As I said earlier, Lynch went in with his elbow on 62 minutes.

Nothing said.

Bent.

Now that he has been charged will he definately receive some type of punishment, or can he still get off with it?

Goulding was taken out with a straight arm shot after he passed to Charnley for his first try. Watch Raynor and see he never attempts a tackle, just a Fozzard-style smash to the throat, on 49.37. What a complete **** that bloke is!

Yeah, I saw that when I watched it back yesterday.

Probably didn't do anything as the try had been scored but it would have been nice for him to have had a word with him at least

Guilty until proven innocent.

Is this the tackle on Lynch from the kick off from their first try?

Carl ablett was banned for 3 games for a mistimed tackle on golden bollards last season despite having an unblemished record throughout his career. A minimum one game ban for hansen from the "wigan appreciation society", sorry disciplinary panel. If it had been any other club he'd have been looking at two games minimum.

Is that a joke



The RFL hate Wigan, they already have fears about us dominating again, they would hate it.

Your predictions so far haven't been too precise:

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As they say round our way.......tha knows fook all.

A mis-timed tackle? You must be joking - it was a vicious high shot that nearly took Sam's head off - just like the high shot by Peacock in the CC Q/F that again nearly decapitated Sam. Or what about Senior kicking out and cutting Joel's face/head? None of those was punished ( ie carded) by the ref ( Bentham/Ganson) - double the irony that Faz was yellow carded by Bentham for a so-called late challenge on Mcguire and even more ridiculously Coley was yellow carded by Ganson for a supposed late challenge on Burrow which even Eddie and Stevo said was wrong.

Apart from Ablett ( and Webb once), who else has been suspended from Leeds in the past few years? Bailey and Peacock amongst others have got away with so much.

Look at the Hansen tackle - can you see anything wrong/malicious in it? Lynch certainly didn't complain.

The bottom line is it will be ridiculous if Hansen does get banned, but the RFL do want to make it a close and exciting game...

Tuson did nothing in the saints game and still got banned, this is the RFL

The dream ticket, Bentham/Ganson, could be a very, very frustrating afternoon. The script has already been written and the result known only to the chosen few.

Yep, identical types of alleged foul play there - well done.

An absolute joke if he is banned for this considering things like lynch's forearm/elbow to the face....

be gutted if he does miss the final as he has been great all season and would be missed... but atleast we have the strength in depth to be able to replace him with the likes of farrell or hock... so i dont think it would affect us as much as the rfl/leeds would hope!

They don't charge people and find them not guilty, that's why they review the games before charging people. Saying that I do hope he gets a warning, but I doubt it 2 matches along with Solomona for the same offence

I cant believe how Hansen has been charged yet McGoldrick gets away with two offences. Ok one wasn't that bad but he cant away with performing a DDT on a rugby pitch! Along with Lynch's forearm into McIlorum which even the SKY team picked up, it makes you think if the RFL really do review the games or just watch Wigan

I'm expecting a one match ban.

A suspended sentence would be the decent thing to do. It would be a shame if he couldn’t make it to Wembley.

Another gem from the latest one-match-a-year wonder to emerge from the Leeds woodwork now that it's Wembley week.

If you'd actually watched the game in which the Ablett incident you refer to occurred, you'd realise what a buffoon you've just made of yourself.

Solomona is up for the same thing.

Don't think a warning is an option for a Grade B offence. Minimum punishment is a one match ban so a not guilty or no case to answer verdict is what HH needs to hear to be available on Saturday

That's fair enough, so if they are to consistent they will get the same treatment. Just don't understand how they can miss other incidents which are so blatant and I've never known a disciplinary panel to get so many things wrong in one sport before.

I don't expect a ban. He will, undeservedly in my opinion be found guilty and as somebody has stated a one match ban is the minimum punishment. However they often go outside the recommended range of sanctions due to mitigating factors, these include plea and previous record, I have a feeling Hansen will gamble and plead guilty to gain credit and will ultimately escape a ban due to his exempalory record

I also think that if they give him a one match as is possible, Wigan will appeal the severity of the sentence resulting in an increased fine and allowing him to play

2.8 SENTENCING GUIDELINES FOR EACH GRADE OF OFFENCE

GRADE NORMAL SUSPENSION RANGE
A SOS/NFA -1
B 1 – 2
C 2 -3
D 3-5
E 4-8
F 8+ or period suspension

2.9 NORMAL SUSPENSION RANGES – GUIDELINES ONLY

Players and Clubs should be aware that the normal suspension ranges are guidelines only and
the Tribunal has the discretion to step outside of the normal ranges in the following three
circumstances:
- If the Compliance Manager has advised the Player that, in the light of specified aggravating
factors, she is going to seek a higher sanction and the Tribunal agree that such factors mean
a higher sanction should be imposed;
- If the Tribunal has previously advised the Player that it will apply a higher sanction next time
that Player is found to have committed a misconduct Offence; or
Sentencing Guidelines January 2010 Page 9 of 10
- If the Tribunal feels that in the light of the aggravating and mitigating factors present it is
appropriate to step outside of the normal suspension range (irrespective of whether this has
been requested by the Compliance Manager).

=#FF4000 According to that, Hansen should be getting 1-2 games but they are only guidelines...

no news?
thought he was up at 5:30pm?