Flying the Flag

[JonHenry]

That is exactly what Cripps was on about, standing up when it happens to team-mates, nobody has suggested handing it out unprovoked.

We do not want snipers!

You don't want a Wayne Johnston?

Sometimes you need to be the aggressor.
As you said, it's a tough game, and if you constantly let others get in first, then retaliate, it will be too little too late, or you end up suspended which is what they are trying to achieve anyway.