match official should have to wear something so that the players know who he is

Good.

Hate to say it but I think they pretty much got that spot on.

I don't think Acton would have got 7 matches if he was a SL player but he only has himself to blame as he lost the plot.

Higham and Hock were probably treated fairly and I was pleasantly surprised they saw sense on the touching an official charge. It is 100% the correct decision but I still didn't expect it to be overturned.

Hopefully Acton and Hock will get a real b*llocking from Jukes as they can't go losing control like that, provoked or not. Could cost us big time in the middle 8's.

Higham's was bad but accidental. He's a big loss but could probably do with a rest anyway.

Hopefully this is the last incident of this nature we are involved in this season!

My initial reaction is that we have been treated fairly

I don't think Higham's tackle was malicious, but it sure looked dangerous.

I feared the worst for Acton, who now really needs to get his act together. If he can do that, he could be an outstanding RL player.

I'm pleased that Hock was found not guilty of making contact with an official. His three match ban for 'repeated punching' is probably fair, although it doesn't stack up against Singleton and Sims' one match bans - they definitely connected with more blows than Hock did!

Settle for those bans. I know it is an oft used phrase but "lessons must be learned".

Not seen the footage of Acton's actions, but were his punches any worse than Sir Jamie Peacocks (sin binned no ban) v Leigh 2 years ago in the challenge cup ?

There's a link on page 3 of this thread Budgie of the incident.

Whilst I can't complain too much about the charges on our players, I find it hard to accept that Josh Barlow only gets 2 matches for running on as a sub to join in a fight.

Dan Fleming was also cited 6 times in the same match, surely some sort of record! Was cited for 2 separate counts of punching (found guilty of both) and 4 separate counts of leading with the elbow (charged with 1) and yet only misses 2 matches.

Zach Johnson also found guilty of punching but received no ban.

Hard not to feel as though we have ended up coming off much worse in the disciplinary from a fight that appeared to be equally ill disciplined from both sides

Ah well, guess we will have to take it on the chin. At least Gaz and Micky should be back for the London game!

Cheers Ian, hard to see everything clearly, but looks like he does 'loes the plot' on the touchline (knees/kicking out ?)..... But for only 'throwing punches' I've seen a lot worse, and not for 3 or 4 game bans. I guess they must take the players 'previous history' into account, but at the end of the day a 'punch is a punch' impeccable record/self defence or not.

Well i think we came off alot better than people thought. Its a bonus to only get 3 for gaz, and micky can certainly do with a rest. Obviously not so good for acton.

I would have given him another 3 matches for his silly theatrics of stating that he put the player to sleep / knocked out.

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

MoiMoi and Weston are model professionals who play hard and take it hard. Why do we have to have players with potential having to play the part of Mr Big in todays era of RL.

You just cannot get away with it now, and I hope Derek has internally fined them. Play like this in the middle 8's, forget it !

Jamie will know he was wrong and despite that it well help in the the long run.

He'll be back for the middle 8's and I think he's our most improved forward this season.

Sorry about it but he will have a point to prove come August. Lets wait and see.

Thats the difference between a Grade B and a D. Grade B being striking or punching,Grade D being sustained punching ie: multiple punches with nothing coming back.

The sad fact is the disciplinary saw it differently. Part of the Swinton players' defence was that it was in retaliation, which I think the details on the RFL site shows as being a consideration for leniency. Would seem the RFL think our players were main instigators.