Sat 22nd Feb: SL: Salford Red Devils v Leeds Rhinos KO 15:00 (SS+/SL+)

[Bull Mania]

I think the swinging arm is what makes it a yellow. 

[Harry Stottle]

Just now, Hopie said:

Clear yellow card, he swings his arm towards his head.

He swung his arm to the body of Croft, Croft ducked into the arm.

[Bull Mania]

Matt Frawley is a terrible rugby league player. 50 seconds left all he had to do was kick it. Didn't even need to be a good kick. 

[Hopie]

HT entertainment "We're the ###### Happy Mondays..."

[Harry Stottle]

Leeds by far the better team this half, Salford showing how ring rusty they are.

[Bull Mania]

1 minute ago, Harry Stottle said:

He swung his arm to the body of Croft, Croft ducked into the arm.

It's irrelevant. We all know the rules now. If you go in forceful, and make head contact, it doesn't matter if it was a complete accident, you're looking at a sin-bin. 

[Exiled Wiganer]

I hope Croft is ok. Do they sometimes stay still because they have been told to do so, medically, rather than its being a certain sign of something very worrying? Fingers crossed. It’s a good game. Salford are always very watchable (even last week was watchable, despite its inevitable one sided outcome…). 

[Harry Stottle]

Just now, Hopie said:

HT entertainment "We're the ###### Happy Mondays..."

Music - if you can call it that - for the hard of thinking.

[Ellandback]

39 minutes ago, EagleEyePie said:

Am I going mad or was that in no way a clear cut Salford drop out from that? Surely it was worth checking another angle?

No you're not, far from it. I couldn't believe he didn't check the other camera because from there it looked to be a clear Leeds knock on. 

[EagleEyePie]

Just now, Bull Mania said:

It's irrelevant. We all know the rules now. If you go in forceful, and make head contact, it doesn't matter if it was a complete accident, you're looking at a sin-bin. 

The impact was forceful but most of that force was down to Croft falling. Shorrocks didn't go in with any more force than you would expect. 

[MZH]

2 minutes ago, Exiled Wiganer said:

I hope Croft is ok. Do they sometimes stay still because they have been told to do so, medically, rather than its being a certain sign of something very worrying? Fingers crossed. It’s a good game. Salford are always very watchable (even last week was watchable, despite its inevitable one sided outcome…). 

I'm sure the medical team will have been telling him to stay still as possible. It's always a worry though when you are watching that.

[Hopie]

3 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

Music - if you can call it that - for the hard of thinking.

Call the cops!

[RhinosHopeful]

5 minutes ago, Bull Mania said:

Matt Frawley is a terrible rugby league player. 50 seconds left all he had to do was kick it. Didn't even need to be a good kick. 

One of the worst 7's I've ever seen

[EagleEyePie]

6 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

Music - if you can call it that - for the hard of thinking.

We don't always agree on much Harry, but I'm 100% with you on this  

[Harry Stottle]

1 minute ago, Bull Mania said:

It's irrelevant. We all know the rules now. If you go in forceful, and make head contact, it doesn't matter if it was a complete accident, you're looking at a sin-bin. 

Yes we do know the rules Bully, but this 'litigation' thing is a complete cop out especially when as you term it a 'complete accident' brought about by the action of the ball carrier and not the defender. 

In this case if Croft stays upright he would have taken a hard shot to the body, it's to late for the defender to stop/alter his tackling action which would have been very fair had Croft not took what he considered was evasive action, and put his head into the contact area.

[Hopie]

Leeds missing their main attacking threat, so not expecting them to score too many this half. Could be a tight finish.

[Futtocks]

9 minutes ago, EagleEyePie said:

We don't always agree on much Harry, but I'm 100% with you on this  

[tiffers]

Clear strip this.

If they don't give this you might as well can the whole concept. 

Edited February 22 by tiffers

[johnh1]

Checking the angles this time

[LeytherRob]

Clear rip that

[DavidM]

Captains challenge decisions have to be quicker 

[johnh1]

Why didn’t he do this for the Salford challenge?

[DoubleD]

This is a ridiculously slow captains challenge. Clear ball steal from the first look

[Hopie]

Finally, knew the refs were always wrong.

[EagleEyePie]

2 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

How dare you! I'm not that close to Harry in age.

 

But maybe in spirit.