LeytherRob

Depends if New Zealand have a fixture next week

That late hit was far worse than the red, I really don't understand the application of these rules

If it means adopting a universal rule set, I'm all for it.

After half time at the Halliwell Jones we can probably rename this thread to the players and pundits are revolting.

Came here to see this comment, was not dissapointed

Fozzard I find particularly galling, I was in hospitality with him at a Leigh match early 2020 just before covid hit and he took a great amount of pleasure in regaling the table with stories of all kinds of dodgy stuff he'd get away with on the pitch.

Yep, look no further than the Ryan Hall disallowed try in the 2014 4 Nations. Absolute robbery.

To be honest, when the Aussies are involved having non neutral referee almost always seems to end up working against us anyway. Lost count of the times in the 2000's when a British ref would fail to send off an Oz player after a stonewall card incident.

Tasipale has just has his overturned for an identical contact on luke Thompson, so Amone has a good shout with his appeal

Leigh and Salford both chasing Brad Dwyer

Isn't that exactly what is happening this weekend anyway? If the RFL truly believed in this they could take a stand and get the refs enforce the rules in the WCC.

If it was just about the rules they'd have been kicking off weeks ago, pretty much every player who has spoken out in the last week has centred their comments on the consistency of the implementation of said rules rather than the rules themselves, and they have a point. The differences between ban lengths have been demonstably inconsistent.

Would you class the decision to abandon the new rules for this weekends WCC 'fervent traditionalism' from the governing body?

No idea how that would be such a controversial standpoint. It's ridiculous that we have 3 sets of rules(international, SL, NRL) at the top level and even more variances below at lower levels. It long overdue that the 3 main governing bodies come together and agree a universal rule set to be reviewed only as a whole.

"It's an area of annoyance felt by coaches too. Sources have claimed that in a recent meeting with Super League coaches, they were reassured that the anticipated increase in cards issued during games would not result in a hike in either the quantity or severity of suspensions imposed. But after seeing the charges issued after round one, many believe their initial fears have been realised." Can understand the frustration if this part is true. Only last year the directive on disciplinary was that we as a sport want to see our best players on the pitch so they reduced bans in favour of increased fines, now they've gone the complete opposite direction. Some of the inconsistencies between the bans that have and haven't been given are mind boggling to be honest.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C3igBprsyIa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Can't really argue with Luke Yates here, the 2 examples that went unpunished look far worse than the one he got 3 games for.

Or, rather than your frankly nonsensical comparison, we could just follow the same precedent set in world football where domestic bans don't carry to uefa competitions?

Why no just make bans for domestic competitions only? Would save then having to manufacture unusually low/no bans whenever internationals/wcc are coming up

Consistency is key but does feel lacking to be honest. A Huddersfield fan posted the below on twitter and i think it shows a demonstrable lack of consistency when Luke Yates got a 3 match ban for lifting into a dangerous position where the player ends up on his back vs Harry Smith getting 0 games for a player than lands on his head. Also, this is what Tom Amone apparently got 2 games for...

Who said anything about being angry?

Kind of ironic to be getting precious about perceived bitterness when the first thing you did after victory was throw out a couple of digs. Maybe show a little more respect if that's what you want in return?

Just catching up on this one and skipped to the incidents on the bbc feed, and if the Watts tackle is a red i have no idea how Wigan aren't down to 11 for the Smith and Ellis incidents, especially the Smith one which I would've thought a red at any point in the last 10 years.

8580 at Leigh, only 9 less that round 1 last year with about 2k less away fans as Salford brought loads for last years opener. Should be looking at several lock outs this year providing the away team can fill the south.

We looked very undercooked today off the back of essentially 40 minutes of 1 friendly for the first 13. Huddersfield have had 3 or 4 friendlies and it showed. Lost count of the amount of players who had their worst game in a leigh shirt. One ruling I was pretty confused about was the Moylan HIA, I'm sure I remember reading that any foul play that resulted in a player leaving the field injured results in a yellow card. Have I misunderstood that?

I was just going to quote you but you beat me to it, clearly he's been taking lessons with Hiku in the off season