Barnes was NOT standing upright, i can't believe that was never mentioned, surely if someone is crouched down there has to be some consideration, Trent Barrett threw 2 punches at an upstanding player while his back was turned and got one week, i just don't get it, the inconsistency is amazing and it is something that should be looked at because although i feel Fui did the wrong thing and should be punished, i would like the same to happen to other players who break the rules yet are seemingly untouchable!!
I feel the NRL needs to come out and explain to the fans how they can get 18 weeks for Danny Williams and then drop it to 1 week for Barrett? That is not consistant, also Webb got 6 weeks, Barrett gets 1, the common factor in all of those incidents was that the person getting punched was not looking at the player. The NRL were quick to jump on the Danny Willims thing and tell us they do not condone that type of act on a footy field, the next year their State of Origin Star king hits someone from behind and gets 1 week and the defence we get is "it's not his go".
I am with Strider, i will be sending a nice email off to the NRL, they will probably welcome the change as i imagine they would be receiving 400 emails a day from disgruntled Tigers fans.......