He is contesting the charge!!! That seems unbelievable, on TV it seemed clear that he made contact with 4 seperate punches (one on the ground and 3 after he got to his feet). He punched the guy 4 times, how can he claim he is not guilty?
I would have thought he should get the top end of the punishment or EGPs are pointless, it seems a crazy decision to contest the charge - cue the committee agreeing that his clenched fist was headbutted 4 times.
The real scandal though is that Thaler didn't send him off - we will never know but Leigh could be in the semis if Thaler had not bottled it.

leeds are desperate for him to play

it wouldnt suprise me in the slightest if its downgraded to a grade a with NFA. yet wardle was charged with grade C- obviously he punches harder
expect kr and wakey fans to be upset if thats the case given moore and weymans bans.

sarsfield didn't throw any punches, same as ablett, so whats the difference?
not looking for any theories just pointing out the inconsistencies.

you are getting upset now though. Now it involves JP. I don't recall any Leeds fans stating wardle should have received SOS after provocation by wind up extraordinaire ablett.( Plenty calling for a ban for briers though)Or stating weymans ban is harsh.
As for the homophobic comment - well those with 1970s views like that won't have their minds changed. Do you think 5-8 games would be harsh if Briscoe calls mcgilvray the n word on Thursday?

He got off with just a fine!

are you particularly surprised wishy?

It's a bit bad he hasn't been banned.. Very inconsistent disciplinary panel but nothing new there.
I'm glad he hasn't though. One less excuse if we beat them and it'll help our players out playing big game players like him... Especially in the position where we need to back up a big win with another.

If that was anyone they would of got a few matches and a fine. But because it's Leeds they get away with it. Happens with Wigan and Saints as well.

Headbutts probably count as a physical assault !!

well no surprises there then!

its up to ken to support the hull clubs chairman and demand changes at Red hall
with sharp and ganson ruining things the game will never change

Might be wrong but maybe they took his past record into account.
Not sure how they can say he was provoked when the Leigh player didn't even get his wrist slapped.
But there you go that's Redhall for you.

because he's a "true inspiration" to the game and a "great guy" and all that marlarky. Every player gets treated differently which is wrong

Wardle got a couple of games because he had a long history of punching people.................oh hold on