Silverwood has said on Twitter, probably trying to deflect, saying it's the MRP that decides on incidents in games and whether to charge them. So what he's trying to say is that he had no input into this issue, which I find rather laughable considering the look he gave Currie when he did it and then the fact that the Fat Karate Kid went over to him and said "he pushed you".

You do realise that Silverwood does have cards in his pocket and could've shown him a yellow if he wanted to if it bothered him that much or turn the Leigh scrum into a Leigh penalty for dissent.

Moaning at the ref isn't a grade C offence, delibrate contact with one is. Might not have been the biggest push in the world but it's one of the first rules of RL/sport that every player knows, you don't touch the ref, simple as really.

Because Silverwood is one of the best refs, and didn't over-react and spoil the game for the fans by sending him off, when it was in a category that it could reasonably be dealt with afterwards, as it was. Admirable work ref.

I'd have loved to be a fly on the wall when Currie was being bollocked by the powers-that-be at Wire, prior to taking his EGP. What a prat. I hope they've fined him a few weeks wages too on the q.t.

so currie gets 3 matches (2 with his egp)thats the same punishment as someone from leeds for head butting.i know which one should be punished more...another joke from those bafoons at the rfl

I can't believe the crap on here, at times.

Oh, he ( a ?????????? player) did this, 3 months ago.
and "He ( a ?????????? player) did a naughty tackle, last week, and nothing got done

He's pushed a ref, TWICE, in the space of a few seconds.

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Do we want our game descending to football's level, where you've got that fat Scouse widge, Rooney, calling every ref under the sun a f##### c### every time the ref gives a free kick against him.

The ref should be spoken to respectfully (even IF he is a f###### c###) and should NEVER be shoved.


If this happened outside a Wire jersey, the same people whinging about other incidents, would be baying for blood.

Carry on like this, and we're going down a slippery slope (as a sport).

Currie's been banned. He's deserved it. Let's not try and find excuses, or crap comparisons.

I agree, would have spoiled it for all.

There you go I've said it again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am a big fan of Ben Currie & I think he will go on to become a great player.
However under no circumstances should a player touch the Ref.

Ben will learn from this and in 2 games it will be all forgotten.

In that case why isnt the Leigh player who deliberately make contact with Silverwood also facing the same charge?

Don't be daft trying to make out as if they're the same. Currie has a little petulant nudge on the ref because of the decision against him. The Leigh player merely places a hand and his back and says "he pushed you".

So it is deliberate contact?

So is shaking his hand after the final whistle. Anybody trying to suggest both 'contacts' are the same shouldn't be allowed near a RL game or any TV that's showing it.

At last a voice of reason.
Contact with a ref, be it accidental or in communication is inevitable in nearly all games. Deliberate contact like a push or hock style tackle falls way out of the inevitable zone.

Wow. Really? Its an opinion just because we don't share it means i shouldn't go the games or watch it? Regardless of if you agree or disagree contact was made with the ref during the game.

Had another look at the incident last night by re-running the game off the planner so not isolating the incident. It's clear that Currie gives the ref a quick nudge in petulance/anger, Silverwoods face shows a bit of shock as to what happened there. Emmit does touch the ref and mutter something, but that is not the same thing in any way. He's banned it's over. After tonight's game there will be something else to debate.

So what a surprise LMS gets away with man handling the ref, Currie gets 2 match ban it's a joke!
Inconsistency of what players can do or not do is getting ridiculous. Even Thaler gave him a look so it was definitely not missed by him can't believe not even a caution!

Because it wasn't the same. Currie's was an assault.

It's time to let go of this touching lark. It's not the same. One with intent of (very minor) assault and the other isn't. It really is that simple.

One was a push, the other was a pull, both were deliberate contact with the referee and both deserving of bans. Typical RFL judiciary (lack of) consistency.

If I spark him out one week and you tickled his feet the next do you want to spend the same amount of time as me suspended?

So you reckon it's ok for a player to grab a referee by the shirt and try to spin him around to face him?

Well, if you're looking at it as a neutral, currie's wasn't an assault, what it was, was he was explaining to sims what had happened, and mimicking the push he got, unfortunately he was looking to his right and didn't see the ref who copped the mimicked push.

LMS grabbed the ref on the shoulder and pulled him around the dispute the decision, in the grand scheme of things, they're both relatively minor transgressions but neither should be allowed and a two match ban is about fair call for both of these things as a reminder,mind what you're bleeding doing.

I have no issue about a ban for either. Neither of them should Man handle a ref but they are 2 very different actions. Personally LMS ought to get 1 game for it and Currie rightly gets two, Hock was lucky to get 8 I think, he ought to have got the same as Ben Flower for an assault.

As for an assault FMC, it was, some level of verbal at, or laying your hands on someone is a crime, but left with the ref and commissions to deal with them. Police will not interfere but they can.

Yeah, police,

You try it on a policeman then see if he buys you a lolly pop.