Would you believe that 1 month ago we were the cleanest team in the league?

Ridiculous decision

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This is a disgrace. The RFL is a joke. RL will forever stay a back water sport that'll never grow beyond the handful of toothless goons that watch it down here or the miserable northerns who watch it up there if the game continues to be run the way it is.



Just out of curiosity anyone remember when wellsi was "DDTed" and knocked out cold and the ref blew for us knocking on...



I would have walked the team off the field during that first half and only gone back out on the field when someone decided to play league and not whatever it was that rookie bum, who should never be allowed to officiate again, but no doubt will (against us) was calling.

The RFL certainly doesn't do its credibility any favours with a lottery style disciplinary system which seems to be loaded in favour of certain clubs. But then a truly open, consistent and transparent system would see the RFL lose a lot of discretionary power.

What a joke the RFL are, we are one of the cleanest teams in the league but they hit us hard whenever the opportunity presents itself.



How many times has Peacock deliberately laid into an opponent this year with fists flying......but no action taken.



How many times have you seen a bit of biff start and players running in from both sides......but no action of note taken.



Cunningham (RFL love child) deliberately punches an opponent in the face.....but is deemed an accident (RFL have to make sure he is available for Saints end of season run-in).......no action taken.



Whereas with Quins



Catalan v Quins.......biff starts late in the game, 3 Quins players banned (think it was 2-3 weeks) for running in, but only Mogg banned for Catalan. Further Quins player also banned from same game for poor tackle.



Howell lashes out (idiot) at Wigan....no real connect.....in fact Howell comes off worst. Result, Howell banned for 3 weeks, Wigan players running in (see above), no action taken.



Clubb tackles latest Saints hero.......gets banned for 2 weeks....tackle is clumsy on pint sized dwarf, but RFL deem it deliberate (see above re Peacock and Cunningham deliberate acts)



Do you see a pattern forming here??????



Did Clubbs poor tackle really warrant a 2 match ban? A penalty was given and the guy was not hurt, a 1 match ban would have been more than sufficient. It was a `nothing` incident. RFL must be feeling pretty pleased with themselves this morning.



What a pile of c**p.

Has Clubb ever had a warning letter about his tackling technique? I thought it was RFL practice to always warn a player about this before banning them





Sorry, but we seem to get hammered by the diciplinary guys at every opportunity and I think that the club should make some sort of representation once the season is over, asking for clarity in certain cases. I know that the back office is stretched, but I am sure if we all trawl through the rulings for the last 2 years we will find enough evidence of bias against us.

Like 26 times Saints players up, with fattysat on the loo on 5 and cunningham on 5.

Quins have had 13 visits to the naughty chair with howell top scoring on 4..

So Saints are well ahead of us in visits.....but we are hammering them on matches missed

The whole thing's an absolute joke. The inconsistency as bad as that chump we had officiating on Saturday. It seems this happens every season where we slump midseason due to injuries and trumped up disciplinery issues and then cannot recover in time to grab a spot in the play-offs.



Let's all hope the boys can rise to the adversity and get us back in the 8, preferably starting at Bradford this weekend. Shame Clubb isn't playing really as he would eat their backline... literally.

Sorry......miscount.

Fatty Sat on the Loo has been up 6 times so far this year.

1. High Tackle = No case

2. Chickenwing = 1 game

3. Leads with Knee into tackle/Jumps in = Letter

4. High Tackle = No case

5. Slaps an opponent = Man to man, no case

6 Leads with Arm into Tackle = Formal Caution



So 6 incidents, including 2 which are dangerous play going into a tackle which could injure the tackler, a slap around the face (lucky no eye contact there), two high tackles and a chickenwing (topical).....and he gets 1 game.

Clubby on the other hand is up on 2 charges (first time in 12 months) and gets 2 games and a letter





What really gets my back up is that Clubbs young and has a pretty good record, but gets slamed, whilst fattysatontheloo is a seasoned pro who has twice gone into would be tacklers with either his knee or forearm raised this season alone and he gets letters



Over 2 years:

3 visits to the diciplinary for Clubb ends in 1 match, 2 matches and a letter.

10 visits for the Saints player gets 1 letter, 1 game and a caution. In these 10 visits, he has also been pulled up for running in and striking a player.......mmmm...where have I heard that before? Oh yes, LMS got hammered for that while FSOTL got........nothing

Well at least we won't be playing Clubb as much now anyway.

He won't be , Howell and Gafa will be.

He wont be SR, Robinson and Williamson are back.

He'll be on the bench as cover.

So lucky for us it happened now, and not couple weeks ago.

Thought you'd like to know that your favourite ref/chump has a busy weekend reffing at the willows and then running the line at the Jungle.

Problem is that the RFL Disciplinary board are clearly made up of old farts...who are desperately trying to cling onto the slightest bit of power they have. I'm sure they're the same people that get wined and dined at all the major finals....bet they drive "Jaaaags"





The RFL don't do themselves any favours...but what can you do? Until this generation of wasters move onwards (or pass on!) then rugby league is always going to be second or third best to those sports that are run well.



Be interesting to see if this is brought up in Boots n All this week....can just imagine Stevo's response....sure he'll want nothing to do with it!!



How can a tackle and attempt to ground a short player be deemed worse than Cunningham's effort (once tackled) to strike the player on top of him in the face causing an "ACTUAL" injury....not this "possible" injury that Clubb could have cause??!!! This is Rugby....not Tennis!! RFL Disciplinary Feckers!