Duck Billyworth
Debutant
rick got 5 weeks which i thought was a bit harsh, thought 3 weeks would have been better...yes he punched the bloke pretty flush on the jaw but as always rick gets baited evey weekwith little elbows to the ribs and back of the head yet the umpires see this and neglect to do anything about it.
Five weeks sounds like a pretty long stint but he did rund 20 metres to punch the bloke, who did nothing to provoke it. In fact it seemed Rick was trying to antagonise the City player who pushed him off and ran away. Rick just ran after him and socked him.
Rick White is a good player and he is going to get matched up on every week but I am not sure he cops as rough a deal as you make out.
He gave away 2 50-metre penalties because he disagreed with the umpire's decision on Saturdy.
I think most taggers just play tight on him because he loses it so easily.
There is little need for taggers to rough him up because there is no reason to risk a busted nose when he will lose it over a free kick, fair tackle/bump.
To me it seems the thing that sets Rick White off is things not going Rick White's way.