I thought the ref was looking to sin bin him last night at Whitehaven!

Having watched the 'Brawl' i'm staggered how we have finished up with so many double 'Ds' we've got more than Dolly Parton!!
Leigh need to get the best 'Brief' they can afford because it appears to be witch hunt for our players!
The Rugby League Press and Media already had our players Hung,Drawn and Quartered before they'd even seen the incidents!
Hocks 'Contact with an Official' charge is outrageous and must be vigorously challenged ! How was Gareth supposed to know who he was ? he was dressed in normal clothing ad carrying a Notepad which, suggested he could have been any Swinton Official with no right to be on the field of play, just like the multitude of other people! as for contact.
I wonder if there was as much Contact as our Borough Neighbours are alleged to have made on their Public day out

Will do no harm to give Mickey a rest anyhow.

play all 3 half backs and hood

Is there a link, please?

Whilst Mickey's actions probably weren't intentional, the tackle was dangerous. Luckily the opponent didn't seem to be injured and three matches would be about right, in my opinion.

I would be somewhat disappointed if Hock got more than three matches too. He threw less than half the punches that Brad Singleton and Ashton Sims landed (the Disciplinary said "several"icon_wink.gif and they only got one match each. As for contact with the match official - well, that's laughable, as the guy shouldn't have been on the pitch, surely? And he was hardly 'hi-viz' as a match official!

It may be harder to defend Jamie's apparent actions, though - in my opinion.

The RFL have posted it on their twitter account

Thanks derek. I don't do twitter.

Cheers, 'prop'

It was a bad tackle, but it was out of character for Micky and the other lad jumped straight up without any problems. 3 matches is probably fair although it seems inconsistent with SL equivalent but I guess that is nothing new!

More important IMO that we get Hock's 'touching an official' charge over turned. That was a ludicrous charge and hopefully the RFL will see sense (I know, I know!) and not let the fact that it is Hock blind them from making the right decision.

Correct it could have been anyone coming on to the field

Gaz Hock "pleads guilty to Grade D repeated punching (vs Swinton) - 3 match suspension and £100 fine"

No issues with that, it's the next one that we need to fight to get overturned.

fair suspension cant keep punching players.Other charge if hes found guilty is a stitch up