MATCH REVIEW PANEL MINUTES 05/08/2019 - MATTERS CONSIDERED Case Number: ON/1203/19 Name: Joe Westerman Club and shirt Hull FC; 13 number: Match: Hull FC v Wigan Competition and Date: Super League; 1st August 2019 Report received from: MRPR Details of allegation: Use of head in the 19th minute (Partington) Decision: NFA Details of Charge / Opponent and player come together following initial legitimate Reason for NFA: contact from opponent. Player and opponent place heads together and push towards one another. Neither player or opponent strike. Penalty Notice: N/A Case Number: ON/1204/19 Name: Sean O’Loughlin Club and shirt Wigan; 13 number: Match: Hull FC v Wigan Competition and Date: Super League; 1st August 2019 Report received from: MRPR Details of allegation: High tackle in the 34th minute (Matonga) Decision: NFA Details of Charge / Player makes genuine tackle attempt, initial contact with the Reason for NFA: chest arm comes up off chest into the face of opponent. Worthy of onfield penalty. Penalty Notice: N/A Case Number: ON/1205/19 Name: Willie Isa Club and shirt Wigan;15 number: Match: Hull FC v Wigan Competition and Date: Super League; 1st August 2019 Report received from: MRPR Details of allegation: Late contact in the 40th minute (Sneyd) Decision: NFA Details of Charge / Player approaches contact and pushes opponent. Contact is Reason for NFA: late. Onfield penalty sufficient. Penalty Notice: N/A Case Number: ON/1206/19 Name: Dan Sarginson Club and shirt Wigan; 3 number: Match: Hull FC v Wigan Competition and Date: Super League; 1st August 2019 Report received from: MRPR Details of allegation: Dangerous Contact in the 69th minute (Minichello) 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 his 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: 0 Match Penalty Notice Case Number: ON/1207/19 Name: Robert Lui Club and shirt Leeds; 40 number: Match: Huddersfield v Leeds Competition and Date: Super League; 2nd August 2019 Report received from: MRPR Details of allegation: Trip in the 2nd minute (McIntosh) Decision: NFA Details of Charge / Player gets stepped and is reaching. Player extends arm out Reason for NFA: and places hand on opponent prior to right leg is extended making contact. Penalty Notice: N/A Case Number: ON/1206/19 Name: Richie Myler Club and shirt Leeds; 7 number: Match: Huddersfield v Leeds Competition and Date: Super League; 2nd August 2019 Report received from: MRPR Details of allegation: Dangerous Contact in the 3rd minute (McIntosh) Decision: NFA Details of Charge / Player promotes both feet off the ground and get one foot Reason for NFA: back on the ground. Player has a grip on opponent’s arm and drops bodyweight through lower back. Footage does not demonstrate pressure applied on opponent. Penalty Notice: N/A Case Number: ON/1207/19 Name: Ava Seumanufagai Club and shirt Leeds; 38 number: Match: Huddersfield v Leeds Competition and Date: Super League; 2nd August 2019 Report received from: MRPR Details of allegation: Dangerous Contact in the 5th minute (McIntosh) Decision: NFA Details of Charge / Player grips on waist and drops bodyweight to ground Reason for NFA: through hip and lands on opponent. Influence of other defender effects how bodyweight comes to ground. Penalty Notice: N/A Case Number: ON/1208/19 Name: Ava Seumanufagai Club and shirt Leeds; 38 number: Match: Huddersfield v Leeds Competition and Date: Super League; 2nd August 2019 Report received from: MRPR Details of allegation: Dangerous Contact in the 13th minute (Walne) Decision: NFA Details of Charge / Player grips at the waist from the back and drops bodyweight. Reason for NFA: Takes both feet off and swings around the body of opponent. Does not land on opponent or apply pressure to limb. Penalty Notice: N/A Case Number: ON/1209/19 Name: Lee Gaskell Club and shirt Huddersfield; 6 number: Match: Huddersfield v Leeds Competition and Date: Super League; 2nd August 2019 Report received from: MRPR Details of allegation: Dangerous Contact in the 46th minute (Hurrell) Decision: NFA Details of Charge / Player grips at waist as opponent turns as player is carried Reason for NFA: with opponent. Player hits teammate preventing further movement around opponent. Player does not land on opponent. Penalty Notice: N/A Case Number: ON/1210/19 Name: Adam O’Brien Club and shirt Huddersfield; 14 number: Match: Huddersfield v Leeds Competition and Date: Super League; 2nd August 2019 Report received from: MRPR Details of allegation: Dangerous Contact in the 63rd minute (Sutcliffe) Decision: Issue caution Details of Charge / Player grips at the waist as other defenders are at the top of Reason for NFA: contact. Player promotes knees and hips through the contact on opponent. Contact hip to side of lower left leg. Worthy of caution Rule – 15.1(i) Detail – Defender uses any part of his 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/1211/19 Name: Adam Walne Club and shirt Huddersfield; 27 number: Match: Huddersfield v Leeds Competition and Date: Super League; 2nd August 2019 Report received from: MRPR Details of allegation: Dangerous Contact in the 79th minute (Merrin) Decision: Issue charge Details of Charge / Rule – 15.1(i) Reason for NFA: Detail – A defending player, in effecting a tackle, makes dangerous contact (either direct or indirect), or uses a technique which is likely to make dangerous contact (either direct or indirect), with the supporting leg or legs of an attacking player who is being held in the tackle by a defender(s), and who is deemed to be in a vulnerable position, in a way that involves an unacceptable risk of injury to that player Grade – B Penalty Notice: 1 Match Penalty Notice Case Number: ON/1212/19 Name: Joseph Paulo Club and shirt St Helens; 12 number: Match: St Helens v Wakefield Competition and Date: Super League; 2nd August 2019 Report received from: MRPR Details of allegation: Other Contrary Behaviour in the 46th minute (Fifita) Decision: Issue caution Details of Charge / Player reaches and grabs opponent as opponent goes to Reason for NFA: ground. Player makes contact with opponent hair and pulls. Worthy of MRP Caution. Rule – 15.1(i) Detail – Other contrary behaviour Caution Penalty Notice: N/A Case Number: ON/1213/19 Name: James Roby Club and shirt St Helens; 9 number: Match: St Helens v Wakefield Competition and Date: Super League; 2nd August 2019 Report received from: MRPR Details of allegation: Dangerous Contact in the 60th minute (Kopscak) Decision: NFA Details of Charge / Player grips and waist as opponent continues forward motion. Reason for NFA: Player drops bodyweight to ground any contact on opponent is deemed accidental. Penalty Notice: N/A Case Number: ON/1214/19 Name: Brayden Williame Club and shirt Catalans; 4 number: Match: Catalans v Warrington Competition and Date: Super League; 3rd August 2019 Report received from: MRPR Details of allegation: Dangerous Throw in the 7th minute (Austin) Decision: Issue charge Details of Charge / Rule – 15.1(d) Reason for NFA: Detail – Lifts player into dangerous position Grade – B Penalty Notice: 1 Match Penalty Notice Case Number: ON/1215/19 Name: Chris Hill Club and shirt Warrington; 8 number: Match: Catalans v Warrington Competition and Date: Super League; 3rd August 2019 Report received from: MRPR Details of allegation: Late contact in the 14th minute (Gigot) Decision: NFA Details of Charge / Player approaches opponent who kicks ball. Contact is late to Reason for NFA: body of opponent, from body of player. Contact is late. Worthy of onfield penalty. Penalty Notice: N/A Case Number: ON/1216/19 Name: Chris Hill Club and shirt Warrington; 8 number: Match: Catalans v Warrington Competition and Date: Super League; 3rd August 2019 Report received from: Referee; Temporary Dismissal Details of allegation: Punching in the 15th minute (Simon) Decision: Issue charge Details of Charge / Rule – 15.1(a) Reason for NFA: Detail – Strikes – Punching - Reaction to opponent – lashing out Grade – A Penalty Notice: 0 Match Penalty Notice Case Number: ON/1217/19 Name: Michael McIlorum Club and shirt Catalans; 9 number: Match: Catalans v Warrington Competition and Date: Super League; 3rd August 2019 Report received from: Referee; Temporary Dismissal Details of allegation: Running in in the 15th minute (Hill) Decision: Sin Bin Sufficient Details of Charge / Player runs in and pushes opponent on the ground. Player Reason for NFA: escalates situation. Sin Bin Sufficient. Penalty Notice: N/A Case Number: ON/1218/19 Name: Mickael Simon Club and shirt Catalans; 15 number: Match: Catalans v Warrington Competition and Date: Super League; 3rd August 2019 Report received from: MRPR Details of allegation: Use of head in the 15th minute (Hill) Decision: Issue charge Details of Charge / Rule – 15.1(a) Reason for NFA: Detail – Strikes - Head butt – makes light contact Grade – A Penalty Notice: 1 Match Penalty Notice Case Number: ON/1219/19 Name: Mickael Simon Club and shirt Catalans; 15 number: Match: Catalans v Warrington Competition and Date: Super League; 3rd August 2019 Report received from: MRPR Details of allegation: Use of knees in the 17th minute (Hughes) Decision: NFA Details of Charge / Player carries the ball into contact and does not change usual Reason for NFA: running gait. Player does not promote knee or thigh into opponent.