4 for gouging, 1 for punching.

£300 fine.

Can probably consider himself lucky re the 4 matches.

Que the other fans flocking here...

Can't argue myself. Actually suprised with leniency

Surprised they didnt throw the book at him, although thats his season over, punishment enough.

Think this was another case of the anti-wigan brigade getting carried away again.

5 Matches, the RFL may have actually got something right for once.

i think that 4 matches for gouging is far too lenient,it definitely wont teach him a lesson that's for sure

Very lucky lad could have been more

And I assume 8 would?

we run the RFL so a light sentence is to be expected.

The RFL are consistent for once, they set the precedent when they banned a Skolars player for 4 games last year.

And here they come , right on queue !



Awaits the deluge of anti Hock/Wigan posts.

Lucky boy

not a biased opinion but should of been more and the £300 fine is a joke considering tomkins got a grand for his 2 finger salute , didnt the quins player get 6 for biting i believe gauging is worse

He only posted his opinion, one I actually agree with.Don't be so precious

He didn't hurt Harrison. A caution would have been sufficient.

so should we give hock a pat on the back

The Quins player pleaded not guilty which it seems p*ssed the judiciary off, hence a hefty ban.

Ends his season and possible Grand Final team place.

That will hurt him enough.

Good one.

suppose he as badly let his team mates down and the club who shown faith in him and stood by him

He's let himself down badly - again.

As a fan I'm extremely disappointed in him and I'm sure the club are.

I thought it should have been 6-8 games but its ended his season and I think thats probably been factored into the decision.

I'd like to consider myself a pretty neutral fan and don't won't write rubbish like "Sam Tomkins' dad is on the disciplinary panel"

but that ban is a joke. In fact the bans are completely inconsistent this year.

Whitehead got 5 games for biting. Fully deserved as we don't need that kind of play in our game. Reason why it was only 5 was because he had a clean record. As bad as biting is, gouging is much worse, plus take the fact Hocks dismal record (even taking the drugs ban out of it), it is a stupidly low ban. He should have had the book thrown at him and the RFL should have showed that it has no place in our sport. What do you have to do to get 8, blind somebody???

Then also we got Ryan Mcgoldrick doing one of the most dangerous tackles i've ever seen getting nothing, yet every week players get random bans for "undue pressure nonsence"

One for punching? He missed anyway, and every week we see punches thrown and no bans.

cheers it's nice to have a sensible wigan poster that is unbiased

let's be fair, there is a very fine line between grabbing the head by the eyebrows, and eye gouging... and I think the RFL probably took Harrison's reaction (or lack therefore of) into account.

The ban is proportionate to the ACTUAL offence, and bear in mind that it will end his season and, perhaps, give him a 1 game reminder in 2012.

By he's been lucky. Quite why his sentence is so lenient is something I'd love to know, it isn't because of his exemplary record that's for sure.

Am I right in thinking that one pre-season friendly can count towards a ban?

Fully deserved. As a Wigan fan after everything he has put us through I am really pee'd off with him.

To be honest I am not sure he was quite ready to play for us in the playoff despite giving us a good game on Sunday - we like to play with structure and composure and Hocks offloads as good as they can be do not really fit in with our current controlled/structured style of play. I get the feeling as the players around him are not quite sure what to do from one minute to the next when he is on the field.

Providing we do not get any injuries (touch wood) I think we will be stronger side without him in it this season.

Long term - he will be an awesome replacement for Coley as long as he can curb the brainf*rts with and without the ball in hand. He will benefit from a full season and hopefully this well help him sort his inconsistant mentality out.