If footage shows there's not a punch thrown then how can they possibly give a ban? Sky have multiple cameras from multiple angles and don't seem to have any of the so called 'punch'?

We've also seen multiple times charges against players dismissed by RFL due to "inconclusive footage", so will be interesting to see what happens with this

Sick to death of our luck with injurys, our home grown boys especially, nearly every elite talent we bring through spends more time injured than available, Horlroyd, Newman, Gannon, Simpson, Walker and Ward were the same.

Feel for them, Holroyd's having the first decent injury free run of his career and finally getting a chance to show what a talent he is, hope it continues and the other lads get a bit of luck going forward.

I couldn`t see if a punch was thrown and nor could the Sky cameras.
But unless Lomax had started his period early the blood smeared on and around his face probably gives it away.

looked like a huge scratch on his chin

Again, show me where the punch is? Otherwise more likely to be accidental contact from anything in a tackle or melee? It's not like he's had his nose bust from a punch so seems a bit 2+2=5

Fair enough on Walters sledging sironen after he tried roughing him up with some shthousery

Sironen and housery go together.

Pretty much all the saints forwards were at it,it's actually part of their game plan and has been all season.

2 match ban for McDonnell based on what the TJ saw.
No ban for MacDonald or Matautia.
Did someone say there was a dangerous tackle on Holroyd?

I've no idea how the disciplinary panel conducts itself in terms of evidence it demands, but please tell me it's more than an official (the TJ in this case) saying "I saw a punch" and that being deemed sufficient. It's bad enough solely taking his word for it on the night, but to then compound the punishment further on the same word is barking mad.

100% right although if the club calls them out on this lunacy we're straight into the land of the frivolous appeal...

Grade D punching ffs
RFL disciplinary is a joke

When the ref said to him "You've punched him directly in the head" you can hear him say "I haven't." which would be a very strange thing to say if you have. I don't think anyone would deny McDonnell roughed him up a bit (quite right too IMO) but if you're going to ban someone for punching it would be great to at least see the punch. There were enough cameras there, if he threw a punch we'd have seen it.

That the video ref didn't get involved is telling...mind you he barely glanced at whether Walters touched the line on his disallowed try and was absolutely certain a Saints player had touched the ball from a single look at an inconclusive angle for Sangare's (WTF was that by the way? I thought to overrule the ref you had to be certain?), so if he had got involved we'd probably be looking at a murder charge.