The "catch 22"

With the Wales v Scotland 6 nations game tomorrow (Sunday 12th of February), I was thinking about the Bradley Davies yellow card, and his ludicrous sentencing. There are two problems with this incident. First and foremost, as one of the officials has seen the incident clearly enough to see that the offence warrants a card, than they have seen it clearly enough to know that this particular offence warrants a red card. This is for two reasons. A) the tackle itself was a stand-alone red card. B) there are two yellow cards, the dump tackle and the tackle without the ball. Combined this makes for a straight red card. Why is this a "catch 22"? The sentencing means Davies will miss the 6 Nations but will return for the Cardiff Blue's Heineken Cup quarter-final. On the one hand, no one wants to see a key figure miss any game. However, on the other, fans and players alike want to see justice served. There is no one involved in Rugby that wants to see that incident (or something similar) ever again. What kind of message does that send when concessions are being granted to players who are supposed to be punished? It is a double edged sword.

Changing tack slightly, I though I would just bring up the AMA Supercross round 6 in San Diego. The first 4 rounds saw the 4 title protagonists all claim victories, all on their respective manufactures (Kawasaki, Honda, Yamaha and first time winners KTM). In the last round at Anaheim 2 Ryan Villopoto claimed his second win and became the first repeat winner this season. Is the title challenge swinging in his favour? I would say so but this season is too unpredictable.