I would suggest it may be 2 matters involving the 1 incident.
The Santagate occurred on Boxing Day morning.Owen was due to play in the game against Bradford that day.
In this weeks RLE Millward is quoted as saying,''Ritchie Owen has a back injury,but he'll be back in action within a couple of weeks,ready for the friendly with Huddersfield on Friday 13th January.''
This was to account for his absence.
The breach of club code of practice would perhaps be his attendance on the streets of Pontefract drinking or otherwise at whatever o'clock so close to a game.
To assist - the player from the 15 a side sport,who was in a relationship with Kelly Brook,gave an excuse,after being seen in a nightclub on the day of a game,of handing tickets for the game to a friend who was inside the nightclub.
I am uncertain if the same excuse will work in this matter.