Lauaki has concussion!

doubt he"ll play on monday

I reckon if he's fit, he'll play.

Didn't get a lot of game time today and think we will need all our fresh players for Monday.

not surprised dirty fookers targeted him all game hope he repays them when they come to us

Clunt elbows must be hurting tonight after the amount of action they've seen today. What a dirty fugger. I hate him with a passion.

I'm sure if you were getting head high tackles everytime you took the ball in, or had Newton holding your head on the ground whilst he rammed his head into your face you wouldn't react, would you? Rovers were $hit scared of Lauaki and the damage he could do, so set about om Morgans instructions to intimidate him with as much cheap illegal thuggery as they could manage and get away with, which due to Silverwood they achieved

The minute you don't stand up for yourself you have lost the battle. Lauaki was right to defend himself.

Was annoying what Silverwood let Newton get away with all game but had Hame's card marked and even told him he was watching him so could not be as effective. He also had third and forth men hitting him with swining arms and knees which didnt bother the ref

As do all the refs. The Club need to be speaking with Cummings about the deliberate "winding up" that goes unnoticed, otherwise it's going to be difficult to play Hame because of the penalty count gainst him.

In the playground maybe. This is a professional sportsman. He should have taken it and then dished some out when he got the chance.

It's more important than ever to defend yourself in professional rl.

I'd have laughed at him then forced his bollox up into his abdomen the next time I tackled him. The world will be a better place if newton never produces any offspring anyway

It's less important than ever to defend yourself in pro RL, particularly when the game is on sky with multiple camera angles. The game is a walk in the park compared to 50 years ago when it was legalised thuggery

Hame was right to retaliate. If you let it go you've taken a backward step. Don't want to see any of our players taking a backward step. You can wring your hands about it all you like but in the absence of a professional refereeing performance he had no option. Good on him.

My biggest regret is that I thought some of his team mates could have helped him out a bit more and got a bit more involved on his behalf.

Tickle could hardly walk after the game, had huge strapping on his leg, he'll be a big doubt for the Monday game.

I understand where you're coming from, but what if Hame had retaliated and the resulting penalty had cost us the game?

Then the referee would have let him and us down in an even bigger way than he managed today.

Which is all well and good, but we'd be two points worse off.

Surely the best revenge for cheap shots is to win the game?

If you let the opposition dominate you that usually costs you 2 points as well.

You're the one wringing your hands about poor hame getting a few cheap hits.

He's a big boy, likes dishing it out and should take it. If he had today the penalties would soon have started coming our way. If you'd ever played the game at even a half decent standard you'd know these things happen. Retaliating is the worst possible thing you can do as it just gets worse.

A wide man once said that revenge is a dish best served cold and I tend to agree

No, the best revenge is to really hurt the bstard when you can get away with it, not to try and land a punch my 4 year old daughter would be embarrassed about and get penalised for it

You can avoid being dominated without punching people and conceding penalties.

Anyway - think we're going to have to agree to disagree (slightly) on this one. I agree that Silverwood's treatment of Hame was shocking, but I think he could have handled it better.

Cunningham?

Taking a few cheap shots off a pussy like newton isn't going to cost you the game. Retaliating and getting sent off might