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I don't know why they are appealing. That's what the words, 'I am only guessing' would imply to most people. Maybe they think the one boot to the head was enough without the other ones. It certainly looked bad enough and did enough damage by itself.

1. You should teach your 100kg monster how to play. In the years that I have been playing rugby, rugby league and gridiron I have had my head stepped on accidentally maybe 2-3 times max. Maybe spitting the dummy would be a good way to teach him to be less reckless. Being under 16, he has few...

I never said that it had an impact - I said it had an affect. And while you obviously don't have the comprehension to grasp the point, you do seem to believe that you can read minds. Fascinating! Now I'm being a smartass....

You said: The decision to give Thompson leniency was made by an IRB-sanctioned official and by your own words, there should be no process for overturning that decision. A decision he was quite entitled to make under the Laws of the game. Mealamu had his suspension for head-butting reduced to...

I'm not being an ass. The point, if you have the comprehension to grasp it, is that we deem some people to have earned more respect and appreciation for what they have done than stopping our lives or holding up a game for 1-min signifies.

You said: Adam Thompson was judged by IRB-sanctioned officials. By your own words, the IRB should have upheld that process and the punishment. By your own words here, the IRB-sanctioned officials' judgement should have been final. The precedent has already been set but none of you guys were...

And what if it's a great man who has died that you actually want to give more than a 'very small token of respect and appreciation'? And stopping a game for 1min silence does affect something - it's 1 min you can't play rugby for. It's a very small affect but it is an affect.

So were you this outraged when they stepped in on the Adam Thompson decision? Here's what's actually dangerous - getting kicked in the face. That's dangerous.

I'm struggling to think of any ruck situation where someone isn't at your feet but even if there is - it doesn't matter. As I said earlier: So out of the hundreds of rucks that have happened in rugby this year involving dozens of players, how is it that Horwill is the only one to have...

I never said you don't step on people. I said How many people have you stamped or stepped on their head this year Josh? If you ever play against me, you'd better make sure not to step on my head. To me, the fact that Horwill has done this repeatedly without any kind of ban is what makes his...

LOL...no I don't hate Horwill?!? So it's only a stomp if Horwill had done serious damage to AWJ? Breaking his nose enough? Facial reconstruction? Lost vision in an eye? Killed him? Which one of those scenario's would have been enough to warrant the action a stomp? It's amazing that in one...

You should try playing more rugby before attempting more writing. Yes - there are players at your feet at every ruck. I'm not outraged. I just support what the IRB is doing. I don't support someone who has stomped 2 people in the head to get off scot-free.

Yes, there is a degree of risk to other players but we don't ban players for putting other players at risk. We ban then for doing something reckless or dangerous. As a player, we also understand that risk and mitigate it as much as possible by being aware of the situation when we lift our feet...

LOL....so 'lightly' it required stitches afterwards...

I'm pretty sure it isn't. If Horwill hadn't stomped AWJ - the actual incident - none of this would be happening.

I saw him getting stretchered off. I'm yet to see anyone jumping on his head. Unlike the Horwill videos where he clearly boots people in the head. Where you actually see his foot clearly and undeniably connecting with the head.

Not for you maybe but for a rugby player like myself, I'm not fooled by the 'I was regaining my balance' bullshit. He raised that leg higher than any of his other previous steps, brought it down with more force and back across the other leg. Oh...and yes, there is a player under your feet...

Bahahaha...yes,alleged. We don't need to ask AWJ how he feels because we all saw it on the video.

He knew there were bodies down there. It's not like that's the first ruck he's ever been involved in.

Here's the Palmer one: http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/brumby-takes-boot-to-face/video-e6frf4pu-1226626099828?subcat=1111112039622