I think everyone is under-playing the first punch. He put enormous effort into it and connected with a much smaller man.

How can the first punch warrant 4 matches when it was in reaction to a forearm that only warranted 1?

Well if we're going to go down that line then how many matches is Flower's swinging arm to the head from behind that started the whole thing off worth? Calculators out people.

You Wigan fans

Banned for six months.

April 14th

Effectively an 8 game ban including the World Club Series. Could easily be argued that he's got off quite lightly.

If grade F is a minmum of 8 then the rfl must have thought it was at the lower end of the scale. You must have to decapitate someone to get more.

6 months sounds more severe than 8 games but it's just an 8 game ban in effect.

Pathetic sentence.
If it was 6 months from the very first game of the season then I'd be happy, but he's only going to miss a couple of months.

To me that's on the short side. Whilst it is a significant ban my gut reaction is it is too short. I am sure there will be people who think it is too long though.

I did expect him to get off lightly, which he has done, so hes very very lucky.

Too short IMO.

Could be public enemy number one when he returns.

Six months from now? So he misses all the games that are played over the winter?

Oh hang on...

So the RFL bottle it once again.

What is the point of a six month ban when the season is four months away? Should be six months from the first game of the season.