Escapes ban.

Great news

Bulls Prop Nick Scruton was tonight fined £300 after being found guilty of a reckless high tackle on Castleford's Gareth O’Brien.
Scruton, was accompanied by Head Coach Francis Cummins and Football Manager Stuart Duffy and the trio argued that the tackle was legal and to the shoulder of his opponent.
The Disciplinary panel listened to the argument and felt that tackle was not serious enough to warrant a Grade B charge and downgraded the offence to Grade A. They then imposed a fine of £300 but no suspension, pointing out that players making tackles had a duty of care to their opponent but acknowledging that the initial contact had been with the shoulder.
Scruton is therefore free to play against St Helens on Saturday.

Great news.


However it does mean that Ganson was right.....

Just a thought...what was he actually charged with then? The tackle did not make contact with the head so the offence was.....

Fair decision, and still means Ganson was wrong as he has been found guilty of a high tackle, but initial impact was on the shoulder.

They say the "initial" contact was with the shoulder.
Of course he hit O'Brien's head, that was after the shoulder.
Scruton could also have pulled out of the "tackle".

Maybe they felt they had to come up with something up to stop themselves looking wassocks for charging him?

Good news, nevertheless. No firing squad on the quarterdeck this time.

The collective apoplexy from the relative few who were after blood (Not Nottingham Tiger; he has argued his case fairly and objectively) will soon die down.

Although a regular poster on this thread, I was never "after blood". I started the thread believing that the tackle made contact with O'Brien's head. This has been proven by the disciplinary panel and accepted by Scruton and Cummings. He was right to be found guilty of making contact with the head, but due to his previous record I think a fine is a fair punishment.

Where does state all this....I just checked RFL disciplinary pages and Scruton's case hasn't been updated yet. Not that I'm bothered with the outcome!

It's up on the bulls twitter feeds

www.sportinglife.com/rugby-leagu ... ban-stands

www.sportinglife.com/rugby-leagu ... ban-stands

And Sporting Life site.

What a complete joke the disciplinary is.
Ben Westwood plays the ball then walks five yard forward to have a go at Webb,gets one match, I'm no fan of Webbs, but what was he supposed to do, and he gets one game ban.leon drops his knees deliberately into someone's head and gets no ban cos he took early guilty plea
Of all four up before the beak this week Leon's was the worst and he ends up getting the least,he can't put in a guilty plea for 12 month,wow

For once I agree with you. Although, technically, this thread is about the Nick Scruton tackle. However, I appreciate that this is one of the few forums on this site you are not banned from.