The match review panel should be abolished and the only time a incident gets referred to disciplinary is when the referee or match commissioner... (and the bunker if that comes in as rumored for 2024) these are the only 3 people who can refer it to a disciplinary committee. Made up of rhe following.
1 person from the rfl.
The head of referring.
A ex player.
A ex coach.
A legal expert.
5 person panel. Simple majority vote passes.
Stop sanitising the game. It's like the match review panel will analyse every single match frame by frame. And instead of watching the game and watch the game they've played in or been around all there lives. (And probably played in more hard hitting matches themselves. *cough* Cullen new years day against Wigan. *cough*) they are looking for minor stupid indiscretions that probably everyone but them have seen. And the player in question probably didn't realise they had done.
Simplify the disciplinary procedure. Something like I suggested and we may start to get somewhere disciplinary wise.
PS Can admin please sort this site out - links are not working when added as URL. https://www.rugby-league.com/article/63511/disciplinary-%7C-match-review-panel
Be careful I got a 72 hour ban when they were trialing this new site couple of months back for complaining how bad it is.
I've just seen this and wasn't aware. There's obviously been/still are some glitches, but think the end product will be better.
I suppose one thing we can celebrate about our pack being so nice is that we are currently doing very well on the disciplinary front. It's probably the opposite scenario to what you'd expect for a team coached by Sam Burgess.
I'm amazed Harry Smith didn't get punished for taking off that Hudds players head. 2 mins in https://youtu.be/EyLV2B3PsFE?t=128 Not even a penalty. Last year it would have been "it's with force, there is no mitigation, you're off". That's why the RFL is a joke.
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