£3k at a guess.
I get the frustrations, but as a club owner / official you just can't be coming out with this stuff, yes some things need to change, but this just doesn't help.
Be interesting to see what changes with the RFL / IMG next year in terms of operational rules, there's been SO much noise over it over the course of the year. People will always take issue with referring performance but there's things they can do to help themselves.
- Video referee to make their own decision, not influenced by the on-field referee. If the Video ref can't come to a decision he is 100% confident with, the decision can be reverted back to the referee for an on field call. Video ref decisions shouldn't be influenced by someone who has a poorer view than they do!
- Six Again. Preferably scrap it all together, if not revert to the 'NRL model' of a penalty in own 40m. (But this in my eyes still encourages slowing down of the play the ball, when the attacking team would normally have had a kickable penalty). Yellow card for persistent Six Again's utilised via old school team warning, this comes with a penalty.
- If a ban is given in a First Team fixture, only first team club fixtures (League & Cup, not Friendlies) can count towards it. I thought it was ridiculous we had the advantage with it earlier in the year with Dudson and McGuire(?) and we have it rearing its head again with the Wigan reserve fixture - where is the punishment there? No issues with Wigan utilising the loop hole, we would have done the same, it just needs to change.
The above all seems pretty straightforward, and not sure there will be anything detrimental off the back of it.
- Disciplinary: Not sure where to start, just needs an overhaul. The appeals, and appeals of appeals makes a mockery of things, it's like a circus every week. In my view decisions on match bans shouldn't be publicised until after an appeal has been heard and appeals should be limited to one per charge.
