Bent.

I think we should.All the video and still photo evidence points to not guilty.
There is a still photo on here that clearly shows Watt's arm is at his side and Gale's head is at the level of his top leg at impact.

What a joke...

Not a big surprise, the disciplinary has no consistency at all, I really hope we appeal.

Makes Widnes tough without Manu, Taylor and Watts, that's without no other injuries.

How long do we have to appeal? We really need, I just can't see how they've come up with this result.

Likely to extend it IMO if we appeal.

Sending off wasn't sufficient - we still won the game.

Ridiculous decision.

I don't think we have ever won one of these when Grahame Hallas has been on the panel!

Can they extend it, if it is already at the maximum for the grade?

And we wonder why fans of most clubs have no faith in the clowns at Red Hall. The only person I've heard agree it was a red card was Gary Schofield on Radio Yorkshire on Monday night. I've not spoken to anyone who thinks it wasn't harsh, and most of us on casforum think it was harsh aswell. Should have been 'no further action, sorry for being idiots'! Ridiculous decision. If most of the opposition fans, the player involved, and the coach thought Watts was hard done by then what incident were the panel watching?? It's Hicks that should have picked up a ban for trying to impersonate a referee! Absolute garbage for both teams, he doesn't know what he's doing! And we have the idiot again this Saturday against Wigan!

It's nothing more than the RFL backing Hicks who at best I'd constantly incompetent. If that scenario is repeated again I'll bet there's no red card. As for Child's well there's nothing you can say. We are all aware now how it'll go this week. If we win it will be in spite of him being in charge.
Never mind throwing money at teams to buy marquee players. Why not invest some in the officials. We need two refs on the pitch( obviously never Child's and Hicks together). That might help. In their defence there's too much going on fir one ref to deal with. Mind you it was never going to work once the lunatic had taken over the asylum was it.
It needs sorting because this is where the game is beginning to lose its appeal.
Everyone of us knows that mistakes can be made. It's up to the RFL to minimise not excuse them..
The chairmen and club owners must act.

The latest and most disgraceful example of a completely corrupt disciplinary process. The sport is a joke from top to bottom and TBH I've about had enough. Results are now a lottery based as much on the match officials and disciplinary committee as they are on the squad.

Hull might as well appeal but we'll get nothing from it. It's clear that for whatever reason we have targets painted on us this season. Maybe we upset the apple cart by winning the CC last year. Who knows.

Thanks for coming on here and posting that.

At times it just reads like FC fans with chips on their shoulders so to know the opposition feel the same is comforting.

Sorry to hear you have got Hicks again this weekend but hope you win.

The appeal can alter the grading - so theoretically yes they can increase the sentence.

Thanks for the comments. Regarding you having Hicks again - bad luck, but we'll be no better off as Hull have Child to ruin things.

Think your post is how just about everyone else saw it and has seen it and even when the opposing coach, player himself and opposing fans think it harsh then that kinda sums up the RFL & the Disciplinary Panel.

The decision for me smacks of them blindly backing the ref and sweeping his inability under the carpet. This again adds to the fuel of the total lack of transparency in the officials and the workings behind the scenes meaning they are yet again unaccountable for their poor decision making and officiating from so called 'Pro' Officials. They are making the sport a joke.

The fact that Ganson has become the Ring Master just beggars belief as the officials are very much Gansonesque. The sport has moved on so much since turning Pro its ludicrous that the officials are not much better than they were back as Amateur Officials. The RFL and the officials themselves have to realise now they are so called full time Professionals they should be accountable but they still seem to think its acceptable as if they are still Amateur's.

On a side note Hicks is again reffing Cas this shouldn't be allowed to happen where a Ref officates a game containing one of the teams he officiated in last time.

The RFL need to look at themselves when asking why the sport is struggling to grow.

So has he pleaded gulity or not? Everything I've seen reports he pleaded not guilty yet the RFL statement says plea of guilt? Just adds more weight to the fact that the RFL don't know its from its elbow, as they still show an incident showing Watts 'No Charge' in 32nd minute along side the club stating Watts pleaded not guilty yet the decision states plea of guilt!!! WTF?

So are we now going to see a red card for every tackle for a second defending player going in the complete the intial tackle? If there is any contact to the head? If so then by halftime most games will be about 7/8 a side.

There is very litle difference if any to the Kyle Amor tackle but totally different outcome. Total and utter b0lIox again from the RFL and its joke panel.

He pleaded not guilty, but it seems the panel could not give him any credit because he pleaded not guilty.
Their wording is ridiculous.

How long do we, as clubs and supporters, have to put up with this shamateurism? it's really killing the game.

Now the idiots judgement is up I notice that previous appearances by Watts are counted as an aggravating factor. All well and good until you remember that lovely gentle Ben Flower managed to get a charge reduced because although he had rather more previous this was the first time he was up for that particular kind of foul. Not that I'd suggest that the process favours certain clubs.

I see that they have finally changed the timing of the other incident so its at least believable in that respect.

Anyway I don't think there's anything to lose by appealing this.

www.rugby-league.com/the_rfl/dis ... #advSearch Ben Roberts 14/04/17 Opponent slips prior to contact. Player making legitimate attempt to make tackle with arm in low position. Makes contact to head of opponent. Penalty sufficient. No Charge High tackle 1st minute ( Tupou ) There'll be many more if we look and that's just the ones that get referred. How many head tackles/contact occurred in the last round or just in our game? Is there really 2.75 games difference between them all??? Question to RFL , Explain?

www.rugby-league.com/the_rfl/dis ... #advSearch Ben Roberts 14/04/17 Opponent slips prior to contact. Player making legitimate attempt to make tackle with arm in low position. Makes contact to head of opponent. Penalty sufficient. No Charge High tackle 1st minute ( Tupou ) There'll be many more if we look and that's just the ones that get referred. How many head tackles/contact occurred in the last round or just in our game? Is there really 2.75 games difference between them all??? Question to RFL , Explain?

In fact Ben Roberts has another one ON/347/15. By comparison that one is worse. Nothing against him , although you need to watch your head in the first two minutes of a game , his was the first head tackle case I came across.