I think the reff sent off the wrong Salford player so that's why that red card was rescinded.
Sounds melodramatic, but not impossible if players can collapse to stop the game these days (Woolf's accusation).
Looks like Matt Cook will be getting something too.
I think the reff sent off the wrong Salford player so that’s why that red card was rescinded.
As indeed did Bent Haler - he should have sent the Sheffield player off for such histrionically bad acting when he threw himself on the ground and played dead....
Won’t the Salford player who should have got sent off, have to appear in front of the disciplinary comitee now?
Won’t the Salford player who should have got sent off, have to appear in front of the disciplinary comitee now?
It was Dan Sarginson and he’s been given three games
Can’t see Lawton picking up a ban for this think the officials got this completely wrong having said that who knows when it comes to rugby league!
Hopefully the red card will help us and they deem it sending it off sufficient.
There may yet be hope… James Greenwood, Salford no. 21, was sent off for a high tackle against Huddersfield on the 18th. The disciplinary panel rescinded the red card, no action taken. Also, on the 6th, Blake Broadbent, the Sheffield no.19, was charged for a late tackle in the game against ‘Fax, the panel just gave him a 0 match penalty notice. I am tempted to wonder if the Sheffield players set the incident up. It was at worst a gentle bump between the two players yet the Sheffield player fell to the ground as if he had been pole-axed and others immediately started the fracas. Lawton had been a thorn in their side all game, could it have been a deliberate “getting their own back”?
Yes, I recall Alex Murphy once described that type of play acting by a player in commentary as "looking as if he had been shot with an elephant gun" rather than falling down on a rugby pitch!
When do disciplinary meet?
Let us see! Does anybody remember Andy CURRIER getting two matches for a shoulder charge in a cup game against BATLEY at Naughton Park in the 1980’s? He got 2 games, appealed it and then got 8!!!!! I refer to my previous comments re the RFL and THALER!
Are we really suggesting that there's a conspiracy against Widnes based on two completely separate incidents, 30+ years apart? (one of which hasn't even been dealt with).
Let us see! Does anybody remember Andy CURRIER getting two matches for a shoulder charge in a cup game against BATLEY at Naughton Park in the 1980’s? He got 2 games, appealed it and then got 8!!!!! I refer to my previous comments re the RFL and THALER!
Are we really suggesting that there’s a conspiracy against Widnes based on two completely separate incidents, 30+ years apart? (one of which hasn’t even been dealt with).
Yes people are. I don’t get it myself
Are we really suggesting that there’s a conspiracy against Widnes based on two completely separate incidents, 30+ years apart? (one of which hasn’t even been dealt with).
It goes even further back than that, the conspiracy against Widnes.When I was watching in the 70s the RFL and the referees 'had it in' for us.So I was told.It's a wonder we managed to win so much silverware,even cup draws were rigged to send us away from home. Not sure if it's exclusively a Widnes thing or if the paranoia exists elsewhere.
As expected Lawton clear to play
I think the belief that referees and other officials don’t give their club a fair crack of the whip is endemic among sports fans.
Sending off sufficient
Sending off sufficient
Perhaps the easy option rather than rescind this and go against the referees decision. My thoughts were Lawton's size went against him, and the impact looked far worse than it was simply because of Adam's size and strength.
Anyway, big plus he's back in against Bradford.