Hartley should be cited

[Chobbsy]

Hartley hit off the ball on Dupuy who then had to go off.

Lets see if he gets cited

[Andy W]

It was minimum yellow card and maybe red. Not seenby the officials so, yes, will indeed be a citing and very well deserved as it was pure thuggish play.

[Bill W]

Concur.

At least 12 week ban.

[MR]

Typical play by a player who isn't good enough so makes his impact in the most ugly fashion.
Got dusted at every scrum so resorted to taking out our only attacking option.

Not sour grapes as we didn't deserve anything out of this game.

Should receive at least 12 weeks.

[Firesafetydave]

There is an argument for it being late, but not that bad I think. I wouldn't mind seeing it again, but first impressions were just a crunching tackle a little late.

I hate to refer to wendyball, but anyone remember the tackle on an Ar$enal player called Eduardo that broke his leg pretty badly? open fracture, horrible looking challenge at normal speed, and the ref thought the same - straight red, however in a slo-mo you can see that the tackler was going for the ball but Eduardo was just too quick for him and tapped it away. Dupuy slowed down and delayed his pass with the express purpose of drawing the tackle from Hartley to give the man on his shoulder a bit of space. He was expecting that tackle, though admittedly it was a hard one.

Basically, don't let the intensity of the moment cloud your judgement, ok? I will try and watch it again later and maybe some of you should as well - I could be wrong, but I am staying open-minded.

[MR]

Yes you are wrong.

Leads with a forearm smash Giant Haystacks would have been proud of!!

[Chobbsy]

I disagree about him being a bad player, that is what makes it worse, he is an outstanding talent, there is no need to do what he does all the time.

[Gate]

Didn't see that one - it must have been while I was outside screaming off my frustration before returning to the screen for another fix of pain.

[pogue3]

i thought the tackle was fine. he was comitted and dupuy knew he was going to take the hit.

[Rizzo]

According to what I heard, the dynamic duo commentating referred to Hartley making a "late tackle" and saying about it being a very hard hit.

[Bill W]

1. Late
2. Dangerous
3. Occasioned actually bodily harm.

12 - 24 weeks

[Big Dai]

It's just the sort of villainy that used to get sorted in time honoured fashion.

12 weeks?

More like wait till the next maul (Oh! I'm sorry! We don't like mauls any more do we?) then a quick upper cut to the soft underbelly making sure the head contacts with a rising knee as he inspects his lusting tackle!

..............sorry! sorry! it's not that sort of game anymore!

Pity!

[Bill W]

Just so Big Dai.

But those days are no more.

And Honour has declined!

[Wayne Richardson Fan Club]

Poor play from a player who has a poor record with thuggery, in the good old days Deano would have lamped him, should be cited & banned which would be bad news for England, presume he will be as the Saints seem to have the same problem with the RFU as we do when it comes to bans.

[boon]

i believe this entire thread is fuelled by sour grapes.

losing gracefully is as big a piece of sportsmanship as winning gracefully.

plus there were several instances of foul play by tigers which shall go unremarked by me for now.