I wouldn't hold out much hope of an appeal if i were Wire fans either. As Solomona said he would respect the panel's decision.

Was it worthy of a ban?

LOL

Did these Leeds fans also notice that Sinfield and Kirke were also "let off" by the same panel for incidents in the game against Quins?

Very good. But still waiting for an answer to the question.

Try reading the disciplinary item it's all explained in there. I still wouldn't expect it to alter your delusional view of the world though, so perhaps don't bother.

Wow ... it's been a long time since someone's disagreed with you, hasn't it.

What was to stop them reaching the same conclusion before he was even charged? They had all the same evidence.

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.

Nothing to do with him pleading guilty, and the player subsequently being injured from the incident?

They reviewed it, he pleaded guilty, was found guilty and got banned. Or perhaps it was a ploy to stop him from enjoying the final on TV.

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.

They've got a duty of care to all players. They deemed an incident of potentially unnecessary pressure to the head or neck of an opponent worthy of investigation, investigated and found him not guilty. I believe that in this instance it was OTT but, i'm glad that the RFL are investigating potential attacks to the head or neck.

I understand that as a collective we as fans don't have much faith in the RFL but to read the disciplinary items and still come to the conclusion that the RFL are conspiring against us is laughable.

I think the conspiracy theorists exaggerate things greatly. But I still think the Hansen citation was pretty harsh given that the player and his team were preparing for the Challenge Cup final.

Anyway, that's my final thought on it. Certainly don't want to turn this into a prolonged slanging match.

Not expecting them to get far in the playoffs, then?