is there any chance of Thompson being back for this one? i dont remember hearing an update on him in a while

Doubt it mind. Leeds have appealed against Martins ban and hearing rumours that Fusitua, Newman, Handley and Oledzki will all be available.

Appealed against Martin's ban again?

Yeah they’ve appealed against the frivolous extension, like they did Newman’s ban earlier in the season

And that ended well

What a bizarre system that you can make an appeal, have it labelled frivolous then make another appeal, with no increase even if it said second appeal was frivolous.

Well there was no added game so might as well have a go even to waste their time for shts and giggles.

Free Rhyse Martin

In best Duchess of Sussex stylee, could we compare Rhyse’s plight to Mandela’s struggle for freedom ?

Without Martin I feel we go with:

Myler, Fusitua/Briscoe, Newman, Hardaker, Handley, Austin, Sezer, Oledzki, Leeming, Prior, Bentley, Donaldson, O’Connor

Dwyer, Tetevano, Smith, Sutcliffe.

On that note why have our players been discriminated against so much this year?

Sneeze and you're banned.

The ridiculousness of the above doesn't surprise me, it's symptomatic of the shoddy, and sometimes random way in which the game is run. They probably couldn't add another game because it's not written in the rules i.e they probably didn't anticipate a scenario where someone would appeal again after the initial appeal.Otherwise, it makes no sense.

So apparently sezer is a doubt, Mik touch and go, Handley and Gannon definitely out.

I agree, but trouble is it’s hardly helping our ‘relationship’ with the MRP/Disciplinary which May account for some of the extra harsh treatment we appear to be getting this season compared to bans they hand out to others for same/worse acts of alleged ‘foul play’

He's a pretty straight talker is Rohan, but I do wonder if he might have something up his sleeve this week. Sezer would be a very big miss.