Thought it was a scummy punch tbh, Tamou clearly angry after the tackle from Galloway. Tamou and Galloway eyeing each other up and Garbutt just does that. Completely unprovoked. I like seeing an aussie get smashed just as much as anyone else but that was a dirty trick imo.

Nice to see how quickly garbutt ran away too.

Too right mate, the NRL is full of players slapping each other and rubbing their hands and arms on faces.
dont think Tamou will do that for a while


If only someone would smack micheal ennis, unfortunately hes on the same team as Gallen and there arnt many others who would, such is life

No they don't. When did you last see a punch like that in a game?

Garbutt had nothing to do with it. It was Tamou and Galloway. Tamou never saw the punch coming as Garbutt hadn't been involved. So he wasn't in a position to defend himself at all. It was unprovoked to the extent that Tamou did nothing to Garbutt.

As for Ben Flower and late hits, I think it might be you who is deluded...

James Green's on Travis Burns was practically identical, it took 5 days. They were both standard one on one punch, no amount of hyperbole from you can change that.


Yes he did, he is Galloway's team mate and was second marker - ergo very much to do with what was happening.

Your deductive reasoning is flawed. Tamou might not have seen it coming, but that was not because of Garbutt's actions. Tamou had just hit Garbutt's team mate in the face and Garbutt had hold of him, he also took a proper swing, it wasn't a one inch punch. Tamou had plenty of opportunity to see it coming, they were literally toe to toe, Galloway was off to the side.


Again, your deductive reasoning is flawed. He was utterly free to defend himself. You hit a prop in the face you'd better be in a position to defend yourself, which he was, that he didn't is an error on his part, but he wasn't being restrained, he wasn't blindsided and he had just started an altercation - the perfect recipe for being in a position to defend yourself. And since when in the history of Rugby League has hitting someone's team mates not been provocation? You might want to get that memo to every player in RL.



You're right, by questioning Ben Flower's ascent to the angels I'm the one who's deluded...

Fair enough BJ. We will agree to differ. I think Garbutt was lucky to get two games. You clearly don't. Tamou was looking directly at Galloway not at Garbutt and didn't it coming. Punching has virtually been outlawed in the NRL (though not in SoO) so he wasn't expecting a punch to be thrown.

Your comment about Flower does you no credit. Since his assault on Hohaia (which was completely out of character) he has been on best behaviour. He really isn't a dirty player. There are plenty at Wigan who can look after themselves and are happy to get involved in the rough stuff but Ben isn't one of them.

Can't believe he wasn't expecting a punch. A slap across the face is always intended to provoke - and often succeeds.
As for Flower, good player who's had his moment of infamy. From what I've seen he's doing well in terms of maintaining a balancing act between keeping within the laws while retaining the amount of aggression required to play prop to a good standard. Not easy after all the hype.