Except putting it on report and giving a penalty

To be fair there isn't a standard ban, they fairly took into account the mitigation, which in Ferres' case was considerable. I think he's been a bit lucky too.

I dread to think what the outcome of that tackle had to be to get the full 8 games.

Yeah I agree, and a bit like the NRL disciplinary at the moment there isn't going to be a ban length that pleases everyone. I still think that it was about the most dangerous thing a tackler could realistically do in a game, in which case 5 games isn't enough in my opinion.

I think there must have been an element of his good record saving him a bit. If it was Gareth Hock it would have been a nailed on 8 games.

Nah Hock would be out for 2 years. It's mandatory in the RFL rule book now, under sub-section n (for numbskull).


I was thinking 7 or 8, but he did plead guilty so you would need to knock a match or 2 off for that. Plus he got a red card, so you could knock another match off for time served.

I know it was not a full match, but one side got the advantage of him not playing, so you could see it as 8 games with 2 knocked off for the guilty plea.