I think you start your strongest 13, games are all about momentum, the team that takes the lead and is ahead at half time more often than not goes on to win the game, Kasiano is a threat in attack but also a potential weakness in defence.

James Maloney also put in a few bad tackles and dropped in with his knees, but I’m not sure anyone will pick up a ban from the game tbh.

Thompson is almost guaranteed a ban. Prior is more 50/50 I think to get one.

Clubs been warned for cancelling games. Wonder if this comes on the back of Agar saying we could have put out a team vs Saints, but chose not to due to win percentage and other teams basically making up their own fixture list!
What a joke this has become.....

when did he say this?

Think there may be some poetic license going on.....

Thompson 3 games and Martin 1 game bans

Oh well - at least we don't have to face Maloney and the lovely Joel.

Is it just me or do you think the number of incidents the panel are considering from matches is getting a bit ridiculous?

Getting? It's, been ruining the sport for past 5 years. This is a tough, fast game. Split decisions are made, and challenges mistimed. We need to accept this, but punish malicious intent. Not treat the players like naughty school boys for mistiming a tackle or occasionally loosing their temper...... Morning rant over....

Not at all. If players can't follow the rules and keep doing dumb dangerous things like Thompson and Tetavano in particular have done this year then they, and we, should expect bans.

Game changer for me is Maloney being banned, he was superb on Friday.

Three matches for that though? Come on

Myler; Briscoe Hurrell Sutcliffe Handley; Lui Gale; Holroyd Leeming Prior; Mellor Gannon; Smith

Dwyer Donaldson Vuniyayawa O’Connor

Walters, L Briscoe, Tindall, McLelland

Thompson, Martin banned
Walker, Newman, Oledzki, Tetevano, A Sutcliffe, Broadbent injured.

Probably best game for Catalans actually. In the main ive been pretty disappointed with him but he was superb Friday

On the the flip side,I think they have Drinkwater back.So not as depleted in the halves as you may think.

Next you'll be saying Leeds are tackling too hard.Similar hits to Tetavano have been treated with greater leaniancy.Phil Clarke even expected Singleton to face the disciplinary due to contact with the official but had no case to answer unlike Leeds.The disciplinary panel are shameful in some of their decisions.

It was a bad, dangerous tackle. Well worth three games for someone just coming off a ban. He has no arguments whatsoever.

"Similar" is not "the same as". There is no great conspiracy against Leeds. Let's not fall off into the sort of tin foil hat world Saints fans inhabit.

The sport needs to show that it is taking tangible action against potentially dangerous play.

There is an element of box ticking going on I suspect.

Having said that I have no problem with the Thompson charge.

What’s martin been banned for?

No issues with thompson he should have had yellow at the time

Myler
Briscoe
Hurrell
Sutcliffe
Handley
Lui
Gale
Holroyd
Leeming
Prior
Mellor
Gannon
Smith

Dwyer
Donaldson
Walters
Vuniyayawa.

Perhaps this is a crazy idea, but why not let cameras into the disciplinary hearings? Sky could put it on air mid-week, or if it doesn't get the viewings they could simply put it on a YouTube channel. IMO it would make the process more open and transparent, and help stem the tide of conspiracy theories that we get every time someone cops a long ban or gets their ban reduced on appeal etc.

No, that’s just more layers of scrutiny that further clouds the game and bogs it down with focus on officials, like inviting a referee to talk through ever other decision on sky coverage which was another awful idea to eventually bite the dust.

No handley, oledzski or tetevano still. Harry in the squad but suspect in preparation for the following week

Would be nice to get a proper update on Tetevano. The squad announcement states Covid, however, reference has been to his Achilles. Be good to get clarification as well as confirmation as to when we expect to see him back.