The hit on Creagh was NOTHING like the hit Taliapapa put on Tounge. I think it is a joke that Taliapapa wasn't suspended. Cronulla had possession of the ball, Alan Tongue was making the tackle. What right does Taliapapa have to come crack him in the ribs? Taliapapa shouldn't have even been near the tackle, as it wasn't as if the Cronulla player was being pushed into touch or the in goal.
The only way that that would be similar to the Creagh incident would be if the Roosters had the ball, Creagh was making a tackle, and then he was taken out by Sa.
Creagh was hit on suspicion, while Tounge was hit... illegally. I don't see how Taliapapa could be defended...
Regardless, it is incredible that neither player faced suspension, as Peter Stirling said live on Nine, the referee is basically saying that it is okay to take out an unsuspecting rival, and potentially force a star player to miss the rest of the game!
At the least it had to be a penalty, not that the Dragons would have done anything with it. In the Storm v Rabbitohs game, the Storm took out a Rabbitohs player off the ball, and Steve Lyons, the referee penalised them. Cameron Smith argued that he thought that the player was going to get the ball from an offload, but the referee bluntly said that you are not allowed to tackle on suspicion.
So once again we are left with the same scenario. The referees looking after our game are all taught the same rules, but week to week, ref by ref, interpretations and logic vary match by match and it is an absolute joke!
