kirkhall wrote:
What a farce Toronto v Wire game was on Saturday. Listening to Brian Noble enthusing the merits of Toronto and Rugby League well Brian, both the City of Toronto and the game of Rugby League have been in existence for quite some considerable time and now, Canada is to become the 'New World' of Rugby League! Brian's Canadian team had nine former Leigh players in their seventeen man squad and, to my knowledge not one of them has any Canadian heritage only, Leigh RLFC's! You may say what does that matter? It matters that the BBC didn't publicise the fact and, our National Viewers could have been excused had they thought the Toronto team contained any Canadians? Whoever the Toronto team were representing they did nothing only thoroughly embarrass them and, if former Leigh players Kay and Dixon were the Villains, they were aided and abetted by their Australian/Fijian teammates McCrone, Lussick and Sims who were nothing short of disgraceful! We usually vent our anger towards the Referee's following a Match however, Referee Ben Thaler handled Saturday's game admirably and at least showed the National Viewers our Refs will demand, respect!
If these players do not receive any further punishment's for their behaviour then the RFL, will have failed to enforce their demand for Respect in our game!
No further action against any of the seven Toronto players referred. That includes Dixon's punch (Hock gets one match for the same) or Lussick's 'foul and abusive language' to a match official.' Surely that warrants more than a zero match penalty notice?
