Re: Other Teams' Rumours And Signings For 2021 : Wed Jun 10, 2020 7:29 pm  

Charlie Sheen wrote:

Can anyone give an example of a worse piece of foul play than Flower's attack on Lance? Sure, the game was more consistently violent than it is now, but as an incident in isolation, I can't think of many worse.

He'd probably go to prison if it wasn't done in a game of RL.

The first punch is the reaction to the blindside forearm to the face and something we would probably all do. The second is unforgivable.

Re: Other Teams' Rumours And Signings For 2021 : Wed Jun 10, 2020 9:43 pm  

Charlie Sheen wrote:

Can anyone give an example of a worse piece of foul play than Flower's attack on Lance? Sure, the game was more consistently violent than it is now, but as an incident in isolation, I can't think of many worse.

He'd probably go to prison if it wasn't done in a game of RL.

Barry McDermott on Paul Sironen at Central Park in 1994 gives it a run.

Re: Other Teams' Rumours And Signings For 2021 : Wed Jun 10, 2020 11:08 pm  

ploinerrhino wrote:

"extreme provocation"

Leeds supporters are the last to make any comment about Ben Flower, when they had a certain Arthur Clues playing for their club.

Hardly, a angel was Clues where dirty play was concerned!

Re: Other Teams' Rumours And Signings For 2021 : Thu Jun 11, 2020 7:12 am  

JonnyBroad wrote:

Barry McDermott on Paul Sironen at Central Park in 1994 gives it a run.

He really went for him didn't he. I remember the one when he went hunting for a young Stuart Fielden. He certainly didn't miss.

Re: Other Teams' Rumours And Signings For 2021 : Thu Jun 11, 2020 7:21 am  

Charlie Sheen wrote:

Can anyone give an example of a worse piece of foul play than Flower's attack on Lance? Sure, the game was more consistently violent than it is now, but as an incident in isolation, I can't think of many worse.

He'd probably go to prison if it wasn't done in a game of RL.

David Hobbs on Greg Conescu in a test match versus Aus in 1982. You can actually see Conescu’s tooth fly out of his mouth

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Other Teams' Rumours And Signings For 2021 : Thu Jun 11, 2020 8:25 am  

Pie_Eyter wrote:

He really went for him didn't he. I remember the one when he went hunting for a young Stuart Fielden. He certainly didn't miss.

i do wondered sometimes why that gets looked back on so fondly, on a lot of occasions and the highlights barrie wasn't playing the game, he was literally trying to assault fielden.

it went beyond his typical pantomime villain character.

Re: Other Teams' Rumours And Signings For 2021 : Thu Jun 11, 2020 8:47 am  

Charlie Sheen wrote:

Can anyone give an example of a worse piece of foul play than Flower's attack on Lance? Sure, the game was more consistently violent than it is now, but as an incident in isolation, I can't think of many worse.

He'd probably go to prison if it wasn't done in a game of RL.

Cassidy on Morley.

Re: Other Teams' Rumours And Signings For 2021 : Thu Jun 11, 2020 9:13 am  

Hepworth on Tyrer.

[Pemps]

Re: Other Teams' Rumours And Signings For 2021 : Thu Jun 11, 2020 9:16 am  

Les Boyd on Daryl Brohman

Re: Other Teams' Rumours And Signings For 2021 : Thu Jun 11, 2020 9:22 am  

Pemps wrote:

Les Boyd on Daryl Brohman

showing your age there pemps