Not pretty to watch but I can't believe Hock got grade D for touching a match official for THAT?!

Hock gives a slight push to a lad in a grey hoody and some tracksuit bottoms who is hanging around the edge of the fight.

How is he supposed to know that is an rfl official? He's already seen Josh Barlow come to join in the fight off the bench in his subs bib and there were all sorts of trainers, physios, stewards in there breaking things up.

I thought he had shoved over a linesman or grabbed hold of the ref! Can't believe it's a grade D because the guy who holds up the substitute numbers got a bit of a nudge trying to break up a bit of biff. Good grief!

The fourth official shouldn't have been on the pitch, as far as Hock's 'contact' with him is concerned it was minimal on someone who he didn't acknowledge as being part of the game. If he gets any punishment for that we should scrap the disciplinary committee and replace them with people who have a brain.

He did get in some good digs in the previous spat and Higham's tackle was poor.

I'm no fan of Hock, but he can't be suspended. As far as he knew, this was a stranger on the pitch who could have run on from the stands.
Only match officials wearing the appropriate clothing should be on the pitch.

Unfortunayely his past history wont help him. Must say never been hocks biggest fan, but he seems to of settled down really well, it will be a shame if he gets a hefty ban.

I had to watch this 3 times to work out who the 4th official is (and I'm still guessing as he looks like someone who has nothing to do with officiating) and that the contact with the 4th official was when he pushed him away as he surprised Hock by approaching him from the side of the mess. Are 4th officials not supposed to wear some kind of outfit that clearly identifies who they are. If not then that needs to be addressed. If yes and a grey hoody and sweat pants is it, then that needs to be addressed. If yes and he was not wearing it, then the 4th official needs to be dealt with not Hock.
Either way I agree with Reffy on this one, the contact with the official charge should be flushed.

He did, but my point is that they were 'hadbags' compared with what happened in the incident in the Warrington v Leeds game - and they got one match each. Of course, neither of them was Gareth Hock!

Correct,he broke the rules.He should get a grade C for entering the field of play without permission and grade D for touching an official player.

where is the incident docent appear to be on LCTV yet

Check the link, posted by 'Yorkshire_man' on the previous page of this thread.

His apology is all that really matters now

His 'apology' means sod all.

apology means nowt, however Hock appears to be defending himself after being punched about 3 times from what i can see.
the "match official" i asked someone in work to point him out they picked the wrong person twice when i pointed who it was they said :looks like a physic or something" and the question is why was he on the sidelines in the first place.

The match official charge on Hock is clearly unsustainable imo. Re retaliation how many punches would you take b4 u reacted ?

Acton took the punches..

The brawl was fairly bad & Hock does go round looking for the player while Acton really gets stuck in too. However Dan Fleming (was it?) runs in & starts punching Emmitt off the ball gets a 1 match ban for it grade B. Hock wanders round & starts punching a player in some pushing and shoving, Grade D. How two so similar incidences get so differently graded is beyond me, it's almost as if a different person has graded the Leigh players & Swinton players. Grade D for Micky's throw is also farcical. Hopefully sense will prevail & we won't be without player for too long, however this is Hock we're talking about so officials could decide on anything.