This Week’s Disciplinary

[LeytherRob]

Just now, Davo5 said:

O’Donnell is very lucky to only get 6 games for that assault.

Very luck to be honest, I was expecting 10 at minimum. Good news for Leigh that he will be back in time for Leeds away at the start of August, but I can very much understand other fans frustrations it's not more. It looked a horrendous tackle live and only got worse on rewatch.

[DimmestStar]

1 hour ago, RigbyLuger said:

Fans should be banned for abuse as well, Just because a decision doesn't go your way, doesn't mean you have the right to abuse a person.

I take my 'punishment' of missing the next 6 Hull FC games. 

[dkw]

Where you seeing the extra 2 games thing at, all I saw was 1 match upheld, nothing additional. 

Never mind, i see it's a daft twitter thing.

Though not as daft as only 6 games ban for O'Donnell, how is Pryce got 10 but this one is just 6. 

Edited June 20, 2023 by dkw

[LeytherRob]

1 minute ago, dkw said:

Where you seeing the extra 2 games thing at, all I saw was 1 match upheld, nothing additional. 

It's the RFL disciplinary parody twitter account that people fall for on a weekly basis

[LeeF]

32 minutes ago, Chrispmartha said:

Think people need to realise that that rfl disciplinary twitter account is a parody one.

 

 

No they don’t as it will stop our fun

[LeeF]

33 minutes ago, LeytherRob said:

people been taken in by the parody account again? 1 match here, surprised they appealed considering he got off light with 1 game.

Very surprised O'Donnell only got 6 games also.

 

Both Leigh players contested the grading which is an interesting take 

[LeytherRob]

34 minutes ago, LeeF said:

Both Leigh players contested the grading which is an interesting take 

It's the most common approach to appealing these days, but yes it's surprising. We've got off very lightly this evening.

[LeeF]

 

[LeeF]

So 7 for Griffin despite challenging the grading. 

[Derwent]

Griffin got 7 games and was fined £1,000

[Damien]

I'm all for respecting the referee but Griffin getting banned for more matches than O'Donnell did for that spear tackle seems wrong to me. 6 matches for O'Donnell is awfully light. 1 for Hardaker is a joke.

[Just Browny]

6 matches is the ceiling for physical offences.

[Dunbar]

1 hour ago, dkw said:

Though not as daft as only 6 games ban for O'Donnell, how is Pryce got 10 but this one is just 6. 

The only mitigation I can see... and, believe me I am not defending any of them, just pointing out the difference.

With Pryce and Hugo Salabio they both had hold of the player when they landed and 'drove' them into the ground.  Indeed Salabio landed with his weight on top of Myler.

O'Donnell on the other hand placed the York player in an extremely dangerous position but had released him by the time he hit the ground.

Now, the way the York lad landed was horrible but if he had another players weight on him or if he had been driven into the ground in that position, it would have been worse.

As I say, no defence, just pointing out a (perhaps) key difference. 

[Damien]

3 minutes ago, Just Browny said:

6 matches is the ceiling for physical offences.

How did Will Pryce get 10 games last season then?

[Dave T]

5 minutes ago, Dunbar said:

The only mitigation I can see... and, believe me I am not defending any of them, just pointing out the difference.

With Pryce and Hugo Salabio they both had hold of the player when they landed and 'drove' them into the ground.  Indeed Salabio landed with his weight on top of Myler.

O'Donnell on the other hand placed the York player in an extremely dangerous position but had released him by the time he hit the ground.

Now, the way the York lad landed was horrible but if he had another players weight on him or if he had been driven into the ground in that position, it would have been worse.

As I say, no defence, just pointing out a (perhaps) key difference. 

I think there is something in this. I've just watched both tackles, and Pryce's was absolutely the worst of the two. 

What has to be remembered though is that if this was last year, O'donnell would have received 8 matches, as the RFL decided foul play isn't to be taken as seriously this year and have watered down bans. 

[Jughead]

Seen a lot of moaning about suspensions to Griffin and O’Donnell. I don’t think Griffin has been harshly treated, more O’Donnell has got off lightly. 

[Snowys Backside]

44 minutes ago, Dunbar said:

The only mitigation I can see... and, believe me I am not defending any of them, just pointing out the difference.

With Pryce and Hugo Salabio they both had hold of the player when they landed and 'drove' them into the ground.  Indeed Salabio landed with his weight on top of Myler.

O'Donnell on the other hand placed the York player in an extremely dangerous position but had released him by the time he hit the ground.

Now, the way the York lad landed was horrible but if he had another players weight on him or if he had been driven into the ground in that position, it would have been worse.

As I say, no defence, just pointing out a (perhaps) key difference. 

O Donnels tackle was bad all the same, but your summary of this is spot on. Salabio and Pryces tackles were full on Powerslams !

O Donnell did make an attempt to let go, but it was too late.  It was always going to be a 6-8 ban.

[Harry Stottle]

3 hours ago, DEANO said:

Should have been off. Whether he landed on his neck or not the intent was there

To land the player on his neck? 

I doubt that ever entered Hardacre's head, once lifted the player was totally vulnerable had Hardacre the intent he could have seriously hurt him.

[Harry Stottle]

2 hours ago, LeytherRob said:

Very surprised O'Donnell only got 6 games also.

Well that's just 4 league games then after the CC semi and final

[Wollo Wollo Wayoo]

57 minutes ago, Just Browny said:

6 matches is the ceiling for physical offences.

 

53 minutes ago, Damien said:

How did Will Pryce get 10 games last season then?

And Hugo Salabio got 7.

[meast]

13 hours ago, Dunbar said:

Amazing how a week of cup ties absolutely stuffed with some of the dumbest sending off's I have ever seen comes back to how poor the ref's and disciplinary are.

Yep, it's never the fault of players is it who never put a foot wrong and it's those pesky match officials and disciplinary officers who get everything wrong

[meast]

2 hours ago, Davo5 said:

O’Donnell is very lucky to only get 6 games for that assault.

Considering Will Pryce got 10 matches for an almost carbon copy incident.

[jacksy]

54 minutes ago, meast said:

Considering Will Pryce got 10 matches for an almost carbon copy incident.

So you saying the disciplinary panel got it wrong lol

 

[DEANO]

Somebody please tell me why hardaker got a ban but the ref deemed 10 mins was sufficient 

[LeytherRob]

1 hour ago, Harry Stottle said:

Well that's just 4 league games then after the CC semi and final

CC final is in August, so his ban would be up by then if we were to get to the final