The Speculator wrote:
Keighran is bang to rights. It was a bad one and I have no idea what he was thinking. The Dupree one, I'm not so sure about, if I'm being honest. Didn't seem to warrant a Grade D from the clip I have seen, but I know others feel differently (especially the MRP, it would seem). While it's natural for us fans to at first think 'great, Wigan have lost two players for the final', they will both be replaced by other players of a similar standard, and I wouldn't expect it to affect the match too much, really.
I think Dupree knew what he was doing and was snide about it. Keighran's case was a slam dunk. Both stupid and pointless.
As for the ban length, both still less than Vaughan lifting a player time wasting by feigning injury.
I agree, it won't affect the result I don't think. Wigan still odds on favourites.