Absolutely ridiculous that Bateman has been charged for this tackle.

Nothing wrong with it whatsoever. If charges are going to be handed out for tackles like this then teams will constantly be missing half a dozen players every week.

Of course it's relevant, if the ref had shouted held, Bateman would have stopped doing what he was doing and it would never have happened!

Secondly it's relevant because before the ref has shouted 'held' Bateman is entirely within his rights to continue to get the opponent on the deck and he did what he did in the attempt to do just that.





Sorry, but that's rubbish. We watch someone do something, we all immediately form a view as to whether we think they did it deliberately, accidentally, or recklessly. The same judgements must be made by the referee and officials. The same judgements must be made by the disciplinary in arriving at their judgment.

What you seem to be suggesting is absurd. Only one player can say what he intended, that is Bateman, and everyone has to take his word since no-one else knows what's in his head?? Do you really think that? Can you see a flaw at all?

3 match ban!!!!!

Complete joke

Unreal. So 3 matches for dumping someone on their ar$e.

Better off breaking their jaw, or elbowing them in the face.
Absolute joke.

The mind boggles.. it really does.

Suck it up and learn.........Hope this type of tackle is looked at every week now!

Dream on.

Exactly Debaser, dream on, if you read the description of the charge it applies to any high tackle which necessarily must apply undue pressure to the head neck spine etc etc and how many three match bans have there been for a high tackle?

So far this season we have had players suspended when ref did not give a pen;when he sent a diff player off; when a pen has been given but not put on report. Every time we have recd a suspension via a review at Red Hall - is it coincidence or a conspiracy. Last week we had no-one up before the beak but they sure have made up for it with Bateman.