Quote: shinymcshine "I'm sort of interested how the offence of "Running in and Punching" can be classified over several different categories, each with a significantly different penalty?
Shouldn't there just be one category with the range of punishment varied to match the severity?
Otherwise it's not really tackling the issue - e.g. well I'll run in a punch a bit and I might get a Cat B, whilst if I run in & welly someone then I might get a Cat F. Err, no, just don't run in & punch at all!'"
The RFL split it in to 2 categories.
Running in and Punching (B-D grade)
Running in and Punching somebody off guard (E-F grade)
3 categories for the Kicking offence as well.
Light Contact (A-B)
Full Contact (C-D)
Full Contact violent and aggressive (E-F)
This charge is odd because he's been charged with Kicking but he's used his knees and there's separate category for Knee strikes.