Of course. But not all provocations are equivalent. Gallen was clearly looking for a fight. Plain and simple. He complained to the refs about Myles working him in the ruck. And he has a history of going high on Myles.
Neeer, people get pushed every game of league, they don't all turn into fisty cuffs. Should've been binned.
Obviously they don't all turn into punch ups, some players are more focused on discipline, but its exactly what pushing is for.
I have the footage here if you'd like to see it. Four or five, all swinging arms to Myles's head in the last 3 series and 1 game.
King hit. Noun. A blow intended to incapacitate in one hit, often without warning. That is, by definition, what Jennings did. To say Tate's jab was worse is fucking laughable.
No. You said Tate should've been binned - "Even though Tate got a facial and a high shot, he hit a defenseless bloke on the fucking ground. That's a sin bin and a penalty to NSW every day of the week." That was your reaction, independent of what happened in Game 1. And your reaction to Jennings, in Game 1, was that he shouldn't have been binned. It was a "club call" to bin him. You clearly thought the nature and character of Tate's was worse than Jennings's. Only after me ridiculing that nonsense have you modulated your opinion because you know full fucking well that it was a king hit, and that it was worse. Much worse.
If pushing the marker constituted "provocation" then both Gallen and Watmough would have copped 100+ punches to the schnoz by this stage of their careers.
