Roddy B wrote:
Didn't Bateman give him a sort of pat/tap on the back afterwards? Didn't seem to be any malice and the ref didn't even call a penalty. How can a tackle warranting a 3-5 game ban not warrant a penalty? Madness.
fev didnt get a penalty for rangis effort on ropati! thats what the on report system is used for when the ref suspects something has happened but didnt see it!
and the fact that hodgson wasnt injured has nothing to do with it, it is the fact that he could of been injured and any contact or undue pressure on the neck has always been illegal in this game.
personally i think yes it was a bad tackle but more poor technique than intent and a ban of 1-2 games would of sufficed to give him some cooling of time and chance to work on technique