Jesus I take back what I said earlier that his weight loss has affected his impact...what do I know



Awesome hit imo!! Silverwood was awful!

Very harsh decision.

Terrible decision great hit.

A fair and legal tackle punished by an incompetent ref who was determined to spoil the game. Wish we could import two or three Aussie refs into SL and get rid of the same old few who are way below the standard expected in our competition.

Tommy Lee went in and nearly took Briers head off last night, and stayed on the pitch!!! refs need sorting out...

Powell saying that the sending off wasn't what sparked London into life. What planet is he on?

If thats a red card the NRL should have 3 sent off every week! Appalling decision and could have cost us the game.

From Where I Was, Moa's Hit was incredible.

he didnt deserve to get sent off.

silverwood got london back into the game with countless penalties, have to say though well done to our defence for holding them out as long as they did

Joke of a decision , so now should be a sending off most games

He did make contact with the head, but Rinaldi was dipping into it. If Rinaldi had been even a little more upright, Moa would have hit him square in the chest. Any other high tackle where the player is dipping/falling into it usually results in some leniency being shown to the perpatrator, but Bentham's nightmare last night meant this was always in danger of happening.

like gentle said, probably a reaction to other incidents missed by referees this weekend. Not a fan of the charge but you could see he didnt mean to hurt the guy. I wasnt keen on the cowardly drop on the prone player though, no need for that

Whatever grasp Silverwood had on the game was lost at that incident. It was the TJ who determined the dismissal and Gentle probably called it correct when he said "I think the dismissal was a hangover from other incidents this weekend".

If I was the Hull club, I'd take very careful note of what is written in the officials' report of the incident. I have a strange feeling that not the whole truth may be in there.

Either way, it will be a "Not Guilty" (as in not even SoS) verdict.

He dropped on the ball you barm pot.

Crazy decision especially compared to the Tommy Lee incident last night.

Tellingly there was little reaction from the London players.

Some of whom were actually consoling Sam when he got sent off.

Exactly right. As others have said it's usually possible to get a good understanding of an incident from players' reaction and there was little adverse coming from any London player. The Sky prickdits said they thought it was the TJ who gave the decision but I wouldn't be surprised if the VR was involved. As said would be interesting to see what was in the report.

Gentle is spot on with his comments. Like others I'll look forward to three or four sendings off per game from now on for each direct hit to the head. Silverwood was much better when he was suspended.

No attempt at a tackle, a shoulder charge straight to the head = Illegal

Thug!

No knowledge of RL or the actual laws of the game, listens to anything the sky commentary team say = cockney. HTH.

Morley's done these hits all his career and the media and fans of the game have thought it was fantastic. If we start red carding players for shoulder hits then the games gone for me.

The only act of "thuggery" I saw all night from either side came from Antonio Kaufus head hunting late on. I think you know that Moa can feel a bit hard done by why when Hull KR players are tweeting he shouldnt have been sent off!

Perfectly legal challenge and hope theres more from moa like that..he had a spot on game upto that incident

Said the same here. If it had been Morley Hemmings would have been singing his praises to the rafters and the scrum would have been set.

Dangerous tackle, and good to see a referee have the bottle to take the appropriate action during the game, rather than put it on report.
Unfortunately, Silverwood got almost everything else after the incident wrong. Best team still won.

To be fair, you don't get big hits like that one in many games.

Now Now northerner, calm down!

Red card was deserved, end of!!!