Flowers committing GBH during rugby match.

[Archie_tect]

Flower's clear and uncontested serious assault... he should be banned from playing and be charged with GBH.... you can't do that and expect to get away with it. Thug.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/29583539
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/29583539

 

[Sara_H]

Flower's clear and uncontested serious assault... he should be banned from playing and be charged with GBH.... you can't do that and expect to get away with it. Thug.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/29583539

Has he been arrested yet?

 

[Dayvo]

It was hardly a scathing criticism of Flower's attack. More was made of it in the Norwegian papers.

A short ban, slap on the wrist, and back playing before too long, all whilst on full pay, I suspect.

 

[Accy cyclist]

What a thug and what an idiot! He certainly let his team mates down with them having to play most of the match one man down! I think he should be charged with ABH at least.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Clear GBH on camera - the thug should be arrested/charged by the police/cps and banned from playing for life.

Welcome to the dole queue you @rsehole

 

[MarkF]

The first punch is explainable IMO (it's RL), he took a cheap shot and gave one in return, the second is way over the line and he needs to be banned for a long time.

 

[ComedyPilot]

I don't play rugby, but even I know the aim of the sport is to get the egg-shaped ball over your opponents line.

It doesn't say fists should be thrown - AT ALL

 

[MarkF]

I don't play rugby, but even I know the aim of the sport is to get the egg-shaped ball over your opponents line.

It doesn't say fists should be thrown - AT ALL

It's highly physical contact sport played by muscled up alpha males, pumped up with adrenalin. Fists are thrown at most RL games I watch, without much drama. The second Flowers punch on a ko'd prone and vulnerable guy is something like I've never seen before, it was a totally disproportionate violent act.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I always thought GBH was "serious harm" being inflicted, but as I'm a resident of North Britain I don't know these things as we don't have GBH up here in our barren wastelands. Whatever the offence, he's a thug; the first punch I could have put down to exuberance but the follow-up was just thuggery.

 

[Sara_H]

I've got a slight issue with the first punch being described as exuberance, explainable etc. He punched the fellow hard enough to knock him out - a single punch can kill and isn't excusable.

 

[Lullabelle]

Flower's clear and uncontested serious assault... he should be banned from playing and be charged with GBH.... you can't do that and expect to get away with it. Thug.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/29583539

that is appalling, if it happened on the street then it would be assault so why is it any different on a pitch?

 

[rich p]

This is as clear as mud...

The maximum penalty is a four to eight game suspension but this can be increased if thought necessary

 

[MarkF]

I've got a slight issue with the first punch being described as exuberance, explainable etc. He punched the fellow hard enough to knock him out - a single punch can kill and isn't excusable.

That's RL for you, it's a ferocious and violent contact sport, people lose their tempers. A pretty magnanimous response from the victim, I am glad legal proceedings look unlikely but a long ban is still needed.

"I don't hold any grudges against Ben," said New Zealander Hohaia, 31."In the heat of the moment, people do some things they regret. I've done some silly things on the field myself."
"He's probably disappointed in himself for not being able to play a part in the game as well."

 

[Vapin' Joe]

I find the violence that sometimes creeps into sport to be rather a thing of beauty.

For instance, two of my favourite football matches were Italy versus Chile in the 1962 World Cup and the 1970 Chelsea / Leeds Cup Final replay. They were both so far beyond the Corinthian spirit they were verging on being works of art.

 

[MarkF]

I find the violence that sometimes creeps into sport to be rather a thing of beauty.

For instance, two of my favourite football matches were Italy versus Chile in the 1962 World Cup and the 1970 Chelsea / Leeds Cup Final replay. They were both so far beyond the Corinthian spirit they were verging on being works of art.

WC 2006, Portugal v The Netherelands aka The battle of Nurnberg is a favourite of mine.