Stu M wrote:
Well that's interesting because having just spoken to my mate at Wigan (you know exactly who he is because I've told you previously) then he has confirmed that you can challenge the original grading still. Given he used to go with the Wigan players as their representative then its fair to say he knows more than you or I.
So yes whilst you may be correct in that on THIS occasion (capital letters used for emphasis) Saints appealed on a technicality then the fact that you have spent all afternoon categorically telling me that a second appeal can only be on a technicality is clearly incorrect.
To put it in the bluntest terms possible to avoid any further fudging of the facts:
You are wrong.
This would be your mate who's accompanied our players to many unsuccessful appeals, would it?
I've done a double check and you can't challenge the grading per se. Only the severity of the punishment if deemed excessive as already said elsewhere in this thread. It actually
specifically states in the rules that the first appeal allows for grading to be challenged but doesn't in the second. You also have no recourse to challenge guilt in the second as you also claimed.
Even if we agree I was right, albeit for the wrong reason. That'll do.
You, on the other hand were just wrong.
