Disciplinary panel

A Judge (Impartial)
Neil Turley - Ex Wigan player (Hmmm)
Danny Sculthorpe - Ex Wigan player - Game fighter and nasty piece of work (Hmmm)

No wonder Radlinski was happy

So do Wigan run RL?

As I live out of the RL bubble the reaction here in the midlands was quite muted. A few at work mentioned it to me, as they'd seen it. We talked about it with my Rugby Union team.

Much as the act was a disgraceful one, the main reaction has been one of surprise, and a little bit entertained. Certainly no-one has said I'm not watching that anymore. If anything it has enhanced peoples images of RL players being hard.

As for people wanting longer than a 6 month ban, get real. Bad crime on the field, no lasting damage done.

The overreaction to get Flower banned for longer is not too dis-similar to that of other teams about HArdaker's misdermeanours. In fact I would wager that some who are calling for a higher ban are the ones who were decrying the same thing when the boot was only the other foot for Hardaker. Double standards clearly

I enjoy a bit of biff as much as the next guy... as long as the next guy isn't Ben Flower!!

Tempers get heated in what it a very physical sport, players see red and... kapow - a bit of biff and IMO the game is better for it. Admit it, when it kicks off in a game we all get a bit giddy... true?

But what Flower did goes way, way beyond a bit of biff. One of, if not the worst attack I have seen in RL. To judge his actions as an extension of a traditional fracas is not applicable. To suggest 6 match ban for a good punch + a bit for the extra for the afters is nonsensical.

Punching a player who you have seconds earlier rendered unconscious should not be treated in the same was as simply punching a player.

And the operative word there is "seconds". How long was there between the two punches? Long enough for Flower to assess Hohaia's physical state and make a conscious decision to throw the second punch? Of course not. The second punch was thrown on instinct.

In some ways, bad as this was, is it really that much worse than Terry Newton's conscious, pre-meditated attacks on Sean Long and Lee Gilmour for example?

Correct Fat Boy , in 50 years its the worst thing i have seen and that includes the incidents with Newton , Boyd and Cassidy . Time to move on now though .

That high definition slow motion replay of the second punch makes it appear as if Flower had the time to pick his toenails, allow a cup of Twinings to infuse for several minutes and write a 50,000 word treatise on the vagaries of human nature prior to reaching the pre-meditated conclusion to punch Hohaia in the face again.

At least it gives Hardaker's ted apologists something to rage about throughout the off-season.

I think that the Saint's chairman's response has been admirable & I'm glad that Wigan have accepted the punishment.
Please can we all move on now?

OUTRAGE. Don't we love an outrage in this country.

worse than jim mills stamp ?

Time to move on until the next incident then it all starts on another player.The social media has a lot to answer for

When did throwing a punch start begetting a 6 match ban?

I can't remember many bans of more than 1-2 matches for face-to-face punches.

In which case the 11 matches is not "a bit extra", it's 9-10 matches extra. Or more than 5x the ban.

I'm appalled and outraged by all this outrage. I'm going to raise a petition calling for all outraged people to be imprisoned and have full exorcisms performed on them.

Starting with me.

Then you.

It's got nothing to do with Ben Flower or punching or subsequent bans.

It's just the latest outbreak of anti-Wigan hysteria which is akin to catnip for s.

Logic and precedent therefore doesn't come into it.

Trolls like you have found their vocation