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@AaronBower
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RFL selecting player safety concerns on a game to game basis it seems.

Farcical.

That's the Covid equivalent of wearing a mask to walk in the restaurant and then taking it off when you sit down. What the actual flip??

Too far away.
Better if it was a suitable Challenge cup round when the Superleague clubs are playing

Its not just this season.

The officals cannot keep impartial and let little grudges develop, its been going on for seasons and why alot of fans get disillusioned with the sport.

Its not just cullen , youve got the inpet Robert Hicks in a top position too.

The whole setups an absolute farce. Its not fit for purpose. Im at the point where i wouldnt actually mind thr NRL taking over for us

Can they go on strike this weekend please?

Brierley had his ban overturned, and I thought his was just as bad as Herman's

I really don’t get the club not appealing the grading of Ese’ese charge when both the on field snd video ref clearly deemed it low end force. So either they made a poor decision or the MRP have been way over the top in the grade to be do far apart from the actual match officials on the night.

Personally don’t think as a club we appeal enough and are too soft.

I don't get why we aren't appealing against Ese'ese ban .

I wonder what Kendall & Moore are thinking , Two first grade refs decision overturned by a out of touch former player .
We all know Kendall gives out more cards than Clintons, so if he couldn't find anything malicious in the tackle , There has to be a element of doubt we could have exploited .

Sao downgraded to a grade B, available for the London game. Finally some common sense.

And only 3 for Pele, I'm actually shocked.

Exactly both Moore & Kendal are touted as the top refs in the game here so the MRP are pretty much saying they both made a howler in only awarding a yellow. So not only do you have to question why & how the MRP came up with a decision that is so far away from the onfield decision and then how are the officials going to feel being undermined so severely.

Just makes an absolutely mockery of the game and ability of onfield officials. Really do not see how anyone can really have faith or confidence in the MRP.

We are not proactive enough and since Smith has been here a general malaise when it comes to situations like this.
Said yesterday we should be appealing the Sao and Essee length of bans

Reckon had we appealed the Ese’ese ban & grading it would have been overturned.

Happy with 3 for Herman, was expecting 5 or 6. Not sure how he gets less than Watts though, as there was a punch too

Wonder if the rumours of strike and unhappy players have had an effective.

I agree Ese Ese shouldn't even have had a ban, it was a standard high tackle with minimal force.

Genuinely surprised. Especially given Pele’s grade E carried a 4-6 but gets 3

Not sure with Watts getting a 4 game ban which I think is harsh.

Still think the RFL have a major problem on their hands with the ineptitude of the MRP with Cullen as the Head/Chsir of the panel and needs resolving starting with Cullen being shown the door with immediate affect.

Got to be his previous record. Must have the record for most bans.

He's totally out of touch with the modern game , and proves everyone at the RFL / MRP and even the Referees are not singing from the same hymn sheet .
I feel a little for Watts also .

Pele got to be happy with that. Sao common sense prevailed, Ese'ese tough one probably right unfortunately, Watts previous suspensions probably not helped.

Though Ese'ese was lucky not to see red at the game so expected a few games. Pele has got off lightly, good job he didn't properly connect with Minchella

As Meatloaf once sang 'Two out of Three ain't bad'. Got to be happy with Pele only getting 3 and then Sao reduced to 1.

Still feel Ese'ese was more than worth an appeal given the match officials are deemed as two of the best we have. Moore was very clear it was low force so only a yellow, its the gap between what both Moore & Kendal ajudged and then what the MRP/Cullen ajudged, as the disparity between the two is poles apart. This for me shows a concerning lack of being on the same page between the officials and MRP panel which can not be good.

Think Pele was on for six+ weeks until the RFL got a sense of the media, public, and player reaction to round 1. For once the pre-season marketing seemed to be decent and they decided to torpedo the on field product at the first showing.