MC just said on twittrr: for once Im throwing some money at proper legal defence.Sick&tired of the MRP &it will make me feel better when we still lose

I am led to understand that Widnes DID report this. When and how I am not sure.

This may be the reason the MRP have gone back to the incident.

If he's gouged, deliberately, then he deserves a ban, but I agree with others, that no player deliberately damages an opponents eyes.

I would think that MC and SM would believe there is no offence if MC is throwing money at a defence strategy. Maybe Hudgell can help out, as it's his line of business and there's no love lost between him and the RFL.

So how long does it take Heremaia to report he was gouged. The game was on the Friday, so three days later he still hasn't reported it? Surely Moore can't be banned on the word of one person, especially one who was laying into the alleged perpetrator whilst he was prone on the floor.

Having watched the footage a few times I reckon Heremaia is a very lucky man to get away with what he did, and ought to keep his mouth firmly closed.

Too right, you can clearly see him throwing a punch as he dives onto Scott!

He was found guilty but took an early plea. He didn't get off as such

I believe that Heremia tried to make the complaint to Cobb as he was leaving the field but was told to leave which is fair enough. It was reported to the match commissioner at that point of the game. It has been in the process of being investigated since. I'm assuming that the investigation is finished they have collected whatever evidence they feel they need and they are ready for the hearing.

If there is evidence to prove it actually happened - ban him for an appropriate length of time, and we will feel rightly let down.

If it proves to be spurious and without any evidence - then I assume the RFL has a process to deal with false and malicious allegations; and I'm sure they'll get around to investigating Denis' outburst... eventually.

Just because something is not proven doesn't mean it never happened? It just means there is a clear lack of evidence.
And Denis has been punished exactly the same as Paul Anderson in the same time frame.

What makes you believe that? I'm pretty certain there is no sound on the video and he makes no motion to point at his eyes.
If it was reported at the time, why didn't they raise it in the disciplinary hearing? All the evidence needed would be the same evidence they would need for the fight in which this incident was supposed to take place.

I'm completely with any ban that comes after evidence of any wrong doing, but all I've seen or heard so far is from Widnes fans who already think Moore is the devil and want him burned at the stake for daring to enter the Widnes post code.

And considering Mr Betts made an out burst that he knew was worth a £500 bill, you'd think he'd have got this one in too to get his money's worth.

Just to add obviously that if there isn't any conclusive proof then I completely agree that there should be no penalty to serve.

I may as well say there is no evidence to prove you are not an alien.