Quote Clearwing="Clearwing"Not for playing reasons, granted, but I'd wouldn't be too chuffed to see him try a move like that on Burrow or McGuire. Landed the elbow on Jeffries' chest, could easily have been his throat. Had he done so Jeffries would have been in serious trouble IMO, more so than from a head shot.'"
More forearm than elbow IMO. I'm afraid I can only comment on what actually happened.
It was potentially dangerous and got the punishment it deserved.
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Quote Clearwing="Omar Little"It was a horrible cheap shot and should have seen red - the intent was clearly to hurt.'"
I don't agree that a player should be sent off for a subjective opinion of intent over what actually occurred in the incident. Bridge dropped on Jeffries with a forearm to his chest. I'm happy for a penalty to be awarded in that instance.
Quote Clearwing="Omar Little"Moa's red was correct IMHO - he made contact with the head of Rinaldi, yes it was a shoulder charge but contact with the head is against the rules. It was accidental but dangerous and a red was justified - it's the defenders duty to take due care.'"
Shoulder charges are not illegal - not yet. Moa's shot on Rinaldi had an unfortunate outcome but as Barrie McDermott wisely opined it was mainly Rinaldi's fault for being too short.
The same can't exactly be said when Bailey collected Fa'asavalu with one at Knowsley Road. That incident wasn't even penalised IIRC.
Griffin was penalised twice for head-high tackles on Friday at Castleford. Should he have been sent off once or twice for his lack of care?