs first, or at least in a horizontal position. There didn’t look to be anything that would cause injury. He was definitely not placed on his is head – no way!

Whilst it is impossible to suggest he was play-acting for sure, from his reactions it did look very suspicious. As soon as the ref put varks on report, he bounced straight back up and jumped right back into the action showing no ill effects at all. If you’re as stunned as Campbell appeared to be, it takes a few minutes to shake it off, where you spend a bit of time out of the action. You see it every week on Sky Sports.

In my opinion Campbell was milking the situation. If I thought otherwise I’d say so.

C'mon now Jimbo... enough's enough. You've been made to look like a fool. Time to realise you look like a tit and trot off.

You were adamant about the match reports and you were wrong ....and you're wrong about this.
You're obviously so biased it clouds your opinion of an incident that I still doubt you even saw.
Time to head back to your own board and talk to yourself about the nasty people of Widnes.

The WWN reports Paul Cullen saying that he was furious with the tackle and that if the RFL dont ban Varkulis then the club will deal with the matter internally.

Bad tackle, regardless of anything else. If he gets a ban you can't argue.

I think, if Varks had put him straight back down, there wouldn’t have been a problem, perhaps just a penalty. But in carrying him up field upside down before putting him down, he has made a rod for his own back.

Campbell did seem to be milking it though.

We used to have an Aussie forward when we where in SL, whose name escapes me, that used to play the old soldier far more often than I liked to see. He was a decent player, but really used to me off at times.

I was very close to it - He did not drop him on his head, however he put the Batley player down on his back (not as gently as mentioned above tho!) and, I presume, would have winded him a bit. I agree the Batley player milked it and wasn't injured at all. The reason I believe he wasn't sent off was because at no point did Varkulis put his hand between the legs and actually perform a lift. He tackled the Batley player around the waist from the top (the Batley chap was running in with his head down) and the Batley player almost appeared to push up with his legs and put himself in the upside down position. Varks seemed more like "what just happened, what do I do now?" rather than performing a malicious tackle. Hence the delay whilst he decided how to put him down.

I don't believe it warrants a ban, although it's right the RFL look at it.