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[Honor James]

Kingstone Press Championship players Paul March and Jamie Thackray were both suspended after appearing before the RFL Disciplinary Committee last night (Tuesday March 19).

Keighley Cougars player-coach Paul March was suspended for two games after he was found guilty of committing the Grade B offence of using foul and abusive language towards a match official during a Championship fixture against Featherstone Rovers on Thursday March 7.

Workington Town prop Jamie Thackray was also suspended for two games after he was found guilty of the Grade C offence of using foul and abusive language and aggressive body language towards a match official during a fixture against York City Knight on Sunday March 10.

Both players were also fined £50 by the Disciplinary Committee.

Hull KR Academy player Ryan Devaney was suspended for four games after he was found guilty of the Grade D offence of using foul and abusive language and questioning the integrity of a match official in an Academy fixture against Warrington Wolves on Saturday March 2.
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Nathan Clarke
Media Executive

Edited by Honor James, 20 March 2013 - 11:46 AM.

[The Future is League]

Kingstone Press Championship players Paul March and Jamie Thackray were both suspended after appearing before the RFL Disciplinary Committee last night (Tuesday March 19).

Keighley Cougars player-coach Paul March was suspended for two games after he was found guilty of committing the Grade B offence of using foul and abusive language towards a match official during a Championship fixture against Featherstone Rovers on Thursday March 7.

Workington Town prop Jamie Thackray was also suspended for two games after he was found guilty of the Grade C offence of using foul and abusive language and aggressive body language towards a match official during a fixture against York City Knight on Sunday March 10.

Both players were also fined £50 by the Disciplinary Committee.

Hull KR Academy player Ryan Devaney was suspended for four games after he was found guilty of the Grade D offence of using foul and abusive language and questioning the integrity of a match official in an Academy fixture against Warrington Wolves on Saturday March 2.
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Nathan Clarke
Media Executive

Lucky boys they would have got a 6 game suspension from me.These players need to made made an example of when it comes to verbally abusing officals.

[gazza77]

You'd think both Marchy and Thackery had been around long enough to know better. Clearly not.

[Keith T]

You'd think both Marchy and Thackery had been around long enough to know better. Clearly not.

You would also think that the RFL have been around long enough to inform the guilty players before anyone else wouldn't you? Jamie Thackray has just thanked a reporter for tweeting his suspension as he hadn't been informed.

[JohnM]

You'd think both Marchy and Thackery had been around long enough to know better. Clearly not.

They have been round long enough. But the light is clearly not always on.

[Wakefield Ram]

Paul March suspended for verbally abusing a match official - no surprise there.

[Matt J]

You would also think that the RFL have been around long enough to inform the guilty players before anyone else wouldn't you? Jamie Thackray has just thanked a reporter for tweeting his suspension as he hadn't been informed.

Thats shocking.

I thought you had to be present if you were first team?

[LeeF]

Thats shocking.

I thought you had to be present if you were first team?

no you don't have to appear

You would have thought that the club would have found out or maybe even asked?

[marklaspalmas]

March gets a 2 match ban for effing at a ref. Chase gets a 3 match ban for putting a player out of the game for 4 months with a broken jaw. Hmm.

[Keith T]

no you don't have to appear

You would have thought that the club would have found out or maybe even asked?

Errrrrrr, No. Would you expect an employer to have to inform an employee of the result of a court case? The RFL have contact details for all players how hard is it to make a telephone call to tell them. They seemed to be very quick informing the press and other media sources.

[Gav Wilson]

You would also think that the RFL have been around long enough to inform the guilty players before anyone else wouldn't you? Jamie Thackray has just thanked a reporter for tweeting his suspension as he hadn't been informed.

The amount of times he's been up there you would think he should know when he was up.

[Keith T]

The amount of times he's been up there you would think he should know when he was up.

Informed of the result Gav not when he was up!!!!!! He knew when he was up and tweeted late last night that he hadn't been contacted with the result.

[marklaspalmas]

Errrrrrr, No. Would you expect an employer to have to inform an employee of the result of a court case?

The RFL employs March?

It's up to him to find out as far as Im concerned.

[bobbruce]

Informed of the result Gav not when he was up!!!!!! He knew when he was up and tweeted late last night that he hadn't been contacted with the result.

He new when he was up and had the chance to go and himself. If he couldn't be arsed turning up why should the RFL go searching for him.

[LeeF]

Errrrrrr, No. Would you expect an employer to have to inform an employee of the result of a court case? The RFL have contact details for all players how hard is it to make a telephone call to tell them. They seemed to be very quick informing the press and other media sources.

Sorry either the player should have made the effort to attend or find out or Town should have been proactive in either representing the player or finding out

It's not the RFL's job or fault in this case

[guess who]

3 players charged with the same offense.

Yet the SL player only gets one game and he must have the worse record.

[brooza]

3 players charged with the same offense.

Yet the SL player only gets one game and he must have the worse record.

Do you know what was said in each case?

Or perhaps they noted everyone complain that Hock should have gotten a longer ban so they increased the punishment

[Southstander13]

Sorry either the player should have made the effort to attend or find out or Town should have been proactive in either representing the player or finding out

It's not the RFL's job or fault in this case

Agree completely!

[Dave T]

The players and clubs know when the hearing is - if they want to know the outcome then they can find out. They are well aware that they work in a very public environment where press releases will be sent out, it is their fault if they don't know.

What if the RFL can't get hold of somebody (battery died, no signal etc) - are they not allowed to release the results?

Surely the players had some sort of representative at the hearing anyway? If not, tough.

[Gav Wilson]

Informed of the result Gav not when he was up!!!!!! He knew when he was up and tweeted late last night that he hadn't been contacted with the result.

There you go then. Its his own fault he didn't find out from the RFL direct, whatever difference that makes anyway.