Re: Top of the Table Clash : Thu Mar 01, 2018 8:23 am  

strike punch slap no matter what, Cunningham didn't ask for it or give permission for the offence so therefor it is technically assault.

dictionary definition
a. A violent physical attack, as with blows.
b. A strong or cutting verbal attack.

Re: Top of the Table Clash : Thu Mar 01, 2018 10:28 am  

Not saying it’s acceptable that he threw a swinging arm and smacked him one, but by the definition virtually every tackle in Rugby league qualifies as an assault. He got the red he deserved for foul play,4 games some may see as light considering his record but all depends on what they saw on the video.
Where was the contact? Was it closed fist? Was it open palm? Etc etc
By you definition k Dixon carried out an assault when he threw the punch as well in the same game.
Flowers in the GF was assault, but if we start calling incidents like Moore assault then let’s all pack up and stop playing the game.

[brian2]

Re: Top of the Table Clash : Thu Mar 01, 2018 11:01 am  

Where was the contact? Was it closed fist? Was it open palm? Etc etc

I think I had a reasonable view. It was a stiff arm aimed at the head and meant (in my opinion) to do damage to the player.

as to assault - if moore had done that on the high street and hit some across the head with an outstretched arm - then it would have constituted assault. on a rugby pitch, "violent conduct" or whatever it is called. He was appropriately sent off and given his track record lucky to only get 4 games, Cunningham was lucky that he wasn't knocked unconscious and therefore didn't miss any games

Re: Top of the Table Clash : Thu Mar 01, 2018 2:09 pm  

Brian, I agree, run up to someone in the street hit them in the midrift or legs and take them to the ground it would be assault. It’s rugby it’s it is a contact sport, what Moore did was break the rules of the game, like I say start calling it assault, which is a criminal offence then you can never play a contact sport.
He got caught he got punished, Cunningham played it well and stayed down, he didn’t have too he could have got up and retaliated.