Anyone looking at that would be more than justified in thinking the system is bent. Both incidents are against the same team 1 week apart. In the Wigan incident the players all appeal and a penalty and sin bin follow. In the Hull incident not a single player appeals for anything and a penalty isn't given. Wigan incident no resulting ban. Hull incident is a 2 match ban.

The level of incompetence is just astounding.

It's not incompetence. It's entirely deliberate.

And for the record, Tansey's ban is even more of a joke.

I totally agree with you. When you continually see the trend of the same clubs receiving different treatment, it's hard to interpret it any other way.

Exactly. If it had been a bad tackle worthy of a two match ban, you would expect at least one Cas player to react in some way.

Unfortunately its been the same for as long as I can remember. If Paea had made that same tackle a week before a cup final he would have been cleared. Bowen was cleared purely to allow him to play in the WCC. We had Poore banned for 2 matches for a punch yet Morley nutted and threw a punch and never even went to red hall, the lack of consistency is shocking.
The other thing with the retrospective banning is who does it actually benefit, certainly not the team who had the offence committed against them. In televised games the ref should use the VR / big screen to make sending off decisions, thought the ref in the Wales Scotland RU game was spot on the other week, he yellowed a guy for a head high, watched the replay and called him back and gave a red.

I watched it earlier and I couldn't believe it. A mate next door called in for 5 minutes and I showed him it. He's Red and White through and through and he had to watch it three times as he couldn't see anything in it.

We already know it but i'll reiterate it - the RFL are bent.

I am absolutely baffled by this. Looks like a nothing challenge and had to watch the clip a few times to try and see what was wrong with it.

Comparing it to the Flowers incident just makes it worse. It's the exact same challenge but Paea gets a completely different punishment? Makes no sense at all.

I thought the RFL was pretty incompetent before this but they've just managed to sink to a whole new level. Bravo RFL, bravo!

The sad thing about this decision and others like it is that it emmbarreses the sport. Many years ago we were held up for discipline and how we dealt with offences. Those days have gone.

Indeed.

And it seems there is some reaction to the Flower tackle which proves it was worse and he ended up getting penalised and sin-binned

Absolutely. The Elima one against us is a prime example. A disgusting attack on Azza's leg, gets a penalty and on report at the time. Elima banned for 4 games, none of which we benefit from.

TBH Football has this right to a certain extent. Red card is given, perhaps in the heat of the moment, that can be, and often is, rescinded after examination by the ref. The team that the foul is against gains some benefit (as there is likely to have been a foul at some point), not the teams due up next. On report is still a massive cop out that benefits nobody