Tony Clubb has been cited:- www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/spo ... s_charged/

Tony Clubb has been cited:- www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/spo ... s_charged/

Does that mean (should he be found guilty) that he should have been shown a red?

Oh no, a potential ban. Have they got any injuries?
Poor Wigan

Was that the shoulder charge when he left the field injured. Or was it the Lineham tackle.

The Lineham tackle. I've watched it back since, and the first contact is indeed shoulder to face.

And to think there were idiots on here that defended the tackle.

It wasn't just the tackle which was distasteful but the bellowing in Lineham's ear when he was prone on the ground....He's a sorry excuse for a sportsman and a human being but you have to make allowances for him being low down in the chain of evolution.

Submitted an early guilty plea, & hence received a one match suspension. www.sportinglife.com/rugby-leagu ... o-dewsbury

Submitted an early guilty plea, & hence received a one match suspension. www.sportinglife.com/rugby-leagu ... o-dewsbury

Clubs was running around trying to smash everybody!! I do not for one minute think hearties to smash his shoulder into his face, and lineham was ko,d after was out of order.

Let's not go ott tho and start punishing people retrospectively down to an.injury sustained. It was more. A poorly timed tackle that resulted in an injury and a one game ban probably fair. Not had chance to watch since learning of charge but when watched it didn't see much in it. It wasn't mentioned in here prior to charge or on wigans sovnobody has been outraged by it prior.

Quote ="Boss Hog"Submitted an early guilty plea, & hence received a one match suspension. www.sportinglife.com/rugby-leagu ... o-dewsbury'" He'll be chuffed with that all he will mis is Dewsbury so in effect no impact on him all his club.

Quote ="Boss Hog"Submitted an early guilty plea, & hence received a one match suspension. www.sportinglife.com/rugby-leagu ... o-dewsbury'" He'll be chuffed with that all he will mis is Dewsbury so in effect no impact on him all his club.

I personally don't see anything wrong with the challenge. He hasn't gone in with his shoulder or angled his shoulder to make first impact, he has his arms out to make a genuine tackle and has sent lineham flying.

Contact with the shoulder looks minimal on the replay anyway, and he can't make his shoulder disappear.

If lineham didn't stay down it wouldn't even have been brought up.

Game is going downhill.

It clearly wasn't minimal given that it knocked Lineham out...

Think the ban was well deserved - first contact is clearly with the head.

I like seeing "hard" tackles ala D Clarke BUT it is the tacklers responsibility to ensure no contact is made with the head. The research on head injuries show the long term effects. Anyone who thinks that looking after a players long term interests shows the game is "going downhill" may want to reassess.

Perhaps players should wear helmets then to ensure that we are looking after a players long term interests. Oh and ban boxing.

It should be remembered that this week we've lost one of the all time greats, Roger Millward,as a result of cancer brought on by repeated broken jaw injuries.

No, but there is a reason why hits to the head aren't allowed, and if we want the sport to carry on we have to accept that. As for boxing, I believe its days are numbered.

My issue, not just in this situation but in general, is this idea that if a player makes a token gesture to put his arms out then all is OK. Waving arms about whilst hitting the opponent with the shoulder isn't the same as attempting to make a tackle. Had Clubb actually tried to tackle with his arms in that position then he would almost certainly have committed a high tackle and probably a particularly bad one.