meast wrote:
the RFL disciplinary panel as they have ruled it as a legitimate fend,hardly a deliberate smash intended to cause injury as some of you claim it was.
if it really was that bad then im sure one of the officials on duty would have also seen it that way and appropriate action would have been taken.
glad mcpherson is on the mend, it was a right smack he took!
In fact what they said was "Player makes legitimate
attempt to fend opponent."
The clue is in the wording perhaps - in their opinion he
attempted to fend off Johnson, but the result was, as I and the Touch Judge saw it, he hit him with the elbow - you may recall that the Touchie came on, flag raised and play was stopped and we were awarded a penalty. Clearly the disciplinary panel thought that was adequate - all history now!!