I am not surprised at the length of the ban but it would be interesting to see and hear the thinking of the panel. The members of the panel are below:
The complete list of panel members is as follows.
Judges
HHJ Christopher Batty , HHJ Guy Kearl QC, Sean Smith, HHJ Roger Thomas QC , HHJ Sarah Wright
Sides
Russell Bridge, Chris Chapman, Wilf George, Graeme Hallas, Jon Hamer, Alan Hunte, Adrian Morley, Leon Pryce, Andy Raleigh, Danny Sculthorpe, Neil Turley, Kathryn Vereycken, Gemma Walsh
When you look at the names, there are enough ex-players on there who know a deliberate attack when they see one vs an accidental high tackle or mis-timed tackle and it this that surprises me most of the time when players are charged with offences. In my opinion, Isa's actions in every case were deliberate yet the panel obviously didn't see it that way.