Re: SL RD 1 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Thu Feb 10, 2022 8:34 am  

Yeah, maybe a bit soft but we're straight into inconsistency territory once the panel enters the minefield of whether or not a challenge was soft. Bottom line has to be "was it late?".

Re: SL RD 1 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Thu Feb 10, 2022 9:38 am  

Marty Grrrrrrrrrr! wrote:

But i know, you know, we all know if you hit a half back off the ball you run the risk of a ban. Austin hit Gale off the ball, admittedly soft but why run the risk?

It isnt the game hurting itself, its not a conspiracy, its not anti-Leeds its purely dumb play by Austin. We have to start learning.

Exactly. The rfl/SL just need to make sure this is done consistently though. When I saw it immediately knew he would cop a ban. Maybe given 1 game instead of 2 due to the missed game last week. Purley stupid from austin

Re: SL RD 1 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Thu Feb 10, 2022 9:39 am  

I wonder if he did it knowing it would be a ban? Perhaps he didn’t fancy Warrington as his first competitive game?

I don’t actually believe this, just throwing it out there?

Re: SL RD 1 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Thu Feb 10, 2022 11:33 am  

I'll be keeping an eye out for any late shots now and expecting an automatic one match ban. I suspect there is a late shot in pretty much most matches.

Re: SL RD 1 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:21 pm  

If it is deemed worthy of a ban, shouldn't he ( and any other culprits of a late tackle, however innocuous) have been sent off instead of sin binned?

Re: SL RD 1 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:35 pm  

The Magic Rat wrote:

If it is deemed worthy of a ban, shouldn't he ( and any other culprits of a late tackle, however innocuous) have been sent off instead of sin binned?

That would stir the crowd too much. Far easier and defensive to deal with it behind cowed doors with scanty video evidence in some cases. The Panel needs to justify it’s existence…….

Re: SL RD 1 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:36 pm  

The Magic Rat wrote:

If it is deemed worthy of a ban, shouldn't he ( and any other culprits of a late tackle, however innocuous) have been sent off instead of sin binned?

It was off the ball, at exactly the same time as a big tackle was being made on the actual ball carrier, in a non-televised game.
Which of those two things happening at the same time do you think the referee and the touchies should have been looking directly at? It was caught, presumably in peripheral vision, by the officials but there was never going to be enough to go on there to send him off.

Re: SL RD 1 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:54 pm  

Does no Broadbent in the 21 indicate a confidence in walkers fitness or Newmans or both I wonder?

Re: SL RD 1 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Thu Feb 10, 2022 1:03 pm  

21 man squad
The squad in full is:

1 Jack Walker sponsored by ACS Stainless Steel Fixings
2 David Fusitu’a sponsored by Berrys
3 Harry Newman sponsored by Warners Fish Merchants
4 Liam Sutcliffe sponsored by Mtech
5 Ash Handley sponsored by Roxy Ball Room
7 Aidan Sezer sponsored by Vale Services
8 Mikolaj Oledzki sponsored by LR Motors (Yorkshire) Limited
9 Kruise Leeming (c) sponsored by Fenton Finance
10 Matt Prior sponsored by K-Bins
11 James Bentley sponsored by Trivent Ltd
12 Rhyse Martin sponsored by Mailway Packaging Solutions
13 Zane Tetevano sponsored by NIC FM Services Group
14 Brad Dwyer sponsored by The Artisan Drinks Co
15 Alex Mellor sponsored by Horbury Dental Laboratories
16 Richie Myler sponsored by Y F Furniture
17 Cameron Smith sponsored by Warners Fish Merchants
19 Bodene Thompson sponsored by ACS Stainless Steel Fixings
20 Tom Briscoe sponsored by Wetherby Whaler
21 Morgan Gannon sponsored by Simon Baynes
24 Jarrod O’Connor Available for Sponsorship
25 James Donaldson sponsored by ACS Stainless Steel Fixings

Re: SL RD 1 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Thu Feb 10, 2022 1:29 pm  

So looking like:

Walker
Fus
Newman
Briscoe/Sutcliffe
Handley
Myler
Sezer
Mik
Leeming
Prior
Bentley
Martin
Tet

Dwyer
Smith
Mellor/Donaldson
Thompson/Gannon