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Penalty sufficient!

therfl.co.uk/the-rfl/disciplinary/item?4920

therfl.co.uk/the-rfl/disciplinary/item?4920

I am genuinely shocked by this decision. I can't believe he has got away with it. A dangerous precedent has been set.

It was set in last years Grand Final so Ben Westwood could play in the World Cup.

Unbelievable. I will go through the proper channels in future.

Did Westwood get a ban though?

One game served by missing England World Cup warm up game.................not exactly a punishment

One match - But the incidents are incomparable to equal or worsen the punishment.

One resulted in a fractured eye socket, the other knocked a bit of moisture out of floppy, overdue cut fringe.

Both cheap shots

You have to say it's a bit of a joke. Were he playing in SL next week I think we all know he would have picked up a ban.

Things like this and the Westwood situation do not do the credibility of our sport any favors.

Absolutely disgusting decision. Hep Cahill got banned for 2 games last year, maybe 3, for something similar. Heps was a bad tackle and deserved punishing. The only difference with the 2 tackles, at least Brett Hodgson had the ball when Cahill tackles him.

I know obviously its not your fault and some of you are genually shocked by the decision but for me it's an absolute farce. Anything goes now

lol

Well we can't complain about any other clubs players 'getting off' in future. That is a poor decision by the RFL which has been made because of the game we're playing in coming up.

I'll take it though.

Classic disciplinary decision

And there is your problem. Someone else will receive 2 or 3 matches for something similar. Someone will receive 1 or 2 matches for something lesser. There will probably be Wigan players who do something lesser and get a ban.

No reason they couldnt have avoided the whole thing by saying his ban didnt apply to the WCC.

If the penalty really is sufficient for that, should we expect to see a fair few of them most weeks?

Pleasantly surprised with the decision. I thought he would have got two games, reduced to one with an egp. Personally I would have thought it best to leave the review and sentence until he was available to go before the panel and then any suspension served would have been over here.

I expected a low grade given that he caught Grix with an open hand but I wasn't expecting them to judge that the contact was shoulder first. I thought he caught his shoulder and jaw simultaneously. Still haven't seen it again though.

Based on their details of the challenge it's the right decision, but I'm not so sure about it being shoulder first.

While i would agree with Cherrypie that it was low grade, i would have expected a ban this early in the season as a warning to others to tackle properly and fairly.

I think that is a reasonable take on things, in truth most fans of any team would see it that way if it was their player. The real problem here is that Silverwood did not deal with it properly at the time.

I will confess that on Friday evening I was adamant that it was a clear red card, in hindsight I can see why it was not, but I cannot see any way it was not a sin bin. The challenge was very late, really ridiculously late, but Scott Grix was unhurt . It was not an attempt to injure, but it was a cynical attempt to prevent a dangerous situation developing.

I think the correct sanction for that should be the same as deliberately lying on after a break preventing a quick next play, 10 minutes in the bin. Had Silverwood given that decision there would be no fuss. The poor decision was not from the disciplinary panel, but by the ref on the night.

Forget about the teams involved on Friday, that moment has passed, but cynical late challenges should be punished by sin binnings otherwise it will be open season on players like Scott Grix, Blake Green etc. and none of us want that.

The disciplinary notes sensibly state what actually happened and consequently a sensible decision was made. It is a good job the disciplinary don't use comments and views from this thread!

I think the disciplinary panel treated the incident more as obstruction than as a head high tackle. Bowen did have an open hand as opposed to a clenched fist and he didn't look as if he was trying to injure Grix, but just obstruct him. Having said that he has been lucky to get the decision of "penalty sufficient" In reality Silverwood shouldn't have copped out and put it on report. He saw the incident clearly and should have put Bowen in the sin bin for a late tackle on the kicker.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/26126091 What a Joke

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/26126091 What a Joke

Obviously as a Wigan fan I am over the moon with this decision. As a rugby league fan I am hugely disappointed. First game of season The RFL could have sent a clear message out by issuing a 3 match ban, instead they have bottled it. For whatever reason.