[i1.4.3 Press conference appearances:



•All Players and Head Coaches must make themselves available for all reasonable media requirements, whether they are for live broadcast matches, non-televised SLE matches or SLE convened events. Such requirements to include Press Conferences and announcements.



•All clubs must comply with the contracted broadcasters contract as in effect from time to time.

Fine: £500 on the first occasion and £1000 on subsequent occasions.

SLE to commit to not making unreasonable demands on playing and coaching staff and to give a minimum of 2 weeks notice where possible via the media manager of the club(s) in question. On gameday all players and coaches must respond reasonably to the contracted broadcaster’s requests for post match interviews.

N.B. SLE will not insist that any personnel need to comply during games. Clubs may use their own discretion during games.[/i

I do now, much obliged.

Interesting, cheers IA.

I get the impression that if Keith had said silverwood was wrong in his decisions rather then him as a person, he may have got away with it. Hard luck Keith as you were right.



Referees need sorting out in this game, It`s not good enough.

Tis no problem... am I sad to have a link directly to the rules and operational rules on the RFL website saved in my favourites? Or is it more sad that before I checked to confirm tvoc's thoughts, that I was pretty sure we did have a rule and that I knew which section I would probably find it in?

No, IIRC the operational rules (I am resisting the temptation to actual look!) talk about criticism of the official in general, and are not specific about the nature of that criticism.

Thankfully Keith resisted in commenting on Mr Silverwood's personal hygiene, which I understand, is beyond reproach.

Quote deginner="deginner"Keith has got 3 items on ebay actually! A polo shirt from WCC A signed program from WCC And his "Squad Access" pass from the WCC Come on leeds fans poor little keith needs help with this mammoth fine!'" And here is the big item to help pay the fine cgi.ebay.co.uk/LEEDS-RHINOS-RUGB ... 3cab006537

Quote deginner="deginner"Keith has got 3 items on ebay actually! A polo shirt from WCC A signed program from WCC And his "Squad Access" pass from the WCC Come on leeds fans poor little keith needs help with this mammoth fine!'" And here is the big item to help pay the fine cgi.ebay.co.uk/LEEDS-RHINOS-RUGB ... 3cab006537

Just noticed I missed his medal and the match shirt (maybe he is expecting the suspended part of the fine to kick in after Sunday)

According to the YEP online:



[iThe panel said it took into consideration Senior's previous good record during a lengthy career, his admission of guilt and public apology, but felt a fine was appropriate given that it was a personal attack on the referee's character, =#FF0000rather than a criticism of a decision by the referee.[/i



He'll know what to restrict his comments to next time then.



And while on the subject of referee appointments the YEP ask:



[iAs the Super League referees are all professional, they should, in theory, be of an equal standard and, therefore, it shouldn't make any difference who takes charge of which game. So why not have a draw every Monday to decide the following weekend's appointments? [/i



What makes anyone think Cummings has a different system in place.

The way Refs are "selected" for matchs!

Coincidence.

If you say so stuart!

If it were truely random, then we'd get instances of an official refereeing consecutive matches for a team during the regular season and more instances of referees being appointed to referee their home-town teams.