http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_g_RtsnCbE
The ref blows the penalty at 0.07. By 0.10 Kissick is being held up by Hinchcliffe and Smith, and Blair and Widdop have come in. Blair is laying in punches. Kite, who is marker, hasnt even seen the need to retaliate yet. Watmough has, who seems to be trying to pull Kissick away. Slater steps over to stop Kite, two other Storm players have come over to attack Kissick. So there is Smith, Hinchcliffe, Widdop and 2 others holding him up for Blair who is laying into him. 6 on 1 (excluding Watmough).
Only then does Glenn Stuart get involved, coming around the back to try and drag Hinchcliffe off Kissick. Brett Stewart, Foran and Matai then get involved. By 0.14, Proctor is trying to drag Watmough away. Lyon appears around the back behind where Smith was, and a number of heads go down into the middle, then Glenn Stewart looks to start punching someone who emerges to be Blair. The group breaks into 2, one group with Lyon, Slater and others begin to release each other. Stewart and Blair have each other in a clinch. PLayers from both sides try to pull them apart. They eventually do, and the instant release sees Lyon and Blair topple over.
The replay shows Blair's cheap shot, before Watmough reacts by trying to grab Blairs head around Widdop.
The touchie reacts to Stewart running in - hence his sin bin. He is reluctant to go. Oddly, Blair and Smith are there as well. Stewart walks off. Then Blair is binned, then sprints after Stewart, catches him, and starts pushing into him. Stewart is trying to walk off. A trainer sees what is happening (as does a suit of camera), Stewart looks toward the trainer and Blair gives him a shove while he is looking away. Stewart then reacts. That'ss when the Manly players come in, but there are plenty of Storm players and benchies. The trainer then tries to pull Watmough back. If he's a Storm trainer - might he be in trouble too?
Definitely Blair is the instigator. Twice.
