whufc wrote:Must say though the Sims hit was one of the worse punches i have ever seen, considering it was a king hit in the true sense of the word, to an unexpecting person it did very very minimal damage.
Geez i have seen that sort of punch do alot more damage from alot smaller type guys at local pubs around the northern suburbs. He obviously struggled when it came to the boxing training in pre season.
Gutless cowardly act which he couldnt even manage to pull off anyway, he got his premiership but funnily enough most South Australian sports fans remember Sims for throwing that punch and then getting it back with interest later in the game.
King Hits like that should have resulted in much larger penalties, same applies throughout Graingers career and the Gowans hit against North should have resulted in longer suspensions imho.
whufc, I was attending to Matthew Simpson that day in the rooms and I can assure you he was in a very bad way immediately afterwards and for some time after.
It was an extremely distressing and worrying situation in the rooms at the time for his family and I can assure you it did a lot more than minimal damage.
This is only to set the record straight as I understand why you might post that, not knowing the full situation, mate.