Are yet again showing how incompetent they are, morgan knowls as had his 2 match ban quashed on a 2nd appeal making him free to play in Saturdays grand final.think most of who have seen the incident will of agreed it was worthy of a ban but i guess mcmanus money really does talk.i wasnt really bothered who won but i will be cheering for leeds now

After everything that's gone on with the disciplinary committee this season, Kelepi's tackle springs to mind, it absolutely stinks.

How can you defend what he did, it's there for all to see.

The games bent !!

i have been warching RL all my life and tonight, I am totally disgusted . However for years there has been a wiff of something not quite right . People who have called the sport out for being rigged after some baffling referee decisions that always seem to go the way of bigger clubs have often been dismissed as idiots. How far has the game to sink before it becomes obvious what is going on to keep it it for the benefit of a few clubs and the rest of the clubs like us seem irrelevant to an higher agenda. FFS what the point of it all.

Player safety ??

Sorry but, the actions of the disciplinary committee have brought the game into disrepute.
It was a deliberate action by Knowles, aided by Roby (holding the player) and the ban should stans or, possibly increase.

It stinks the house out.

That is shocking!!! The ban should have been doubled on appeal.The clowns who made this decision should be named and shamed.
Agree with all the previous comments and this really does stink to high heaven.St Helens have managed to make the RL a laughing stock, and I wonder what the clowns took into account, that Knowles didn't force his arm out of it's socket.

The badge on his shirt. That's all that matters.

A disgrace and sums up where the leaders of the sport are at.

Utterly ridiculous and once again the RFL make a mockery of our sport. Disgraceful.

I said that a few weeks back regarding the Kelepi ban, but was shot down stupid. It's patently obvious the disciplinary is bent.

So PT, still think that if Tanginoa had been wearing a Saints badge he'd have been treated the same?

I’ve never seen a team appeal the MRP a second time, are you obviously allowed to do that? All I’m going to say on the matter is you wonder why the sport is where it is within the UK when corruption is occurring right under our noses, with clearly no F’s given.

I'm no lover of Leeds but this decision is absolutely pathetic, so coupled with the fact that Saints have more than their fair share of whingers amongst their supporters, I hope Leeds hammer them.

10 match ban in OZZ for that tackle As said the games is bent, like life if you got the money you can buy your way out of any thing

I guess the message is do anything you want if the next game is a final.

As long as you're wearing the right coloured shirt!

How on earth do the MRP make a decision, uphold it on appeal and then cave in at a 2nd appeal?

Surely if ever an appeal was going to be regarded as frivolous it would be appealing an already upheld appeal.

Can't give the link as its on twitter, but Richard Silverwood (one of the better refs) has come out and said its a disgrace.
I quote " Absolute shambles. No wonder the game is on its ar*e,"
Well said RS.

In a microcosm we see exactly what’s holding back Rugby League in this country and also why there’s little hope that it will recover from the recession it’s in. IMG or not!

Sts appeal is predictable but morally abhorrent, it says we will ignore the conduct of our player because we want to play him the next match. It also says we will put our welfare above that of the game no matter how amateurish and small it makes the the whole sport look.

The Governing Body, the RFL looks weak and perhaps corrupt in the face of one of the sports big clubs. No surprise there, no matter how they try to rationalise and explain their many illogical decisions that favour the big clubs.

The truth is that the powerful clubs run the game for their benefit often at the expense of the integrity of the sport, the smaller clubs and the health of the lower divisions. Once or twice is perhaps sustainable or can be absorbed even by a weak sport like Rugby League but many many cases, not just disciplinery matters, over decades has brought the sport to its knees.

Can the panel be cited for bringing the game into disrepute?

Although many people point the finger at clubs like Trinity for holding the game back, there is no doubt whatsoever that it's the big 5 clubs that control the sport and they can pretty much do what the hell they want, knowing that when push comes to shove, they will get their own way.
This decision is just the latest example of the RFL buckling or, not being up to the task.
Can you imagine this sort of thing in Union ??
The big 4 having "better advice" than the governing body should NEVER be possible.
Once again RL is a laughingstock.

Regards this. Tanginoa was to appeal his ban but the panel couldn’t hear it until the following week (he had to serve 1 before even heard). Yet with saints they have just had 2 appeals held within a week… it’s just double standards.

I think this is a disgusting decision and shows incompetence of the highest order. Basically the panel say he has flexed the arm but because he’s not injured have written off the action… truly ridiculous.

Either the referee, panel and 1st appeal panel got it wrong or the whole process is shown as lacking. So very poor.

They should be. I think its about time us fans took action. The problem is I don't want to adversely affect trinity. But boycotting the world Cup would send a very powerful message. I certainly won't attend a single game and I was planning to.

I won’t attend unless a trin player is playing. Can’t believe Wire have 4 in knights yet Hall or Murphy aren’t included.

#boycotttherlworldcup22

To be fair think murphy would of been but he is injured but i get your point