The MRP treated Saints more harshly than other clubs for a long time after the Knowles appeal, and still are, because we embarrassed them and showed them up for the incompetent fools they are. I'm not suggesting this is a deliberate, coordinated move, I think they just don't like us. With the RFL's ridiculous policy of not rotating the panel to ensure personal issues and clear conflicts of interests don't cloud it, my theory is they don't like Saints and probably Mike Rush on a personal level.

They can't just make bans up however as they would just be thrown out on appeal as it's looked at by different people.

Yes, I remember that, but I think it was a 9s Competition not 7 A-Side.

I was asking about a 13 A-Side knock-out competition final, I can`t remember one after the Lancashire Cup Final that I related to.

I'm pretty sure we've won 6 of the last 7 knock out / play off games against St Helens...

I seem to recall they beat us at the HJ in a playoff eliminator by a Danny Richardson drop goal that hit the bar and went over? May have been about 5 years ago now i cannot remember.

I think that was a normal league game near the end of the season wasn't it?

Could well have been TBH. I just recall it having a playoff kind of occasion to it.