Seven games for questioning the integrity of a match official, six games for a spear tackle.

Obviously hurting someone's feelings is worse than potentially paralysing someone

Not condoning Griffin but how can that be more games than Kai O’Donnels tackle? Think that just about sums up the system.
Then the powers that be supposedly running the sport wonder why the games is losing fans and struggling.

Will be interesting to see if what the report does or doesn’t say.
To be honest nothing more than most expected the way the MRP & RFL work and officials and their performances are not allowed to be questioned.

Full report should be released tomorrow so it'll be interesting to see if what was said is quoted.

You can bet if it supports the RFL/MRP/Kendals view they will, if it supports Griffins view they won’t.

Be interesting to hear Smiths view on it as he mentioned he’d say his thoughts on it after the hearing.

Was josh McGuire's ban too long if he didn't do a spear tackle either?

Cue the list of the match officials for Thursday, though I doubt the RFL would so stupid to have Kendal involved.

Flower got 8 games for racial abuse. Griffin effectively got 7.5 games for saying something far less worse that racist language

He's been demoted to East Hull

I bet we get him


Edit....just checked and its Jack Smith

In comparison to the tackle that could have broken someone’s neck, paralysed them or worse then yes.

Certainly be interesting to know what was actually said as to the questioning of Kendals integrity.

For me both were wrong as Griffin should have bitten his lip and gone in for half time and Kendal should have been able to handle a clearly frustrated player and have the ability to de escalate rather than escalate the situation.

All the talk around player safety in recent years. Bringing in the HIA protocol, lengthening the amount of days you need to miss if you fail your HIA. Trialing tackling below the armpits. A large number of ex players looking to go to court over head injuries sustained.
All this, plus likely more, and in a week where we have seen one of the worst tackles seen on a pitch for a long long time, the RFL have still judged swearing at a ref to be a more serious event.

It's really hard to say whether 7 games is justified or not because we'll never find out what was said.
It just highlights another issue the game has, there is very little trust in the officials by the fans.
The MRP often seems opaque and the decisions arbitrary.

Strewth.
He's f00kin garboyle as well.
Class at squawking though.

Yeah cause Houghton is like lightning isn't he

Houghton will be a legend for tackle 52

But I also think we could of had so much better

Hodgson clark and roby far better than him for starters put them in 2016/17 side we win everything

Attack starts at dummy half people forget that