Re: French, Ellis and Hill banned… : Mon Sep 25, 2023 4:21 pm  

MattyB wrote:

Didn't realise the reserves had a fixture this weekend (bearing in mind the reserves GF was played yesterday).

Bonus if true like.

The Academy GF was played yesterday, the Reserves play this weekend.

Re: French, Ellis and Hill banned… : Mon Sep 25, 2023 4:23 pm  

https://www.rugby-league.com/article/62 ... view-panel For anyone who is interested in reading the minutes.

https://www.rugby-league.com/article/62 ... view-panel For anyone who is interested in reading the minutes.

Re: French, Ellis and Hill banned… : Mon Sep 25, 2023 4:23 pm  

Stu M wrote:

That was the Academy GF

Reserves GF is Wigan v Saints on Sunday at Robin Park. 12pm I think

Ah cheers. Must be my age.

Are tickets available for the reserves GF at all?

Re: French, Ellis and Hill banned… : Mon Sep 25, 2023 4:25 pm  

Stu M wrote:

Getting quite a rap sheet together now though is Mr French. If he's not throwing players to the ground he's committing another offence.

With a bit of luck next season he'll have all this previous go against him and will be like Sironen/Matautia and Knowles and missing a few games.

It was so daft on his part to touch the ref. They’re extremely precious nowadays the officials but the players know that. His other offences are for tackles that would’ve been deemed crackers only a year or two ago and he will have to learn but I’m sure he will. I doubt he’ll end up a repeat offender over an extended spell but we’ll see.

Re: French, Ellis and Hill banned… : Mon Sep 25, 2023 4:33 pm  

I was expecting bans for Ellis and French but for the life of me I have no idea what Hill did.
Has anyone got a link of the incident?
Thanks in advance

Re: French, Ellis and Hill banned… : Mon Sep 25, 2023 4:36 pm  

I’m sure fans of every other club would be outraged but rest assured would do exactly the same thing.

What it shows yet again is how flawed and not fit for purpose the system is.

Re: French, Ellis and Hill banned… : Mon Sep 25, 2023 4:43 pm  

Loophole will be closed now cause we've done it no doubt. Even though other clubs have used this.
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Re: French, Ellis and Hill banned… : Mon Sep 25, 2023 4:45 pm  

Is it really so difficult to implement a rule of, here we go, if you get banned in the first team game, you have to serve that ban come what may. Banned in the reserves, you're banned for them first and foremost and the firsts till its served. I can understand why if you got banned for the reserves it can't be reserves only as senior players could go carte blanch in the reserves..

And yeah, it isn't the Wigan club us fans elsewhere are laughing at/grumbling. It's, and not for the first time, the sports governing rules.

Will Ellis and French especially turn up and play about 30 secs too ? Or do they just have to be named in the 21?

Re: French, Ellis and Hill banned… : Mon Sep 25, 2023 4:45 pm  

MattyB wrote:

Ah cheers. Must be my age.

Are tickets available for the reserves GF at all?

Just turn up mate and pay a fiver.

Re: French, Ellis and Hill banned… : Mon Sep 25, 2023 4:48 pm  

Zig wrote:

That's a game more than LMS and Makinson got for similar incidents, I am sure the clowns on the Disciplinary Panel throw a dice.

LMS got a one game ban for touching the Touch Judge in last years Grand Final