Just watched the highlights and no footage of any of the dismissals. Not sure if this would be because they ae likely to have to explain the footage as part of any disciplinary hearing so don't want it out... but I would really like to see it again if possible to see how it kicked off in such a big way.

They'll put the full game up at some point like they have with the rest of the friendlies. So chances are the incidents will be on that pal.

I've got a 30 second video of it. I'm no good at posting videos but I can what's app it to anybody that wants a look

The full game usually goes on YouTube on Wednesday.
The reserve/younger team games are also put on there.

Don't worry bud, the full game video went up last night so got to have a look back.

The Tahroui incident didn't seem as bad as I remembered (apart from the bit in front of the popular terrace which wasn't caught on film).

Thought your lad had good reason to give him a slap back. Had been niggling for a good 10 mins before he took offence to the initial tackle (a bit high i'd suggest) and shoved his clenched fist in his mush. Ethan Ryan was just stupid in his actions and has pretty much admitted a rush of blood took over.

The thing that stood out for me both on the terrace and on video was how weak the referee looked, even in comparison with Championship refs. The cards came out only when we started to react.

Think this year is going to be a lot rougher than most would have thought.

This is a concern of mine too. Last year was bad enough when teams took advantage of our young side. The cynical taking out of Keyes at Dewsbury was like being transformed back to the 80s. He got an elbow in our first set versus Keighley.

There is definitely going to be some rough stuff and players will have to look after themselves if the reffing on Sunday is anything to go by. It’s not going to be pretty at times. Our halfbacks will be marked men.

Thankfully with Kear in charge I’m confident that if he feels the need to recruit an experienced enforcer of our own he will. In the meantime it’s up to our lads to stick up for each other without going overboard like Ethan did with his Skerrett impersonation.

Kickers get taken out in SL matches on a weekly basis, it's a problem throughout the whole game. That doesn't make it right, but it's also something the players will already be used to dealing with and not unique to league 1.
I'd fully expect the messing around at the ptb to be on a whole new level in this league though.

Hopefully JK has focused on us getting things right rather than looking at what others get wrong. It won't take miracle plays and scintillating rugby to get out of this division, but we will need to be relatively clinical and get the basics right. High completion rates, good discipline, efficient and smart use of possession.
We nail all of that and we'll be fine. Unfortunately we were absolutely terrible in almost all of those facets last year, how much of a difference JK can make remains to be seen.

No further action from Sunday for the sendings off

Excellent news!

Great news

Spawny gets! That's lucky.

Very lucky

Was expecting a game or two ban for that!

I thought Ethan would of got a ban for running a fair distance to get involved and I thought Elliot may of been in bother for retaliating

Happy to hear that Roger - it would be a shame for a friendly to result in bans!

Aye that's what I mean. Running in from distance to throw a punch usually gets a ban. Didn't expect Elliot to get one or at the bare maximum a one game ban. Would have been harsh though.

I was expecting Elliot to get a one game ban for retaliation and then use his early guilty plea to get it wiped off but still get fined

I thought Ethan may of got a couple of games, glad he hasn't

I totally forgot about early guilty plea's! Aye I'm very glad no bans have been issued. Will the lads still get fined or has it been deemed sending off sufficient.

Does anyone know if the Keighley lads have got off?

Ryan Wright - Grade A Punching (No Further Action)
Samir Tahraoui - Sending Off Sufficient
Josh Lynam - Grade C Punching (2 Match Ban to commence from Tuesday 20th Feb)

No fines

Although I'm glad we've got off, im very surprised at Ryan and Tahraoui getting off especially. Ethan ran a fair distance to jump in, and Tahraoui refusing to leave the field is a serious offence IMO think if it had been a league game the result would have been different. Guessing the disciplinary couldn't be bothered doing a load of cases with it being a friendly.

This

Common sense (for once) has won out. It was in the final stages of a friendly - no need to blow it up into something more than what it was

Yes agree mate. Nothing to report, look forward to start of the season, as it should be

If you read the disciplinary write up, most of the guys got off because of their record for similar offences within the last 12 months. The one Keighley bloke who actually got a ban had some similar offences recently and so this was taken into account. I guess their logic is that he hasn't learned his lesson, which makes sense really.
Any more fighting from Minchella and Ryan will see them pick up bans imo.

www.rugby-league.com/the_rfl/dis ... sciplinary The above link details the changes to the disciplinary proceedings for 2018. The early guilty plea is no more.

www.rugby-league.com/the_rfl/dis ... sciplinary The above link details the changes to the disciplinary proceedings for 2018. The early guilty plea is no more.

Indeed. And what grade you get charged with is not in any way connected to your previous record. The previous record (relevant/non-relevant) bit comes in once you are charged, to decide what end of the scale your punishment is. So if you were charged with a Grade that carried 1-2 matches, you'd get 1 with a good record but 2 with a bad one. It wouldn't mean it would get downgraded.