Quote: Suzy Banyon "Besides Hansen and the coaching staff's testimony, yeah. In effect they sent the incident for review, reviewed it and found him not guilty. But no, it's a conspiracy against Wigan to knock us off our stride before the final.
Never mind Solomona getting banned from potentially Wire's biggest game of the season.'"
I'm pretty sure that somewhere down the line someone said the recommended minimum punishment for this kind of offence is a single match ban. I didn't see the Solo incident, but if Solo pleaded guilty, which he supposedly did, there's not much else they could do.
I did see the Hansen incident. I also saw Wigan's explanation, which gave good insight into tackling technique etc, but even without that I thought the citation was frivolous. There was nothing intentional or even reckless in that tackle. They ought to have the expertise to recognise that without the accused player having to explain it to them.