I doubt the RFL will back down on this one....they would look foolish!! Oh wait based on that theory will probably charge Tompkins for raising his head

and he has a fair amount of stubble each morning for a woman his wife said!!

you are the winner of funny post of the week , cracking

Typical Leeds arrogance



Hope it gets increased, but more important is why Ablett/Leeds can't just accept it and move on, I don't know.

vERY IMPORTANT PLAYER AT A VERY IMPORTANT TIME OF THE YEAR, ANY CHANCE AT THIS POINT IS A CHANCE INDEED, THEY WILL BE THINKING IF IT GETS INCREASED TO 4 GAMES ITS NOT MUCH DIFFERENT
WOULD BE SHOCKED IF IT WAS OVERTURNED, THE LAD WAS LUCKY TO STAY ON THE ISLAND

oops caps sorry

Vallium and Onion crisps should do the trick !!!

Anyone else used to watch Robinson Crusoe ?
Fantastic program.

thats baileys 3rd warning this season dirtiest player in the league and never gets banned

you know what he is , is a very clever antagonist on the field, and doesnt actually do a lot other than ragging players around by the shirt collars, and he is very good at it!! to be honest there are a ton of players who kick into the tackle with a high leg drive on impact , didnt see too much in that ..
however other things he has done have as you say remained unpunished.

But the Ablett incident was a clear sending off in everyone but the refs eyes... and he was very lucky to stay on the island by a long way, and he got in my opinion a fitting ban of three games...

By all accounts next year the RFL are looking into a new rule that says any bans must be taken against the team it was committed if that makes sense, so if he got a three matcher for argument sake one of those would be offset till the next match against wigan !! not a bad idea

It's a bloody ridiculous idea.

All it would mean is Ablett is missing from the next three Leeds v Wigan games, Wigan would still face 13 Leeds players, only Ablett would be missing. What would happen if he transferred, would his new club then be penalised?

If a player cops a three game ban for an incident in the GF, it could be two seasons until he completes the ban. Justice must be fair but also swift.

Totally, utterly barking.

Think it means only 1 game against Wigan, the other 2 would be his next 2 games whoever they may be against

So he'd still be free to play until he played Wigan again?

Barking!

And if he moved to another club they'd be penalised too



Can't imagine why RL has never taken off

Will you please stop calling the pitch an island.
They are not usually surrounded by water.
Must we follow the aussies in everything related to our game.
Big unit, the island the sheds

Wouldn't say no to a few aussie cheerleaders at Hull though

well ablett lost his appeal .......

Imo Bailey is one of the dirtiest players I have seen.. he's the type of player that people who don't like RL say "its a game played by thugs" fulfills the stereotype.
Abletts challenge to me could've been avoided and well done to tomkins for shaking it off but this rule change would be ridiculous.

the problem is Ablett lost his appeal, but it cost him £200, he should have had the ban doubled because of a frivolous appeal, that might make cheats like him think twice.

completely agree, wasting time so should have had his fine doubled at least imo.

Couldn't agree more, he should have had at the very least one extra game as a penalty and an extra £500 fine.

A reckless challenge yes & deserving of the extra fine & possibly a game added on for good measure, but a cheat what is that in relation to?

Justice done !!

Haven't they started doing that in Football, not doubling the ban but adding a game if the appeal is deemed as frivolous. Sure Rio Ferdinand had that happen at the end of last season.

Agree this could be a problem but have always thought that if the player is put on report and banned at a later date then there should be some sort of benefit for the sinned against club. After all, Saints are going to benefit form Ablett being out when in reality he should have been sent off which would have seen Wigan have the advantage. Think there are pro's and con's which could make this difficult to implement.