Re: New Disciplinary Points System : Wed Jan 15, 2025 5:33 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Yeah, I think so. If a player had charges in Feb, May and July 2024 for example, they would drop off, one by one, in Feb, May and July 2025.

Looking at Byrne from Good Friday last year, if he has any sort of charge early in the season, he'll cop at least 3 matches. If he stays clean until 31st March 2025, he will have 12 points drop off his record and go down to just 3 points and then have some leeway. His 3 points will drop off around the 11th May 2025, which was the date of his second and last charge in 2024.

Harry Smith is actually the biggest concern looking at the disciplinary site. He only has 1 point against him for that Yellow card on the opening night at Cas but he has 12 points for that incident at Leeds on August 10th, so he is any sort of charge away from at least a 2 match ban from the first game, right through until August 10th 2025. I don't mind it in a way with Smith. He needs to improve that silliness that crept in last year and it should concentrate his mind a little.

Fenton Rogers may miss the whole season if he puts a foot wrong, it's a crazy situation when the rules are being applied retrospectively..

Re: New Disciplinary Points System : Wed Jan 15, 2025 9:02 pm  

Sounds like another half baked RFL scheme to me. 1 rule for some and 1 rule for the rest.

Everyone should start with a clean slate otherwise it seems biased

Re: New Disciplinary Points System : Wed Jan 15, 2025 9:52 pm  

On the plus side, they've put in a rule to stop the constant appeals from certain clubs, with a failed appeal now resulting in 5 points on a players record.

I feel for the garage that Mike Rush and Paul Wellens get their diesel from.

Re: New Disciplinary Points System : Thu Jan 16, 2025 12:19 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

Yeah, I think so. If a player had charges in Feb, May and July 2024 for example, they would drop off, one by one, in Feb, May and July 2025.

Looking at Byrne from Good Friday last year, if he has any sort of charge early in the season, he'll cop at least 3 matches. If he stays clean until 31st March 2025, he will have 12 points drop off his record and go down to just 3 points and then have some leeway. His 3 points will drop off around the 11th May 2025, which was the date of his second and last charge in 2024.

Harry Smith is actually the biggest concern looking at the disciplinary site. He only has 1 point against him for that Yellow card on the opening night at Cas but he has 12 points for that incident at Leeds on August 10th, so he is any sort of charge away from at least a 2 match ban from the first game, right through until August 10th 2025. I don't mind it in a way with Smith. He needs to improve that silliness that crept in last year and it should concentrate his mind a little.

Personally Luke Thompsons is the most difficult for me in a stranger way
Most if not all his 5pts won't come off until next years GF
That means as soon as he picks up ANY kind of points even for a NFA (think thats 2pts?) or something that wouldn't even normally be a ban (6pts or over) he'll cop a ban every time !
Hes walking a tightrope every game until 2026!
And all for something that was IMO F*** All
At least Byrnes/Smiths drop off April/May/June etc.

Re: New Disciplinary Points System : Thu Jan 16, 2025 12:26 am  

10 of us in pub tonight discussing and 4 or 5 hadn't heard this was coming in
When we explained they virtually all said how can you punish people this year at a higher level than what it should be I.e Byrne get 4 games this year for a 1/2 game offence based on previous offences from the last year, when they were punished last year based on the system in place at that time.

And when You weigh up NRL players come with Zero

Anyway