It was the handbags near our line in the first half. We held them short and one of their players slightly pushed Gale out of the way and Gale as he does, reacted and went ‘looking’ for the guy that had pushed him and as he went towards him put both his hands in back of ref....very gentle contact but as soon as I saw it I knew he’d get banned but wasn’t expecting 2 games.

Crazy when punishment for accidentally catching ref with light contact gets you same ban as raining punches in a brawl

a 2 game ban is an absolute joke. absolutely ridiculous. Could finish our hopes of top 5 that. Hope Leeming back, he's gone ok in the halves.

If Leemings not back we may have to stick Cam Smith in the halfs along with Martin.Desperate times desperate measures.Im guessing no sign of Rob Lui.

Im not sure he’s got much to appeal against, you might say the punishment is harsh but there’s nothing accidental about it https://twitter.com/jonb4g/status/14225 ... 69156?s=21

Im not sure he’s got much to appeal against, you might say the punishment is harsh but there’s nothing accidental about it https://twitter.com/jonb4g/status/14225 ... 69156?s=21

Can't have any complaints about the ban. A stupid act at the best of times, but after what has recently happened to him losing the captaincy, that's a totally unacceptable.

Bang to rights. What was he thinking?

All those defending Gale, its indefensible what he did. He put 2 hands on Kendall and shoved him trying to get to Williams. When he tapped he Williams he laughed in a jovial manner like two pals having bants. Hes got 2 matches. A leader and (captain) needs to give their head a shake if they think thats acceptable. You cant touch the ref under any circumstances. It wasnt accidental, it wasnt gentle, it was stupid. Im actually incensed that he did it. The equivalent of an inplay coach killer.

Look at what happened to Mellor and Briscoe, and that was a fleeting touch running into a melee.

Suppose it's some consolation that Gale's hardly been setting the world on fire.

Yes he's no defence whatsoever there having seen that. Absolute idiot. This could prove so costly to us.

Totally agree. What an idiot and what sort of example does that show the young lads in the team?
Maybe Mclelland and Leeming at HB then Friday.
How many different HB combinations have we had this year?

yep
A total hot headed idiot.
Not fit to be a captain.
Over hyped and not a patch on a Harris or McGuire.

Lui should be back around now shouldn’t he?

Whys Gale even in the 21?!

Appealing apparently. They'll need a top QC to get him off. Cas squad without Shenton, Trueman and Watts but they do have a lot fit and rested. If we get a win we'll have done very well.