I don't think that the Partington tackle was any any worse than the Flower one. If you watch it Partington is going in to make the tackle as the HKR player is still driving with his legs. At the last second the HKR player gets turned sideways by the other Wigan players and Partington is already committed and can't pull out of the tackle. The result is Partington then hits the legs from the side (against the natural movement of the knee) Careless yes and a ban yes but not reckless. No problem with the Flower ban, got what he deserved.
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Rogues Gallery wrote:It'll be interesting to hear these other fans views when a story breaks in the next few weeks!!
If its a Warrington player it won't matter one jot, they have never bothered to defend the salary cap (seriously is that team within the limits?) nor defend the actions of their dirty players. I've always loved a pantomime villain on the pitch, it's rugby, players biff each other and make up but this claiming of the moral high ground is hilarious. Yes the Ben Flower incident was shocking and I genuinely hope Lance is OK but I remember Matautai trying to end the career of Chris Chester 20 years ago and that never gets mentioned. What he did was planned in advance not a reaction, it was sickening. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/827694.stm "Matautia appeared to dive at the knees of Chester as the Wigan man came in to make a tackle"
Rogues Gallery wrote:It'll be interesting to hear these other fans views when a story breaks in the next few weeks!!
If its a Warrington player it won't matter one jot, they have never bothered to defend the salary cap (seriously is that team within the limits?) nor defend the actions of their dirty players. I've always loved a pantomime villain on the pitch, it's rugby, players biff each other and make up but this claiming of the moral high ground is hilarious. Yes the Ben Flower incident was shocking and I genuinely hope Lance is OK but I remember Matautai trying to end the career of Chris Chester 20 years ago and that never gets mentioned. What he did was planned in advance not a reaction, it was sickening. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/827694.stm "Matautia appeared to dive at the knees of Chester as the Wigan man came in to make a tackle"
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