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He is the 18 year old who absolutly smashed Fui in the NZ/GB test; once legitimately and once illegally.
http://www.leagueunlimited.com/article.php?newsid=14931
1. The kid gave Fui a concussion
2. He forced Fui to get on the painkillers
3. He has made him miss training
4. The tackle was cleared!! even though it was very similar to Moimois on Kite which saw him suspended for 10 weeks!
5. They accused Fui of lifting his elbow
6. and perhaps the thing that will infuriate Fui the most, he has been unable to eat most solid foods!
I think its safe to say that Bugess is a DEAD MAN next time they play this weekend! We are just lucky that the Judicary panel over there is lenient... because after this match, who knows what charges Fui might be facing?
NZRL 'gobsmacked' by decision regarding Gilmour
Written by: NZRL media
[z]1725[/z]New Zealand Rugby League chairman Andrew Chalmers says hes gobsmacked no action is to be taken against Great Britain prop Sam Burgess for a high tackle that has left Kiwi front rower Fuifui Moimoi with jaw and neck injuries.
Moimoi (28) is on painkillers after being collared by Burgess (18) in Saturday nights 14-20 first test loss at Galpharm Stadium in Huddersfield.
The Kiwi prop is expected to play in Saturdays second test in Hull but couldnt take part in a field training session with the team today. Since the test, he has also been unable to eat most solid foods.
But despite the nature of the tackle and its after-effects Burgess, who was put on report by referee Tony Archer, was today cleared for the second test by a three-man match review panel.
Convened by Rugby Football League employee and former test referee Stuart Cummins, the panel also included Great Britain team manager Abi Ekoku and NZRL board member Neville Kesha, also a former test referee.
Kesha advocated Burgess tackle should be referred to a judicial hearing but he was again out-voted 2-1, as he was last week when considering a high tackle case involving Great Britain front rower Adrian Morley.
Its déjà vu. It was an appalling set-up job to let Morley free last week and this one just leaves me gobsmacked, said Chalmers, who sat in on todays hearing as an observer.
Great Britain coach Tony Smith invited us to send someone with some weight to future hearings. We took his advice. We sent two of the heaviest people we could find All Golds manager Malcolm Boyle and me but we were still carved up faster than a pork roast at a hangi.
There is absolutely nothing equitable about the system the RFL has in place. They have two sets of rules one to suit them and one for dealing with us.
Immediately after making a loaded decision not to refer Burgess charge, the Great Britain camp counter-charged Moimoi for allegedly using an elbow with his leading arm when tackled by Burgess in a separate incident late in the match.
Chalmers said neither he nor anyone involved with the New Zealand camp had been notified in advance that Moimoi would be cited.
These people show a flagrant disregard for their own rules, or they just simply opt to use them or discard them as and when it suits them, he said.
The regulations in place require any citing, apart from players put on report or ordered off, to be lodged in writing by 10.30am the day after the test.
This wasnt done in this case. The first we knew of anything to do with a potential charge against Fuifui was when we walked into the RFLs hearing at Red Hall (RFL headquarters) this morning.
Instead the RFL told us a verbal citing was lodged with the match commissioner immediately after the test on Saturday night. But who bothered to let us know? No one. We dont have a clairvoyant on staff.
Chalmers said a report from Kiwi team doctor Simon Mayhew was tabled at the meeting, noting that Moimoi had suffered a whiplash injury from the tackles but this evidence was barely considered.
There wasnt a moments hesitation from the home-based parties in dismissing the case against Burgess. They staggeringly said it was in his favour that he didnt let go of Fuifui, he said.
But once they moved onto Fuifuis incident, the tone changed completely.
Abi (Ekoku) claimed Fuifui went with intent into this challenge. As an observer I wasnt entitled to speak but I couldnt stop myself from pointing out the video clearly showed the contact (by Fuifuis forearm) was with Burgess upper chest.
That resulted in the panel dismissing further action against Moimoi but the meeting finished with a discussion about the RFLs judicial process and the need for updating and greater neutrality.
Stuart (Cummins) agreed the process was out of date, said Chalmers.
He said they needed to look at systems for the World Cup to develop something he called more neutral.
With this current system in place the numbers will always be stacked against us Kiwis. They seem intent on treating us like a bunch of natives from the colonies.
http://www.leagueunlimited.com/article.php?newsid=14931
1. The kid gave Fui a concussion
2. He forced Fui to get on the painkillers
3. He has made him miss training
4. The tackle was cleared!! even though it was very similar to Moimois on Kite which saw him suspended for 10 weeks!
5. They accused Fui of lifting his elbow
6. and perhaps the thing that will infuriate Fui the most, he has been unable to eat most solid foods!
I think its safe to say that Bugess is a DEAD MAN next time they play this weekend! We are just lucky that the Judicary panel over there is lenient... because after this match, who knows what charges Fui might be facing?
