That would stir the crowd too much. Far easier and defensive to deal with it behind cowed doors with scanty video evidence in some cases. The Panel needs to justify it’s existence…….

It was off the ball, at exactly the same time as a big tackle was being made on the actual ball carrier, in a non-televised game.
Which of those two things happening at the same time do you think the referee and the touchies should have been looking directly at? It was caught, presumably in peripheral vision, by the officials but there was never going to be enough to go on there to send him off.

Does no Broadbent in the 21 indicate a confidence in walkers fitness or Newmans or both I wonder?

21 man squad
The squad in full is:

1 Jack Walker sponsored by ACS Stainless Steel Fixings
2 David Fusitu’a sponsored by Berrys
3 Harry Newman sponsored by Warners Fish Merchants
4 Liam Sutcliffe sponsored by Mtech
5 Ash Handley sponsored by Roxy Ball Room
7 Aidan Sezer sponsored by Vale Services
8 Mikolaj Oledzki sponsored by LR Motors (Yorkshire) Limited
9 Kruise Leeming (c) sponsored by Fenton Finance
10 Matt Prior sponsored by K-Bins
11 James Bentley sponsored by Trivent Ltd
12 Rhyse Martin sponsored by Mailway Packaging Solutions
13 Zane Tetevano sponsored by NIC FM Services Group
14 Brad Dwyer sponsored by The Artisan Drinks Co
15 Alex Mellor sponsored by Horbury Dental Laboratories
16 Richie Myler sponsored by Y F Furniture
17 Cameron Smith sponsored by Warners Fish Merchants
19 Bodene Thompson sponsored by ACS Stainless Steel Fixings
20 Tom Briscoe sponsored by Wetherby Whaler
21 Morgan Gannon sponsored by Simon Baynes
24 Jarrod O’Connor Available for Sponsorship
25 James Donaldson sponsored by ACS Stainless Steel Fixings

So looking like:

Walker
Fus
Newman
Briscoe/Sutcliffe
Handley
Myler
Sezer
Mik
Leeming
Prior
Bentley
Martin
Tet

Dwyer
Smith
Mellor/Donaldson
Thompson/Gannon

That maybe the case on this occasion, but in that respect this was something of a one off, with the tackle that followed it.
Presumably if a similar late push or shove like Austins happens, that is seen at the time, the player will be sent off. If we are going to see consistency.

Walker
Fusitua
Newman/Briscoe
Sutcliffe
Handley
Myler
Sezer
Mik
Leeming
Prior
Bentley
Martin
Smith

Dwyer
Tetavano
Thompson
Mellor

I’m sure this will come to bite me on the bottom but is it just me or does the Warrington squad not look overly scary on paper?

They do look lighter than us in the prop department?

Matty Ashton, Joe Bullock, Rob Butler, Josh Charnley, Daryl Clark, Jason Clark, Mike Cooper, Ben Currie, Matt Davis, Oliver Holmes, Ellis Longstaff, Peter Mata’utia, Robbie Mulhern, Joe Philbin, Stefan Ratchford, Ellis Robson, Josh Thewlis, Danny Walker, Gareth Widdop, George Williams, Connor Wrench.

Don’t think Walker ready for a start and Newman won’t be risked
So Sutty half, may see Mellor at centre…

Don't think you will find many Wire fans disgreeing with you, we thought we weren't good/big enough upfront last year, this season we have lost Hill and replaced him with Bullock.

I'm guessing Powell will try and play a game that suits a more mobile pack and hopefully he can get the spine working to good structure - thats where our strength lies I think. That said I think we wont be firing for the first few rounds as things bed in - we looked disorganised vs Wigan in the friendly, so I expect a Leeds win on Saturday - you'll be too strong for us up front and I'm not sure we'll be as fluent as we need to be in attack.

Looking forward to the game though, good following coming over so should look good on C4.

Personally I'd go for

Sutcliffe/ Myler
Fusitu'a
Newman ( if fit)
Brisco
Handley
Myler/ Sutcliffe
Sezer
Oledzki
Leeming
Prior
Bentley
Martin
Smith

Subs
Walker
Tetevano
Dwyer
Thompson/ Donaldson

I think we should ease walker back into full game time given his injury record. Sezer is skillful enough and experienced enough too control both half back spots pretty much whilst Austin serves his one match ban. I'd only play Newman if he was 100% fit no point risking anything in round 1.

Watching Saints v Cats.
I really hope we've improved our fitness levels if we're to have any chance of competing at this level.

They look like they want to kill each other.

Saints on a different level