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Message: [QUOTE="Coxy, post: 2441977, member: 1764"] To me I think the grading is all wrong. Intent alone is irrelevant IMO. With Burns, intent may have been there (I'm still not convinced he INTENDED to hit him in the head, just hit him hard) but the hit itself wasn't that big. There wasn't a swinging arm, it was more a stiff arm, and less force in it than Hoffman's hit on Bailey. There's no way in hell it's worth 12 weeks, or even 9 weeks with the early plea, which he's not taking. Compare it with Tony Williams who could realistically have broken De Gois' neck with his flip tackle, that earnt him 7 weeks. And Prior's elbow. Burns is nowhere near those incidents IMO. And if you want to talk intent, how about Stewart vs Blair as they were walking off last year? They got a ****ing slap on the wrist. Burns has every right to feel hard done by, and I hope the judiciary sees sense and realises there wasn't a lot in it and it should be judged similarly to other tackles that make flush contact with the face. I'd say 3 weeks is sufficient. [/QUOTE]

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