Should Issac Luke Be Charged?

Chase must not have been a good close Cuz

Now that Issac Luke has admitted that he tried to break Rangi Chase's leg in the 4 Nations game vs England, should he be held accountable?  Although Luke has been suspended for two games it is now a case as to whether or not he should be facing criminal charges.

To do such a low dog like act is one thing but to come out and admit that he went into the game with hatred towards Chase over his decision to turn his back on New Zealand and play for England indicates that the action could be seem as premeditated. Regardless of whether it is a game or not, assault is assault.  Why should an action done in a high level professional game be seen any different to anywhere else.  Laying charges on sportsman will always provide heavy debate but if he had successfully managed to break Chase's leg would the discussion be different.

Even with consideration of assault put aside is Luke not also guilty of bring the game into disrepute which is a charge the officials like to throw around now to make sure sponsors don't walk away from the game.   To come out after the fact and make light of the details is appalling and thinking that saying the following is going to make things all ok is where things are wrong.:

"I just saw red, a lot of the legends that played in the black and white jersey, they wanted blood. I know Rubes (Assistant Coach) wanted blood.
"I guess that's the mentality us young ones have taken on board. We had a talk the night before about what the jersey meant and that must have come out.
"When you come up against your family you want to outplay them. I didn't outplay him. I tried to break his leg. It was the wrong thing to do. Now I see that – at the time I didn't. After the game I said sorry. He said it stays on the field."

is going to make things all ok is where things are wrong.  Surely I cannot walk down the street, see someone who used to work for the same company as me only to go to a rival and decide that a stray elbow to the face is deserved, apologise and then expect things to be alright.  Action needs to be taken on this and the media needs to be a lot more critical in their coverage of this player.

I do not condone violence on the rugby league field but I will not be upset if karma decided to weigh in on Issac Lukes career at some stage in the near future.  Issac should be wary about a big target on his back for quite sometime.