Well you won't be there, so thats 1 less.

The crowds won't go that low unfortunately for you

I'm pretty sure but didn't the club announce they'd sold over 8,000 passes for this season?

Still think we have a chance (although slim) of creeping in to the play offs, granted our pts difference may see us miss out but I don't think its a total write off just yet.
We are still shaping up for 2024 and starting to play some decent and entertaining rugby under Smith and if we can pick up a more wins than losses from now until the end of the season fans will still turn up to watch.

Me and me Missus’ll be there. Hope you can pull yourself out of your perennial doldrums to get there.

And do you think TS and the boys are looking at it the same way as you. You really shouldn't be on here, you're so depressing.

He’s never there so it’s a net zero effect.

8 game ban for speaking out facts?

He'll likely get more games than Kai O'donnell did earlier. 6 games for a tackle that could have ended a players career/left them paralysed, but likely more for allegedly calling the ref a joke. Ladies and gentlemen the rugby league disciplinary system.

I’m hoping for another ‘Bateman’ outcome.

7 matches

7 games.
More than slamming somebody on their neck. Jesus.

He may as well have cracked Kendall.

Seven games for questioning the integrity of a match official, six games for a spear tackle.

Obviously hurting someone's feelings is worse than potentially paralysing someone

Not condoning Griffin but how can that be more games than Kai O’Donnels tackle? Think that just about sums up the system.
Then the powers that be supposedly running the sport wonder why the games is losing fans and struggling.

Will be interesting to see if what the report does or doesn’t say.
To be honest nothing more than most expected the way the MRP & RFL work and officials and their performances are not allowed to be questioned.

Full report should be released tomorrow so it'll be interesting to see if what was said is quoted.

You can bet if it supports the RFL/MRP/Kendals view they will, if it supports Griffins view they won’t.

Be interesting to hear Smiths view on it as he mentioned he’d say his thoughts on it after the hearing.

Was josh McGuire's ban too long if he didn't do a spear tackle either?

Cue the list of the match officials for Thursday, though I doubt the RFL would so stupid to have Kendal involved.

Flower got 8 games for racial abuse. Griffin effectively got 7.5 games for saying something far less worse that racist language

He's been demoted to East Hull

I bet we get him


Edit....just checked and its Jack Smith

In comparison to the tackle that could have broken someone’s neck, paralysed them or worse then yes.

Certainly be interesting to know what was actually said as to the questioning of Kendals integrity.

For me both were wrong as Griffin should have bitten his lip and gone in for half time and Kendal should have been able to handle a clearly frustrated player and have the ability to de escalate rather than escalate the situation.

All the talk around player safety in recent years. Bringing in the HIA protocol, lengthening the amount of days you need to miss if you fail your HIA. Trialing tackling below the armpits. A large number of ex players looking to go to court over head injuries sustained.
All this, plus likely more, and in a week where we have seen one of the worst tackles seen on a pitch for a long long time, the RFL have still judged swearing at a ref to be a more serious event.

It's really hard to say whether 7 games is justified or not because we'll never find out what was said.
It just highlights another issue the game has, there is very little trust in the officials by the fans.
The MRP often seems opaque and the decisions arbitrary.

Strewth.
He's f00kin garboyle as well.
Class at squawking though.