Apparently Thaler thought it could have been a red card for the tackle on Whiting, but couldn't decide which of the three was at fault, so didn't bother doing any of them. Precedent set there. Multiple offenders, just a caution. Stinks tbh.

Send them all off, deal with the repercussions after. The message about dangerous tackles needs to sent out.

I'm watching the ask the ref tweets too. As you say provided you spear tackle with the help of at least one of your mates all should be ok. The game has become a joke.

They actually said that? Wow. That's just...wow.

.@Weroamtherange (1/2) Sadly, we can’t sin bin for this offence, I totally agree that this incident could have been a dismissal #asktheref

.@Weroamtherange 2/2 but as 3 players in tackle was hard to determine who was at fault only option is to put incident on report & penalise

that's what we're up against I'm afraid.

Jesus jumping Christ. Send them all off, or just pick the one that looked most likely. And if it warranted a sending off, didn't it warrant more than a warning from the panel? Fuck me.

I can only assume that the RFL is run by Union lovers who are determined to destroy our sport. It really is about time like minded clubs got together to tell the RFL to stick it and then set up their own league.

This times 1000

that is absolutely staggering least in the footy the ref sends someone off, not the right someone but its a punishment, sad how low the game is sinking

Neil Hudgell on Twitter is fuming saying the panel is not fit for purpose and asking the Mail to run the Poore incident and the Richard Whiting spear tackle on their web site to show the injustice in both!! Richard Whiting lamenting the injustice and inconsistency of it all after that tackle in his Mail feature tomorrow

There's a dangerous level of agreement between us and Rovers at the moment, but I also agree with Hudge

Saw that too Wilf. Hudgell is right to make a statement tomorrow. The guy at the centre of the review panel is Steve Ganson as far as I know - it certainly was him last year and I assume this year too. Taking all thought of bias etc out of the equation would anyone really trust a guy with a career littered with incompetency to head up an important judicial style process requiring transparency and an ability to follow due procedure? I know my answer.

the kr fans on the their board seem to think it was a bad one by Poore .

That's not the point though, it's that others have gotten away with similar incidents.

if the rfl coulldnt decide which player from widnes was guilty of the tackle on whiting, all 3 should have copped 1 game minimum!