Leigh Centurions forward David Bradbury was suspended for one game and fined £75 by the Rugby Football League’s Disciplinary Committee on Tuesday evening. He was banned for a careless high tackle in the Northern Ford Premiership clash with Rochdale Hornets on January 13.
This is what we had to say at the time....
Hornets were camped on the Leigh line and David Stephenson took a short
pass at speed, only to be stopped in his tracks by what appeared to be
a Bradbury punch.
Most commentators on this game have been fairly non-commital regarding
Bradbury's offence. But from where I stood he basically short-armed Stevo
who was taking the ball in at full flight. Paul Terzis' comment that Bradbury's
got a '...cut on his finger where it went into Dave Stephenson's eye...'
I'm sure is cold comfort to Stevo who's nursing ten stitches in an eye
wound this morning. Let's not dance around this one, Bradbury's first point
of contact was Stevo's head with some point between his fist and his elbow.
It looked like a brutal assault to me and Mr Cummins agreed.
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