Banned from all club related rugby activity until 14th April 2015.

Including training etc?

All club activity? So no training with the team till 15th of April? That's really like a 7/8 month ban in reality

That's a pretty weighty ban.

To be honest from a justice point of view it seems fair.

From a PR point of view it seems short sighted by a few days.

He'll still be banned for good friday, which fwiw is 3rd of April next year

I think it's pretty harsh IMHO. It's effectively 11 game ban. I thought 8 match would have been about right.

The RFL have now set the marker for futre bans.

Only for players punching unconscious people on the ground, which I've never seen before and doubt I will again.

They have not set a marker for future bans . only for that type of offence of which in nearly 50 years of watching R.L i have rarley seen the like .only ones that i can remember that come near are Newtons , Boyd and Cassidy. Flower as i understand it will be allowed to train and will hopefully get over this and move on as should everyone else . Regarding the Saints statement , it is pretty clear what it is saying without stating the obvious and getting the club in trouble . Everyone in the game has a certain responsability towards the game and Wigan and Wane in particular need to realise that . For someone such as Wane who has brought talented youngsters through and trophies to the club he very much at times comes through as that loud mouth Sunday morning amateur coach who has never any praise for the opposition (sarcastic or thinly veilled apart) and has the worlds against us syndrome . Well perhaps the world is against them but that is down to his attitude and some of Wigans close to the line if not over it tactics in recent years

The next time the is a punch thrown, elbow or shocker of a high shot, every fan, club and coach will be calling for x amount of month ban (especially Wigan fans).

The Wigan fans have started already, some wanted a 4 match ban for Lance.

Looking at the Flower ban I think he's got off a bit lightly, the disciplinary don,t seem to have covered the pre and post event, this is where Flower started it all hitting the head of Lance from behind when he wasn,t looking before Lance retaliated later. There was also a ground level suspicious forearm smash on Wellens face in retaliation of Wellens running in.
It seems as though the ban is just for the final "kill" punch and nothing else.

Eamonn McManus has behaved with a lot more dignity and understanding of Rugby League than all the press and news media put together. Thank heavens for that.

Of course it won't be enough for the hang and flog em brigade, many of whom have treated us to new depths of asininity on here.

I'm only glad that he didn't injure Hohai. I mean a life ban for that? Where on earth do you go if he'd say, broken an eye socket? On no wait punching a guy without provocation, who is defenceless on the ground early in a GF...I'm getting a strong sense of deja vu

I think it is time to draw a line under the affair and move on, looking forward to Good Friday already.