Franks’ thuggery is a bad joke

off there. I’m sure there will be questions asked and there should be.’’

Asked why Franks wasn’t punished, Umaga said: ‘‘There’s no doubt we’ll challenge it. We’ll ask the reasons why and who’s accountable for it.’’

I’ll get back to you Tana, but I’m fairly sure, no-one is accountable. Then again, a few Lions supporters might say, you would know all about that.

It appears no-one is accountable in the southern hemisphere. Australian lock Rory Arnold received a three-week suspension from Hampton for a disgusting tackle on Lions firstfive Elton Jantjies. Jantjies had turned his head and given a pass, when Arnold, a huge man, smashed his shoulder into Jantjies’ jaw.

Arnold was given a mid-range entry point of six weeks reduced to three because he doesn’t drop old ladies with a swinging arm in the street. Compare it with the tackle which earned Munster’s Sam Arnold three weeks earlier in the year, and there appears to be different rules for Arnolds depending on which hemisphere you are in.

Oh well, at least it’s not league. They actually sent a player off at the weekend for the first time in three years, a sanction which has appeared roughly once in every 1500 games over the previous five years. The Storm’s Curtis Scott broke his opponent’s eye socket with a punch.

The victim posted online: ‘‘Talk s... get hit ... well done, sir.’’

Scott received a two-week ban. I recall Russell Packer getting a two-year prison sentence for a civil assault which involved breaking a man’s eye socket and stomping on his head. Maybe the police should bring charges against Scott, because it is quite clear Aussie league is incapable of even spelling ‘‘duty of care’’.