Re: Henson expected to appeal


"Martyn Winters" <ukhamlet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> Mike wrote:
>
> > Walter Mitty wrote:
> > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/european/4557890.stm
> > >
> > > Id say that the chance of it being overturned or reduced is precisely
> > > nil. What message would it send out? Thoughts? I think he was overly
> > > harshly dealt with and he paid a price for his preening earlier in the
> > > year. Lucky old Welsh though : a good excuse for not continuing their
> > > new dawn.
> > >
> >
> > He may get a reduced punishment - perhaps a few weeks off if he's lucky
> > and be able to play until the hearing but that won't benefit wales much
> > as he's already a week into the 10 weeks and I doubt a new hearing would
> > be at least a week away. There's no way he'll get off though unless
> > there was a grssy knoll nearby.
>
> So Moody get six weeks for beating the *** out of a Samoan who had
> done nothing to him and Henson gets 10 weeks for elbowing an Italian
> who was clambering all over him off the ball. It should be reduced to
> stopping his pocket money for a week and make him spend all Sunday in
> Church.
>

Wow, you are implying by saying the Samoan did "nothing to him" that said
Samoan was innocently standing around and Moody was the agressor. Now we
know that isn't true so one does wonder why exactly you are deliberately
trying to misrepresent the situation.

Henson deliberately threw the elbow and broke someone's nose, then when the
guy was on the floor he put the boot in (albeit a rather poor attempt).

Mr.Will


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