It seems to me that every week there is an outpouring of righteous indignation regarding the results of the invisible disciplinary process. I believe that clubs, players, and supporters deserve a fairer, more transparent system.
So how about this for an idea.

Any player who, for whatever reason becomes subject to disciplinary action should be entitled to the following.

1. The player and his representative should be invited to attend the hearing.
2. The evidence used to determine the outcome, be it video or a report, should be reviewed with the player and his representative in attendance.
3. Both sides state their case regarding the evidence and the panel make their decision.
4. Decision a. Player accepts punishment.
Decision b. Panel accepts players explanation and no case to answer.
Decision c. Panel does not accept players explanation and sets punishment accordingly.
5. In the case of decision c, the announcement would be that the panel did not accept the players evidence and explanation and punishment set as per regulations.

An independent adjudicator would be ideal but within the RL family I don't think such a person exists.
It's not ideal but might help to clarify the suggestions bandied about of unfair treatment.

Any thoughts ?

What you're saying is roughly what happens now, the only difference is that contesting a ban comes after the decision to ban you has effectively been made, making it difficult to get overturned as it would show that the panel got it wrong.

The system was made to speed up the process as much as anything else.
There could be 50+ incidents a week to look at and the charge/no charge decision is taken first.

It works fine unless your players are charged or opposing players are not charged.

It's the difficulty of overturning a decision that needs addressing. If both parties review the evidence together a decision could be reached mutually, not always I agree, but it also stops the timewasting appeal process.

MATCH REVIEW PANEL MINUTES 18/02/2019 https://secure.rugby-league.com/ign_doc ... _FINAL.pdf

MATCH REVIEW PANEL MINUTES 18/02/2019 https://secure.rugby-league.com/ign_doc ... _FINAL.pdf

At the minute they just ask the lass on the drive through window what she thinks

Managed to pick up the Connor ban, a bit long, only taken a month for the rfl site to work properly...….

Relatively quiet this weekend...

Hallelujah

So there’s no case to answer for
Sam Tomkins pushing the referee to the ground.
Wow !

Joel Tomkins (Hull KR) - Grade D Questioning integrity of Match Official - Refer to tribunal

Ouch, the way they are going giving out bans this might be 3 or 4 if found guilty.

The way our luck has been I expected Danny to be sited for this tackle on Marc.....

… fortunately, hand on the ball doesn't matter any more, still a goal.