POR Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 kear as spoken on the alleged incident which is suspected to have occurred in the 32nd minute of Bulls' 41-16 defeat in the Betfred Challenge Cup by Featherstone last Sunday. I have seen the incident on numerous occasions, and I am mystified," muted Kear who will join Flanagan at the tribunal on Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Reffed him in the juniors, was a nasty, gobby piece of work even at 15 2 "Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice, socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality" - Mikhail Bakunin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RigbyLuger Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Probably misunderstood. RLs next redemption story to fill the papers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POR Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 George Flanagan of Bradford Bulls has been suspended for 10 matches and fined £250 after being found guilty of attacking an opponent’s testicles. The Grade F incident occurred in the 32nd minute of the Bulls’ Challenge Cup Second Round tie with Featherstone Rovers on Sunday 21 March. Flanagan had pleaded not guilty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 8 hours ago, POR said: George Flanagan of Bradford Bulls has been suspended for 10 matches and fined £250 after being found guilty of attacking an opponent’s testicles. The Grade F incident occurred in the 32nd minute of the Bulls’ Challenge Cup Second Round tie with Featherstone Rovers on Sunday 21 March. Flanagan had pleaded not guilty. That seems a ridiculously light punishment. 3 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RP London Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 38 minutes ago, gingerjon said: That seems a ridiculously light punishment. yep, its a little bit longer than his first offence almost to make a point but not really.. Even though it will probably equate to a larger proportion of the season as its been shortened thats not really the point. I would have given him a 12 -18 month ban.. time rather than matches which i think is important, plus probably long enough to make him seriously think about his career at the age of 34.. but depends what is laid out in the grading book for offences i suppose! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeF Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 19 minutes ago, RP London said: yep, its a little bit longer than his first offence almost to make a point but not really.. Even though it will probably equate to a larger proportion of the season as its been shortened thats not really the point. I would have given him a 12 -18 month ban.. time rather than matches which i think is important, plus probably long enough to make him seriously think about his career at the age of 34.. but depends what is laid out in the grading book for offences i suppose! The grading indicated an 8 match ban as minimum if found guilty 10 matches for a second offence of this magnitude is woefully lenient 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverback Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 To be fair he did well for us at batley,coming off the bench games changed for sure, BUT, when you think that one of our players got a 2 year ban for putting a fiver on us winning a game a rugby, have seen players thumped from behind and ended up with a broken jaw and only 10 game ban handed out.Not that long ago we had a club director call our winger a BB and what were done.nothing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RP London Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 11 minutes ago, LeeF said: The grading indicated an 8 match ban as minimum if found guilty 10 matches for a second offence of this magnitude is woefully lenient they often also have a maximum, do you know if it did? totally agree it is woefully lenient but just wondering if there is a reason for it (ie they cannot go outside of this boundary) rather than just jumpng on the usual incompetency excuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkw Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Ridiculously weak ban that, a total ban from the game wouldnt have been out of order. At the very least he should be sat down for the entirety of this season. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RP London Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 just had a look and Grade F is 8+ in the range.. so they could have done whatever they like... 10 games is a cop out. at 34 they could have basically forced his retirement and I dont think that would have been the wrong thing to do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RigbyLuger Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Should be more for bringing the game into disrepute. Wonder why he pleaded not guilty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 (edited) He may have thought that the change was for grabbing both and he only grabbed one or just the . Edited March 31, 2021 by clifford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeF Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 2 hours ago, RP London said: they often also have a maximum, do you know if it did? totally agree it is woefully lenient but just wondering if there is a reason for it (ie they cannot go outside of this boundary) rather than just jumpng on the usual incompetency excuse. No maximum for this grading Also the Committee can go outside the range for any grading 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hela Wigmen Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Is the footage available anywhere? I’ve not seen anything from this so it’s hard to make a judgement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blues Ox Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 2 hours ago, silverback said: To be fair he did well for us at batley,coming off the bench games changed for sure, BUT, when you think that one of our players got a 2 year ban for putting a fiver on us winning a game a rugby, have seen players thumped from behind and ended up with a broken jaw and only 10 game ban handed out.Not that long ago we had a club director call our winger a BB and what were done.nothing. This. Its grubby what he did but people calling for longer bans come on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RigbyLuger Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 14 minutes ago, The Blues Ox said: This. Its grubby what he did but people calling for longer bans come on. He's done it twice and brought bad publicity for the sport. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sentoffagain2 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 17 minutes ago, The Blues Ox said: This. Its grubby what he did but people calling for longer bans come on. He's had an 8 match ban plus £250 fine so you have to top that.There is no need for it in our game. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunsletgreenandgold Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 24 minutes ago, The Blues Ox said: This. Its grubby what he did but people calling for longer bans come on. I agree, people shouldn't be calling for longer bans - he should've just been told he can never play the game again. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Future is League Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 13 hours ago, POR said: George Flanagan of Bradford Bulls has been suspended for 10 matches and fined £250 after being found guilty of attacking an opponent’s testicles. The Grade F incident occurred in the 32nd minute of the Bulls’ Challenge Cup Second Round tie with Featherstone Rovers on Sunday 21 March. Flanagan had pleaded not guilty. He should have been suspended for the rest of the season 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBull Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 4 hours ago, Hela Wigmen said: Is the footage available anywhere? I’ve not seen anything from this so it’s hard to make a judgement. I've only seen what was on the red button on the BBC 2weeks ago. And that didn't show anything really. I would assume one or other of the clubs would have different footage. But it still took about 3hours of deliberation to come to a decision. I think there will be enough "leeway" in the original decision to allow an appeal. Is the decision usually released on the Thursday after? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Evans Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 5 hours ago, The Blues Ox said: This. Its grubby what he did but people calling for longer bans come on. Kind of my sentiments. He's a Richard of a bloke and a grub of a player.... but some are calling for sine die???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkw Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Robin Evans said: Kind of my sentiments. He's a Richard of a bloke and a grub of a player.... but some are calling for sine die???? So what, just shrug of someone twice doing something that could cause life changing injuries to a player? To do it once was stupid and disgraceful, to then do it again knowing the damage it could cause is unforgivable and he should not be allowed to possibly do it again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Evans Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Just now, dkw said: So what, just shrug of someone twice doing something that could cause life changing injuries to a player? To do it once was stupid and disgraceful, to then do it again knowing the damage it could cause is unforgivable and he should not be allowed to possibly do it again. Then we disagree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkw Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Just now, Robin Evans said: Then we disagree So what punishment should have gotten in your opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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