Having just had the chance to see boots 'n' all, have to ask the question how on earth did Andy Raleigh get away without a suspension?? Hence being free to play against us
The punch he threw was a cracker! am sorry but how on earth can that just be ignored?

It was not ignored:

1. Raleigh got a yellow card so missed 10 mins of the game.

2. Ali threw the first punch while still on the floor.

3. AR received a £300 fine as it was accepted that there was provocation AND he has a good record.

He's record aint that good. He's already been in trouble this year for illegal use of the forearm.

No doubt if it had been David Howell or LMS, they would have copped bans for sure.

Do you have the figures on how many times AR has been called before a disciplinary panel in the last 3 years? How many red cards he has received? His record is very good.

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- No charge
- No charge
- No charge (Formal caution)
- No charge (Warning letter)
- Guilty (NFA, Written warning on record)
- Guilty (£300 Fine)

It may be more because sometimes they don't spell the players names correctly, so they wouldn't show up in the search. Your right, his record does seem to be good… at getting off.

Isn't it just

I thought the discip board were trying to be consitent, yep ali did lash out from on the ground, AR then waited till he stood up took a step fwd and threw a haymaker!!! Should have been a red card and should have been banned thats what the discip board has done in the past, refs so far have been pretty good with it so far, punches thrown send em off!

Sorry this one seemed a bit odd why not red and why no ban

smith for salford use of forearm against danny orr 2 match suspension good record, not been up in front of board in UK previously
Raleigh has had 3 recorded indescretions in the last 12 months throws a deliberate punch, his excuse "ali swore at me and i thought he was going to punch me" look at the vid ali was turning away
sorry but it should have been red and a ban

I think raleigh got a fair deal. I would not have thought it too harsh had he been given a one match ban. two matches would have been excessive.He is a decent player and you can enjoy watching him on Saturday.

So he should have been sent off. It was right in front of the TJ. And we'd probably have won as a result. Wonder how Thaler's conversation with the TJ went ...

Thaler to Touch Judge: Damn, wasn't expecting that left the red card on the kitchen table, don't suppose you 've got one tucked away

Touch Judge to Thaler: No mate, the missus used it to do the shopping list for Lidl and I b'aint bought a new one yet

Thaler to Touch Judge: Oh well, perhaps I'll just wave inanely and he might go off for a pee. There's no cameras and it's only his third time this game. I'll get away with it, it's only Quins after all !!!

Raleigh can be happy he missed. Lauititi wasn't even looking, which got Danny Williams 18 matches off when he connected (before he came to us).