Do they release them normally. Can’t remember RFL doing it previously.

He should also be fined the maximum of two weeks wages that the club are able to do.

I was in favour of giving him another year but not so much so now.

They released the full details of the Josh McGuire hearing.

A slight aside but the level of editing in the HDM really is diabolical https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... ll-8540335 Wellens is "weary" apparently, should get some more sleep then. EDIT: someone has been reading this and corrected it

A slight aside but the level of editing in the HDM really is diabolical https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... ll-8540335 Wellens is "weary" apparently, should get some more sleep then. EDIT: someone has been reading this and corrected it

He has certainly let us down again in a cuptie and the club need to take some sort of action against him financialy which i believe can be a maximum of two weeks wages.
He was rubbish as a centre last season and his defence was P Poor but to his credit he is much fitter now and our outstanding forward in the last three games and much more involved in defence than he has ever been.
I could understand the club not extending his contract but given our financial situation and the real lack of forwards available in the UK I would give him a years extension with another year in the clubs favour.
That would mean we can use the overseas spots for two big mobile front rows and a nine if Balmforth is on his out

Not sure about that. What is the precedent? Did the club fine Gale after his long ban last year? What about players who get a one or two match ban - should they be fined by the club?

It's an arguable point that he cost us the game, it's impossible to say how the second half would have gone had the sending off not have happened.

Are you purposely forgetting that this is actually his living? Why not evict him from his house too? Anyone who wants to mess with a family’s finances out of some petty revenge needs to take a good long look at themselves.

Well we've managed to whittle it down to six games , Still a big loss but gives an opportunity to someone else .

Arguably this should prolong griffins career bodywise and hopefully he can make up for it when he’s back

When you work for someone and are fit to work then you are expected to be available.
When you do something extremely stupid that makes you unavailable for work and therefore effects the club then the club would be in their rights to deduct him two weeks wages.
Its not petty revenge its taking responsibility for your own actions which have caused him to be unavailable to work

Griffin will know he's let the team , Fans and the club down ,And will be beating himself up internally over it . I reckon TS would have had some sort of meeting with him also .
Dragging the player over hot coals right now is not the way to go about it imo .

In terms of the ban an equating it to the spear , this morning I was of a similar mind.

I was thinking maybe 2 or 3 games for the abuse to the ref and maybe 8-12 for the spear tackle.

I think the spear tackle had been treated very leniently given it can result in instant paralysis or death. So I'd argue for longer.

I think the 7 games for offensive language to tbe ref is on the extreme end, but I can also see the logic behind it. It's not the impact for the ref that is considered here, but also the impact for all refs if it is treated too leniently.

Many community refs take the field without the support of live cameras and a real time audience. The rfl have to also insure their safety to operate and I think this is taken into account when any infringement is made against the ref. It's not just that one ref but how others will be treated and sp there is a deterrent element to the punishment not just restitution to the person directly impacted

I know this game was originally planned for Saturday , but with the RFL waving a big stick about player welfare , it seems a bit hypocritical that they allow Sky to broadcast this fixture for the dreaded Thursday game slot after a short turn around . Surly Leeds / Hudds Fixture could have been brought forward .
Is player welfare only high shots & Cumberland throws .