Having read the minutes, I think the stupidest part of all of this is that even Maguire's defence and cover story displayed that he had no remorse for being done for this earlier in the season. Like his defence is that he was calling Charnley a "rat" based on an incident in pre-season, which I'm assuming is when Charnley grassed on him for his distasteful remark that got him banned for 6 games... Like the dude had to take an educational course as part of his punishment and the idiot was basically testifying that he had no remorse and held a grudge against Charnley for getting him in trouble... And this was his DEFENCE. The defence seems pretty obviously a lie, and I'm fairly sure that what Charnley said happened is what happened, but the fact that his lie was so ill conceived is baffling.
Just get him gone. We have no need for people like him in our sport.
Is calling someone a rat bad?
Anyone got any bets on what we receive on the disciplinary wheel of charges this week? I didn't see anything worthy of a ban from either side, neither did anyone on Twitter. There were no obvious late hits etc.
But as ever I imagine they'll find something...
Another disciplinary free week for us, nothing for Hull either.
I was thinking that.
Josh Charnley is remarkably lucky. His high shot on Jake Clifford was a shocker, really severe contact. It injured the player as well with him failing the HIA.
He got a Grade B and a fine, but it was one of the worst high shots there have been this year. Very reckless and it was late too by the definitions they've used all year, the ball had clearly gone.
Grade F for the trialist at Wakefield. I think we need to start a Go Fund Me to pay his fine for him.
I imagine we would be many points clear at the top of the league if the forensic analysis of everything we did hadn't been enforced for the first part of the season, whilst the same offences were committed ad nauseam throughout the compettion by others with impunity. As it is, some sanity is now prevailing (I don't think even the powers that be could keep getting away with pinning us for everything forever, it was begining to look rather ridiculous, wasn't it?) and now with an even playing field the dreaded prospect for SKY and the rest is that a fifth title is a possibility. The sin binnings and more damagingly, the suspensions have stopped, then quelle surprise with a settled squad we resume business as usual. I wonder how long they'll let that go on for?
Morgan Knowles should be banned on the basis he has nothing to be banned for. Joking aside, we've seemed to have improved our discipline. Long may it continue.
If I hadn't seen such riches, I could live with being poor
RFL Championship / Super League (17) - 193132, 195253, 195859, 196566, 196970, 197071, 197475, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Challenge Cup (13) - 195556, 196061, 196566, 197172, 197576, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2021
World Club Challenge (3) - 2001, 2007, 2023
League Leader's Shield (9) - 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2022
With the big cup games on BBC this weekend, it is no surprise to me that no-one from Saints/Hull/Wire/Wigan has been banned.
Perhaps the MRP feel they have (for the time being) reached their goal and achieved what the salary cap never will. A pretty competitive league
Loyal and true, not a glory hunter.
The Wakefield tackle (Salabio) was a weird one because I think he was the ball carrier initially, very unusual for an attacker to tackle a defender, especially like that
The Mitchell Pearce “tackle” was a shocker, probably the worst challenge I’ve seen this year. I know he got 3 games but how he avoided a sending off in-game I don’t know