Does anyone seriously think that what Morley did deserved more weeks than Bird??
Or is it just another, "It was Morley, so give him heaps!" argument like after round 1??
What he did was completely against the run of play, and had plenty of mallice, but there was no danger in it, absolutely no more than there is making a regulation tackle. Slater stomped on a man's head earlier in the year and received a similiar length, no calls for 18 weeks there.
The rugby league community is so biased when speaking about anything to do with morley it is unbelievable. The Walker "incident" was a perfect example. A perfectly legal hit right up until that game, an exact hit which saw Morley crowned with another "hit of the year" gong last year. But because of a pathetic rule change (which has since been ignored by the match review comittee) he copped 3 weeks, with calls for the "sickening" hit to be given 8+.
Its little wonder touch footballers like benji and bowen can flourish in this league.