im getting closer to giving up watching with every petty penalty and bans for sweet fa.

Sionne Matatuia (SP) got 3 match ban last yr for similar pulling Levi up for faking an injury.

Maybe the Disciplinary Committee when they are analysing each game to the "n" degree should impose bans on players who make miraculous recoveries after they have played the ball and were quite obviously wasting time by feigning an injury.

But that was a bloke on the floor pretending to be injured. And nobody knows at the time if an injury is genuine or not, so that is a big no no. Vaughan grabbed a bloke who was already getting up of his own accord.

But was getting up slowly; Vaughan assumed it was time wasting but he didn’t know. It would hardly be the first injured player gets up gingerly. The circumstances are comparable, and to be fair to the MRP if we scream consistency at them, they are being consistent in this circumstance.

The reality is both instances were handled incredulously, but until we as fans stop pointing and laughing because “it’s those over the other side of the hills turn this time” the MRP will continue to do as they are doing; ruining the sport. Tribalism has let them create a situation where they have as much sway over a season as a ref does and that’s just insane.

The MRP is an absolute joke and we’ll chunner but we’ll stop short of blaming some sort of RFL wide conspiracy stopping us winning the One Peat.

I'm not sure what difference there is between a person laying down and being potentially injured and kneeling/getting up gingerly and potentially injured. You can get to your feet with an incredibly serious injury. Also, Vaughan moves Mata'utia, Mata'utia just lifted Levi's shirt in a 'get up' type gesture, so there's as much arguement for increasing it as there is reversing it.

It's a tough one as clearly there's nothing malicious in it from Vaughan and it does seem a daft thing to be banned for. But the harshness of the punishments for Mata'utia and SKD were to deter players from doing it and it clearly hasn't worked. Vaughan doesn't know whether Mata'utia is injured anymore than the previous incidents. Walmsley started getting up of his own accord twice after breaking his neck in almost the same spot if you remember. The onus is on the players not to touch the ball carrier once the tackle is complete. Just step away and let the referee sort it out. That removes the need for any debate about what an appropriate punishment is. Pulling him up should either result in a six again or a red card, neither is beneficial to his team.

Rugby league in this country is fast becoming a joke sport with a huge lack of talent both on & off the pitch, and the MRP are just accelerating it's return to the semi pro era.

It won't be long before we're even more of a "oh no, there's no amateur women's golf so we'd better screen some Super League" option on sky.

The game is a million miles away from the NRL, they're practically different sports.

Para 1: Well our player got banned for something vaguely similar so you should suck it up.

Para 2: We need to stop pointing and laughing when it happens to a player from a rival team.

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