As soon as Vaughan did that tackle I thought he will get a ban. It was dangerous. No point at all in reviewing the decision ... unless you want the ban increasing. Nothing to do with Wigan/Saints/Leeds. It deserved 2 games or more. I wasn't surprised that the Cameron Smith ban was overturned either.

But we have.

Of course we have and I understand that`s what you alluded to, but I can`t recall St Helens being lumbered with a frivolous increase, when they frequently appeal against a ban on one of their players.

Maybe the Sad One can enlighten me.

I don’t think they have or they would still be bleating about the injustice of it all, I like to think we are better than that!

They are still apoplectic over 1 refereeing decision from about 5 years ago…

"apoplectic" ... that's another good word.

Readers Digest “Improve your word power” is to blame Smiffy!

Do you read it or swallow it? It is all very impressive & puts our forum above most of the others.

Actually the odd touch of whimsicality*does set us apart


*have I gone too far yet?
Probably should be “whimsy” but I’m feeling reckless

Anything released for this week yet? I sort of expect Currie to cop a ban since it's cup week, we're playing that lot, and the referee didn't even deem it worth penalising on Friday. RFL logic!

Here we go... https://www.rugby-league.com/article/62 ... view-panel Currie got a £250 fine for something the ref didn't even think was worth a penalty. Ah well, he'll recoup that by getting Man of the Match* on Sunday! * Why do they insist on calling it 'Player of the match' even on men's games? Does Konrad Hurrell identify as a woman?

Here we go... https://www.rugby-league.com/article/62 ... view-panel Currie got a £250 fine for something the ref didn't even think was worth a penalty. Ah well, he'll recoup that by getting Man of the Match* on Sunday! * Why do they insist on calling it 'Player of the match' even on men's games? Does Konrad Hurrell identify as a woman?

Indeed - but it’s still ‘man of steel’ not ‘player of brass’ (or whichever alloy you identify with). Actually, come to think of it, player of brass just makes you sound like the horn section…

Quote ="matt_wire"Here we go... https://www.rugby-league.com/article/62 ... view-panel Currie got a £250 fine for something the ref didn't even think was worth a penalty. Ah well, he'll recoup that by getting Man of the Match* on Sunday! * Why do they insist on calling it 'Player of the match' even on men's games? Does Konrad Hurrell identify as a woman?'" Don’t understand what the issue is with “player of the match” it’s the best payer, not the best man (which could be based on looks/physique etcetc

Quote ="matt_wire"Here we go... https://www.rugby-league.com/article/62 ... view-panel Currie got a £250 fine for something the ref didn't even think was worth a penalty. Ah well, he'll recoup that by getting Man of the Match* on Sunday! * Why do they insist on calling it 'Player of the match' even on men's games? Does Konrad Hurrell identify as a woman?'" Don’t understand what the issue is with “player of the match” it’s the best payer, not the best man (which could be based on looks/physique etcetc

It is because Man Of The Match is trademarked, and when the trademark got purchased by a new owner in 2012 they started to properly enforce it.

https://www.rugby-league.com/article/62 ... view-panel

https://www.rugby-league.com/article/62 ... view-panel

Wasn't there an all out brawl in the Catalan v Huddersfield game, or did I imagine it?

https://www.rugby-league.com/article/62 ... view-panel

https://www.rugby-league.com/article/62 ... view-panel

No charges this week.

Cullen & Co. are waiting for Vaughan to play well again, before inventing a way to ban him again.

No point in banning him now reading Rubber Duckie`s analysis of Vaughan currently.

no charges at all?

No

https://www.rugby-league.com/article/62 ... view-panel

https://www.rugby-league.com/article/62 ... view-panel

It seems very quiet this year, not that Im complaining. But it certainly seems to be a sea change from last year when farting in the scrum could get you a 10 week suspension.

Interesting that at the beginning of the season there was a lot of speculation that the crackdown on head highs would be the death of the game. In fact players seem to have learned very quickly, and the game seems more entertaining with one team the notable exception.

And rightly so, what about the player locking in at 13 in the scrum? Potentially five noxious rectums pointed in the general direction of one’s nasal passage…