Re: Come on lads : Mon Feb 10, 2020 12:18 pm  

2 fair posts. A win for both next week and peace may break out?

Re: Come on lads : Mon Feb 10, 2020 12:46 pm  

I see Chicken Satae (who lived up to his nickname with a cowardly late hit) has copped a 3 game ban. This type of thuggery needs stamping out of the game.

Nothing (so far) for Jamie Ellis - amazing given the weight of evidence presented via social meda yesterday. I was expecting him to be at the Old Bailey today...

Re: Come on lads : Mon Feb 10, 2020 1:58 pm  

SirStan wrote:

I see Chicken Satae (who lived up to his nickname with a cowardly late hit) has copped a 3 game ban. This type of thuggery needs stamping out of the game.

Nothing (so far) for Jamie Ellis - amazing given the weight of evidence presented via social meda yesterday. I was expecting him to be at the Old Bailey today...

He knew exactly what he was doing. Thought live it was a card The next 3 opponents benefit. If the ball was just gone then similar to Tickle on Taylor few year back you say it's tough brutal but fair hit. That ball was shipped on and Settee can pull out rather than hit the limp relaxed back. Don't think anyone can argue with that one? From players point of view it's as cowardly as it gets

[Mild Rover]

Re: Come on lads : Mon Feb 10, 2020 2:25 pm  

SirStan wrote:

I see Chicken Satae (who lived up to his nickname with a cowardly late hit) has copped a 3 game ban. This type of thuggery needs stamping out of the game.

Nothing (so far) for Jamie Ellis - amazing given the weight of evidence presented via social meda yesterday. I was expecting him to be at the Old Bailey today...

One possible curiosity about match bans now...

Albert Kelly got a 2 game playing in the reserves which applied to SL.

Do SL bans apply to the other comps? And does this mean that you spend your penalty by not playing in those lower tier matches?

Taken to a hypothetical extreme, could an academy-eligible player pick up a 3 game ban from a Friday SL game, miss an academy game, reserves game and a game with a dual-reg partner and be back for SL the Sunday of the following week? The dual reg one feels unlikely, but the others not so much.

The reserves is the important one, and clubs would soon be making sure those fixtures fall between the disciplinary and next SL game.

Maybe it’d make sense to ban players for periods of time, rather than for games.

Re: Come on lads : Mon Feb 10, 2020 2:32 pm  

Does seem the bans are harsher than season's before? Or just normal for us

Re: Come on lads : Mon Feb 10, 2020 4:01 pm  

Mild Rover wrote:

One possible curiosity about match bans now...

Albert Kelly got a 2 game playing in the reserves which applied to SL.

Do SL bans apply to the other comps? And does this mean that you spend your penalty by not playing in those lower tier matches?

Taken to a hypothetical extreme, could an academy-eligible player pick up a 3 game ban from a Friday SL game, miss an academy game, reserves game and a game with a dual-reg partner and be back for SL the Sunday of the following week? The dual reg one feels unlikely, but the others not so much.

The reserves is the important one, and clubs would soon be making sure those fixtures fall between the disciplinary and next SL game.

Maybe it’d make sense to ban players for periods of time, rather than for games.

I think it's only one game a week. Reserves games and academy games do count towards bans but only if there is no first team game that week.

I have been saying for a while that to avoid any confusion/loopholes the bans should be timed rather than number of games. For example, Satae committed his offence on the weekend ending 9th Feb so he can't play any rugby until after 1st March.

Re: Come on lads : Mon Feb 10, 2020 7:34 pm  

craig hkr wrote:

He knew exactly what he was doing. Thought live it was a card The next 3 opponents benefit. If the ball was just gone then similar to Tickle on Taylor few year back you say it's tough brutal but fair hit. That ball was shipped on and Settee can pull out rather than hit the limp relaxed back. Don't think anyone can argue with that one? From players point of view it's as cowardly as it gets

It was accidental, he even said so to the rovers supporting Robert Hicks.

Re: Come on lads : Mon Feb 10, 2020 9:05 pm  

I stand corrected

Re: Come on lads : Tue Feb 11, 2020 7:14 pm  

A Adler wrote:

It was accidental, he even said so to the rovers supporting Robert Hicks.

I have said on the FC forum, as an fC fan, it was malicious and he had plenty of opportunitynottoshove a defenseless player, three mqtches seems extreme, but it deserved at least one match. Had it been a KR player on an FC player we'd be building the gallows in Wzlton Street car park.