Re: This week’s disciplinary : Fri Sep 22, 2023 6:55 am  

morleys_deckchair wrote:

this might be the silliest ban RL has ever seen.

The solution is simple. From this point forwards we send video clips every week from every where the same thing happens players get touched on the floor. Then we hound the RFL to keep hounding out four match bans. Let's see how that goes down.

Re: This week’s disciplinary : Fri Sep 22, 2023 7:40 am  

easyWire wrote:

The solution is simple. From this point forwards we send video clips every week from every where the same thing happens players get touched on the floor. Then we hound the RFL to keep hounding out four match bans. Let's see how that goes down.

So we become saints? Sure that's why they get lesser and fewer bans, the disciplinary panel are scared of them.

It all needs an overhaul, we all agree that we need to protect players, but we need to protect the sport as well, I agree with everything in Stuart Middleton's statement and hope that we get some common sense.

Re: This week’s disciplinary : Fri Sep 22, 2023 8:03 am  

The Discipline Police have clearly got this wrong. Of course the game doesn't want players taking things into their own hands with potentially injured players being man handled but on this occasion perhaps a sensible compromise would have been to give him say, a 1 match ban and a severe reprimand issuing a statement that enforces that players are not doctors and should not interfere with players on the ground. It is up to the officials to manage the situation and potentially add on time.

Re: This week’s disciplinary : Sat Sep 23, 2023 9:58 am  

karetaker wrote:

Appeal failed, no shock there then.

I don't know why we even bother, the disciplinary panel are judge, jury and executioner and can't be reasoned with.

Re: This week’s disciplinary : Sat Sep 23, 2023 11:12 am  

Well Lachlan Lam shouldn’t play again this season

Re: This week’s disciplinary : Sat Sep 23, 2023 2:06 pm  

CW8 wrote:

So we become saints? Sure that's why they get lesser and fewer bans, the disciplinary panel are scared of them. .

Lesser and fewer bans? Have you been asleep all season?

Re: This week’s disciplinary : Sat Sep 23, 2023 2:08 pm  

ratticusfinch wrote:

Well Lachlan Lam shouldn’t play again this season

Just seen a clip of that, will be interesting to see how that gets interpreted.

Re: This week’s disciplinary : Sat Sep 23, 2023 3:21 pm  

What did Lam do?

Re: This week’s disciplinary : Sat Sep 23, 2023 4:04 pm  

matt_wire wrote:

What did Lam do?

I didn't see it either, but presumably he helped someone up off the ground like Vaghaun.

Re: This week’s disciplinary : Sat Sep 23, 2023 4:10 pm  

easyWire wrote:

I didn't see it either, but presumably he helped someone up off the ground like Vaghaun.

Around 11th minute he dragged a player off a tackled player, someone as posted the clip on barmy army facebook page.