Watch Sam Barlow get Ko'd, 2 minutes in www.eaglestv.co.uk/

Watch Sam Barlow get Ko'd, 2 minutes in www.eaglestv.co.uk/

Real cheap shot by Haggerty.

absolutely disgraceful, that was nothing short of assault!

He should get a lengthy ban for that, the sport is hard enough without muppets like Haggerty.

What's even worse is the way it's handled. The ref clearly saw it yet it went on report. Also that incident won't be decided before the next game for Widnes (Halifax), meaning someone who clearly should have been sent off and banned is (potentially) going to take part in helping his team get 6 points against two top 4 opponents before anything is done about it. The whole report system is a joke.

thug hope he gets a lengthly ban

Don't let the Widnes mutants hear you saying this stuff!!!
They will call you unknowledgable fans and throw a strop!

One of the regular posters on the Widnes forum is even condoning this thugs behaviour and saying Barlow deserved it.

referee was 19 years old! absolute joke.... was with sam today, it was an elbow straight into the cheekbone. The referee lost count twice and allowed seven tackles in a set, disallowed a sheffield try which was fine and straight from kick off 2nd half widnes kicked ball a foot over the byeline, ref gives a drop out! ha i hope we never get that fool

Thursday will be a riot if we dont have a strong ref.

The dirty cheap shooting scousers will be out to lower the game to a boxing match, at least they will be exposed on SKY.

Haggis should do time for that challenge let alone a ban!!

I remember Mick Cassidy's elbow on Morley, but at least Morley had the ball.
Mick got a straight red and wasn't seen for a while.

Haggerty should be looking at a lengthy ban for that, but guess what he'll probably do the same on Thursday night, what a poorly run sport we have

Agreed, no way on this earth should he be allowed to play Thursday!

it looks a terrible challenge

I will be glad if he does play Thursday. Will be great seeing Penky running rings round him from dummy half.

I was more looking forward to Saaaaaaaaid cracking him in two.

Yes it was dirty and should get a few games ban.But i believe he spat at him earlier.Still do not condone what he did, but i also thought Yere did a cheap shot earlier.Sheffield tried the rough tactics but it did not work, as widnes have a bigger pack this year.Hey it is done now, lets move on and lock this thread as getting boring now.

A real team should be able to rise above it.

I also saw Doran kicking someone in the head when that fight broke out. Thank god Widnes beat us to his signature a few years ago. I would rather play with 12 than have him in our team.

You must have great eyes to see him kicking anybody in the head on that video.

I can see the bit where he steams into the melee but how you can interpret that is beyond me.

Shoddy Refereeing.

Looks like Haggerty took a psychopathic turn.

I don't think anyone is condoning what Haggerty did. I didn't make the game but it's clear from the video that the intention was to take the player out at any cost and you are right that he should be punished.

FWIW... from two mates of mine who are normally quite realistic in their view of things they stated that the gameplan of Sheffield right from the very off was to try and ruffle our feathers and Shefflield were cautioned on a number of occasions for this. It's a tactic that a lot of teams seem to try and employ against us but we're big enough and ugly enough to match teams when they play like this.
The tackle on Thackray when he had his eye on the ball whilst taking a catch was similarly intended to hurt the player and the flying high shot on Allen that led to the fight was equally as despicable.
In some people's ideal world players would get up and dust themselves off after being battered by the opposition or ignore whilst watching their team mates take cheap shot after cheap shot, but Rugby is played teetering on the edge of aggression and it's no surprise that sometimes it boils over. That's why the sport is lenient to the odd bout of fisticuffs.... something in other sports that would draw universal condemnation and severe penalties.

Let's get real.. it was bad, it will be dealt with, Widnes will suffer as a result of Haggy's actions.. but we've all seen worse...






quite often at Leigh.

Halifax fan in Moral Pontification Shocker!!!














And Leigh fans were saying they would be devastated if Mick Nanyn ever moved to the LSV... and Barrow fans were mortified that McCormack was appointed as coach.
Funny how opinions change when someone joins the club and ceases to be a rival isn't it.

You're right - they generally do, with one exception.

Toa will always be a tart - wherever he plays.

i'd love to know what the referees excuse was for not sending haggerty off?? did he say he was watching the ball and didnt see it? if so what a joker, the incident was inline with him and the ball therefore he couldnt see the ball... bottled it like every other ref seems to do these days, i still cant believe the RFL would let a 19 year old ref! referees gain respect, what respect would he of had out there? clearly none

Quite possibly..Seems you've answered your own question there.. it wasn't as if the player actually had the ball when Haggerty clocked him. The ref consulted with the touch judge, who presumably said Haggerty was late, but didn't know how bad the challenge was and so he put it on report. Seems sensible to me.

Anyone watch the highlights underneath? How the linesman didn't see the sheffield player ground the ball is beyond me that is as shocking as Haggerty's attack!!

Cowardly attack, expect a lengthy one match ban.