He said “its front on contact, as we discussed earlier in the year, its just a penalty”.

Yep, thats right, the blatant shoulder charge by Whare, which was reviewed by Thaler, was deemed “front on” contact. Im at a loss. It was fractionally late, at the pass, could be argued, but it was a shoulder charge none the less.

I rate both of them and I'm sure they'll both improve next year. Just think it's unwise to have them both on the field at the same time when up against a pack like Catalans.

mental isnt it, weird that they didnt use that excuse when Fages engaged Sezer in the Hudds game

“Player engages the defender, and gets smacked around the melon as a result. No case to answer”.

‘Player does what he is expected to do’

Injury permitting I think it will be a ‘One or the other on’ scenario most weeks. This game was out of necessity but I agree with your point.