Both charged grade B for Tautai grade C for Charnley, I find it amusing that a tackle that could seriously injure a player is a lesser charge than touching the ref.

Agreed. It's very odd.

Let's see if Charnley gets the same as Currie did, or whether certain ex-goon players are on the disciplinary committee again this week.

they weren't last week, that was innaccurate.

Quote ="Fantastic Mr Cat"they weren't last week, that was innaccurate.'" S Fielden was on last week . Is also on this week. media.therfl.co.uk/docs/DISCIPLI ... 20Copy.pdf

Quote ="Fantastic Mr Cat"they weren't last week, that was innaccurate.'" S Fielden was on last week . Is also on this week. media.therfl.co.uk/docs/DISCIPLI ... 20Copy.pdf

So lets see Charnley Grade C and he will plead guilty so the charge will be lowered to a B. Wigan will plead they need him for the challenge Cup game so reduced to grade A. He will then be told don't be such a idiot in future and get a 1 match ban and £300 fine mark my words. Tautai See above

Quote ="Builth Wells Wire"S Fielden was on last week . Is also on this week. media.therfl.co.uk/docs/DISCIPLI ... 20Copy.pdf'" apologies then, the tuesday line up was what has since been doing the rounds.

Quote ="Builth Wells Wire"S Fielden was on last week . Is also on this week. media.therfl.co.uk/docs/DISCIPLI ... 20Copy.pdf'" apologies then, the tuesday line up was what has since been doing the rounds.

Read league express and weekly this morning and going by the letters in there and other things I've seen this disciplinary will I'm sure be watched with interest,the other thing I'm surprised at is no Wigan fan on here bemoaning they done nothing wrong and the Rfl are just picking on them etc etc etc.

John Stankevitch made quite a big thing of Fieldens presence on the committee on social media. I think he made a very good point.

The problem is this:
The panel are selected well in advance. How are those who select the panel meant to know who will be appearing so that nobody is 'judged' by an ex-player who once played for the same club as the charged player?
If the ex-players on the panel can't take part in a case involving one of their ex-clubs, you would be ruling out a lot them as most players appear for 3/4 clubs during their career.

Can't see its insurmountable to choose ex player when they know who is up before the beak?
The issue isn't whether they are biased but whether they may be (reasonably) thought to be biased. Why take the risk. On the other hand the Wigan fans will no doubt take the view that any player who didn't play for them will be biased against them...then again "every one hates us we don't care"...

Thing is, ex team mate doesn't mean dick, they can still be friends even not being in the same team.

Case in point, I went to see the Alan partridge tour at the nynex in Manchester in 08, I bumped into Sean long who was there with Ian sibbit, now, neither played together, but only knew each other just being wiganers.

Charnley pleads guilty and gets 2 game ban and £300 fine,not heard about the other yet.

Tautai pleads not guilty and gets 2 game ban and £300 fine, maybe he should have said guilty and maybe only got 1.

Quote ="Builth Wells Wire"S Fielden was on last week . Is also on this week. media.therfl.co.uk/docs/DISCIPLI ... 20Copy.pdf'" Except Superleague charges are heard on Tuesday and Championship on Wednesday, so Fielden wasn't involved.

Quote ="Builth Wells Wire"S Fielden was on last week . Is also on this week. media.therfl.co.uk/docs/DISCIPLI ... 20Copy.pdf'" Except Superleague charges are heard on Tuesday and Championship on Wednesday, so Fielden wasn't involved.

OK I stand corrected. Fielden was this week . Turley last week ... Both have links with the Thugs

Not much for the conspiracy theorists to moan about this week now is there!!!

I think your right however neither of the later two have the critical influence on a result as Lockers.
Pies have enough reserve to cover marginal positions, as we have, having lost the likes of Lineham and Hughes simultaneously through different reasons.

To refuel the conspiracy, make an example of the later two, to disguise the secret agenda of the cherry and white favor panelist.

Would they have dared to after all the fuss made about the O'Loughlin saga.

your right..makes a change,,

Both have appealed. Charnleys 2 game ban has been upheld, but Tautai has been successful and had his ban reduced to 1 match!

2 games for touching the ref, 1 game for seriously bad tackle that could have ended that players career.....Yeh makes sense it is the RFL and Wigan!!

I'm not surprised at all, if a Wigan player had stabbed his own mother to death and was still there with the knife in hand when the police arrived they would still appeal it. So Charnley doesn't win his appeal it must be like touching God when you touch a ref, as for the other how that is down graded is beyond me.

When I watched the Tautai assault I thought ... he'll get a big ban for that. A one match ban is ludicrous and will only encourage other such tackles. Sam Powell is the one to watch ... he's a very sneaky boy coming in low as third man.

Powell got a warning regarding his tackling technique, well he got a warning for a similar tackle I think the other player turned so he only got him on the hip, but as I see it the intention was there, but it's Wigan and they can do what they want.

To be fair to most of the Wigan fans on a similar thread on their forum they thought both deserved to be banned, don't like the cannonball tackle which they blame Maguire for introducing. They also mention Powell as being the worst perpetrator of it. Wane on the other hand is completely dillusional blaming Leeds, McDermott the players anybody but his players or indeed himself. McDermott was spot on in his comments after the game and I am sure all other coaches agree with him.