MATCH REVIEW PANEL MINUTES 02/03/2020 - MATTERS CONSIDERED
Case Number: ON/180/20
Name: Matt Prior
Club and shirt Leeds; 10 number:
Match: Leeds v Warrington
Competition and Date: Super League; 28th February 2020
Report received from: MRPR
Details of allegation: Stands on in the 5th minute (Austin)
Decision: NFA
Details of Charge / Player reaches into contact on opponent. Stands on Reason for NFA: foot/ankle of opponent as reaching with arm.
Penalty Notice: N/A
Case Number: ON/181/20
Name: Matt Prior
Club and shirt Leeds; 10 number:
Match: Leeds v Warrington
Competition and Date: Super League; 28th February 2020
Report received from: MRPR
Details of allegation: Use of knees in the 23rd minute (D.Clark)
Decision: NFA
Details of Charge / Player makes some contact of lower limb of opponent when Reason for NFA: tackle is completed with shin as player and opponent regain feet.
Penalty Notice: N/A
Case Number: ON/182/20
Name: Konrad Hurrell
Club and shirt Leeds; 4 number:
Match: Leeds v Warrington
Competition and Date: Super League; 28th February 2020
Report received from: MRPR
Details of allegation: Raised knee in the 37th minute (Brand)
Decision: NFA
Details of Charge / Player carries ball into contact on opponent and raises knee Reason for NFA: following contact with opponent’s upper body. Player does not lead with knee.
Penalty Notice: N/A
Case Number: ON/183/20
Name: Toby King
Club and shirt Warrington; 4 number:
Match: Leeds v Warrington
Competition and Date: Super League; 28th February 2020
Report received from: MRPR
Details of allegation: Dangerous Lift in the 42nd minute (L.Briscoe)
Decision: NFA
Details of Charge / 01 03 00 Reason for NFA: Player lifts leg of opponent to destabilise. Opponent goes to ground safely. Onfield penalty sufficient.
Penalty Notice: N/A
Case Number: ON/184/20
Name: Ben Murdoch Masila
Club and shirt Warrington; 13 number:
Match: Leeds v Warrington
Competition and Date: Super League; 28th February 2020
Report received from: Referee; Temporary Dismissal
Details of allegation: High tackle in the 51st minute (Mellor)
Decision: Sin Bin Sufficient
Details of Charge / Player is stepped and reaching in to contact. Player goes low Reason for NFA: into contact and demonstrates wrapping motion with open hand. Opponent slips and falls to ground after player has committed to contact. Sin Bin Sufficient.
Penalty Notice: N/A
Case Number: ON/185/20
Name: Nathan Massey
Club and shirt Castleford; 14 number:
Match: Hull KR v Castleford
Competition and Date: Super League; 27th February 2020
Report received from: MRPR
Details of allegation: Dangerous Contact in the 17th minute (Maher)
Decision: NFA
Details of Charge / Player grips on shoulders and falls to ground with opponent. Reason for NFA: Player does not promote hips through contact and does not make dangerous contact on opponent’s limbs.
Penalty Notice: N/A
Case Number: ON/186/20
Name: Ryan Brierley
Club and shirt Hull KR; 31 number:
Match: Hull KR v Castleford
Competition and Date: Super League; 27th February 2020
Report received from: Referee; Temporary Dismissal
Details of allegation: Professional Foul in the 41st minute (Millington)
Decision: Sin Bin Sufficient
Details of Charge / Player and opponent challenge for the ball. Sin Bin Sufficient. Reason for NFA:
Penalty Notice: N/A
Case Number: ON/187/20
Name: Kane Linnett
Club and shirt Hull KR; 4 number:
Match: Hull KR v Castleford
Competition and Date: Super League; 27th February 2020
Report received from: MRPR
Details of allegation: Dangerous Contact in the 48th minute (Rankin)
Decision: NFA
Details of Charge / Player grabs at opponent’s shoulders from behind. Player Reason for NFA: takes both feet off and places them back on the ground. Player doesn’t make dangerous contact with opponent
Penalty Notice: N/A
Case Number: ON/188/20
Name: Will Dagger
Club and shirt Hull KR; 19 number:
Match: Hull KR v Castleford
Competition and Date: Super League; 27th February 2020
Report received from: MRPR
Details of allegation: Shoulder Charge in the 60th minute (Clare)
Decision: NFA
Details of Charge / Player makes into contact on opponent as other tackler is Reason for NFA: around the opponent’s legs. Contact from player’s shoulder to opponent’s shoulder. On field penalty sufficient.
Penalty Notice: N/A
Case Number: ON/189/20
Name: Bodene Thompson
Club and shirt Toronto; 12 number:
Match: Toronto v St Helens
Competition and Date: Super League; 29th February 2020
Report received from: MRPR
Details of allegation: Dangerous Contact in the 17th minute (Naiqama)
Decision: NFA
Details of Charge / Player approaches contact at hip height grip and brings Reason for NFA: opponent to ground. No evidence of injury to opponent.
Penalty Notice: N/A
Case Number: ON/190/20
Name: Dom Peyroux
Club and shirt St Helens; 12 number:
Match: Toronto v St Helens
Competition and Date: Super League; 29th February 2020
Report received from: MRPR
Details of allegation: Dangerous Contact in the 31st minute (O’Brien)
Decision: NFA
Details of Charge / Both player and opponent approaching into contact. Contact Reason for NFA: shoulder to body. Contact unavoidable.
Penalty Notice: N/A
Case Number: ON/191/20
Name: Blake Wallace
Club and shirt Toronto; 17 number:
Match: Toronto v St Helens
Competition and Date: Super League; 29th February 2020
Report received from: MRPR
Details of allegation: Dangerous Contact in the 34th minute (Bentley)
Decision: NFA
Details of Charge / Player grips from behind, feet come off. Player doesn’t Reason for NFA: promote body into contact on opponent. Point of contact inconclusive on footage.
Penalty Notice: N/A
Case Number: ON192/20
Name: Bodene Thompson
Club and shirt Toronto; 12 number:
Match: Toronto v St Helens
Competition and Date: Super League; 29th February 2020
Report received from: Referee; Dismissal
Details of allegation: Striking in the 60th minute (Lees)
Decision: Issue charge
Details of Charge / Rule – 15.1(a) Reason for NFA:
Detail – Strikes – strikes with hand arm or shoulder - reckless
Grade – A
Penalty Notice: 0 Match Penalty Notice
Case Number: ON/193/20
Name: Louis McCarthy Scarsbrook
Club and shirt St Helens; 10 number:
Match: Toronto v St Helens
Competition and Date: Super League; 29th February 2020
Report received from: MRPR
Details of allegation: Contact with the head in the 71st minute (Miloudi)
Decision: NFA
Details of Charge / Contact with head in wrapping motion as other defenders Reason for NFA: bring opponent to ground. Worthy of onfield penalty.
Penalty Notice: N/A
Case Number: ON/194/20
Name: Aaron Smith
Club and shirt St Helens; 19 number:
Match: Toronto v St Helens
Competition and Date: Super League; 29th February 2020
Report received from: MRPR
Details of allegation: Dangerous Contact in the 77th minute (Sidlow)
Decision: Issue charge
Details of Charge / Rule – 15.1(i) Reason for NFA: Detail – Defending player, in or after effecting a tackle, uses any part of their body forcefully to bend or apply unnecessary pressure to the head and/or neck and/or spinal column of the
tackled player so as to keep the tackled player at a disadvantage in or after the tackle
Grade – A
Penalty Notice: 1 Match Penalty Notice
Case Number: ON/195/20
Name: Morgan Knowles
Club and shirt St Helens; 14 number:
Match: Toronto v St Helens
Competition and Date: Super League; 29th February 2020
Report received from: MRPR
Details of allegation: Man to man confrontation in the 80th minute (Williams)
Decision: NFA
Details of Charge / Player pulls opponent from tackle on floor. Player and Reason for NFA: opponent come together but do not throw punches. Onfield penalty sufficient.
Penalty Notice: N/A
Case Number: ON/196/20
Name: Pauli Pauli
Club and shirt Salford; 12 number:
Match: Salford v Wakefield
Competition and Date: Super League; 1st March 2020
Report received from: MRPR
Details of allegation: Dangerous Contact in the 27th minute (Crowther)
Decision: NFA
Details of Charge / Player grips around the chest as opponent goes to ground. Reason for NFA: Footage inconclusive as to any pressure applied to opponent.
Penalty Notice: N/A
Case Number: ON/197/20
Name: Pauli Pauli
Club and shirt Salford; 12 number:
Match: Salford v Wakefield
Competition and Date: Super League; 1st March 2020
Report received from: MRPR
Details of allegation: High tackle in the 34th minute (Lyne)
Decision: NFA
Details of Charge / Player is stepped late and reaching with arm and leg. Contact Reason for NFA: back of opponent’s head coming up off the back of opponent. Onfield penalty sufficient.
Penalty Notice: N/A
Case Number: ON/198/20
Name: Josh Woods
Club and shirt Wakefield; 23 number:
Match: Salford v Wakefield
Competition and Date: Super League; 1st March 2020
Report received from: MRPR
Details of allegation: Dangerous Contact in the 55th minute (Sarginson)
Decision: NFA
Details of Charge / Player slides through on the ground. Does not make Reason for NFA: dangerous contact on opponent.
Penalty Notice: N/A
Case Number: ON/194/20
Name: Josh Drinkwater
Club and shirt Catalans; 7 number:
Match: Hull FC v Catalans
Competition and Date: Super League; 1st March 2020
Report received from: MRPR
Details of allegation: Dangerous Contact in the 36th minute (Connor)
Decision: NFA
Details of Charge / Player chases opponent and grips from the back as other Reason for NFA: tackler grips right leg of opponent. Player lands on back of left leg of opponent. Contact accidental.
Penalty Notice: N/A
Case Number: ON/195/20
Name: James Maloney
Club and shirt Catalans; 6 number:
Match: Hull FC v Catalans
Competition and Date: Super League; 1st March 2020
Report received from: MRPR
Details of allegation: Dangerous Contact in the 57th minute (Lane)
Decision: NFA
Details of Charge / Player approaches contact from behind of opponent. Makes Reason for NFA: contact with natural fold of knee.
Penalty Notice: N/A
Case Number: ON/196/20
Name: Jake Wardle
Club and shirt Huddersfield; 12 number:
Match: Huddersfield v Wigan
Competition and Date: Super League; 1st March 2020
Report received from: MRPR
Details of allegation: Dangerous Contact in the 25th minute (Smithies)
Decision: Issue caution
Details of Charge / Player grips on opponent’s shoulders and swings around Reason for NFA: opponent, generating own force. Opponent lifts leg off ground prior to any contact. Player does not make dangerous contact on leg of opponent. Technique worthy of caution.
Rule – 15.1(i)
Detail – Defender uses any part of their body forcefully to twist, bend or otherwise apply pressure to the limb or limbs of an opposing player in a way that involves an unacceptable risk of injury to that player.
Caution
Penalty Notice: N/A
Case Number: ON/197/20
Name: Aidan Cezer
Club and shirt Huddersfield; 7 number:
Match: Huddersfield v Wigan
Competition and Date: Super League; 1st March 2020
Report received from: Referee; Temporary Dismissal
Details of allegation: High tackle in the 35th minute (Leuluai)
Decision: Issue charge
Details of Charge / Rule – 15.1(b) Reason for NFA: Detail – Careless – initial contact with ball or chest
Grade – A
Penalty Notice: 0 Match Penalty Notice
Case Number: ON/198/20
Name: Suaia Matagi
Club and shirt Huddersfield; 10 number:
Match: Huddersfield v Wigan
Competition and Date: Super League; 1st March 2020
Report received from: MRPR
Details of allegation: Trip in the 62nd minute (French)
Decision: Issue charge
Details of Charge / Rule – 15.1(a) Reason for NFA: Detail – Intentional tripping
Grade – B
Penalty Notice: 1 Match Penalty Notice