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.

When you have a panel that have backtracked on several appeals including a no charge for Brierley it clearly shows it is not fit for purpose.
Thats a large percentage they have got wrong and surely the RFL must look into its future performance or bring in a new panel.
If i were in the RFL i would be on the phone to Gaz Ellis and form a new panel around him

A reminder of the panel and the process. They even point out that only one of the six is from Yorkshire.

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I noticed that the other day when I looked and it's as if they're proud of that fact as it just seems an odd thing to state when you'd think they'd be stating the MRP consists of the best people qualified etc, though they'd not be able to declare that when Paul 'cliché' Cullen is the Head/Chair of the MRP.

And the last player out of that panel to have recently played the game was over 10 years ago .

Herman has a slight knock anyway so the ban probably helps him rest it rather than play with it and make it worse

The segment with Wilkin & JJB trying to show how Watts should have tackled Dupree was farcical . We'd probably get a lot more defenders with head injuries from the ball carrying arm of the attacker . You could sense between them they knew they were talking shoite .

I think they need to start showing old clips of these pundits and those taking legal action playing years ago, guarantee that not every tackle they made wasnt legal! The players arent robots, mistakes happen.

I totally agreed with Wilkin tonight in everything he said regarding the game , I wonder how long before Sky will be whispering in the ears of the SL/RFL about the quality of the games we are now witnessing .

Too late for FC 2 of the most ridiculous red cards in the history of the game and as Uncle Tony said “it has repercussions for the future” I took to mean he doesn’t have the banned players available for future games. I’m losing the ability to breathe.

Looks like Hull are top of the list of being shafted this year , its ridiculous . Any more of this and I am done watching RL. If past and present players where that concerned about head injuries they should have been wearing skull caps , not many around these days, so the players who are whinging cant have been that concerned .

That last night was the most retarded red card ive seen .

As we started all this controversy with the sending off of Sao,Pele and the card suspension for Essee i wonder if it will be Hull FC that finishes all these ridiculous new rules given last nights red card decision.
Such is the backlash in the sport there is no way that Brown will be suspended but the RFL will have to go away and rethink the game.
Wonder which team will be the first to walk off the pitch if this continues

Repercussions could well mean the future of the sport as SKY and other stakeholders may well decide that they’ve had enough of the way the sport is governed and the ineptitude of those involved.

Don't bet on it. There was widespread criticism of Watts' red card but he was still banned. Based on Griffiths' comments to Brown "forceful and dangerous, there's no mitigation" Brown is potentially looking at a five to six game ban.

I think it was Bradford that walked off the pitch in the old Northern days after they had a
Number of players sent off, I think it was against rovers (could be wrong).