15 players now injured with just 16 left. May as well play the second team for the Cup match, and try and get as many fit again for the SL game.

The cup shouldn’t be a focus in the IMG era. You only benefit if you win (apart from the exposure and the but if cash) Play the juniors with a sprinkling of what’s left. Give minutes to the players that need it ie namo, hindmarsh, robb, hodson

Not sure we have much choice for team selctin this week. Down to the barest of bones so would make sense not to risk anyone for the subsequent weeks of league fixtures.

Hopefully, no more injuries today and damage limitation. Keep them down to a 30 point margin will be great, if possible.

stuey Keep them down to a 30 point margin will be great, if possible. 😬 Was always going to be a tough one. That’s a proper battering though.

With 15 players out injured, we had no chance of winning, but unfortunately at their place next week it will be an even bigger hammering. They could well get 80 against us next week. They are by miles the best side in SL, and have lost just 1 match since July last year. Did anyone seriously think we were going to beat them even at full strength.

We’d have run the close of the rfl had allowed us to in the first match. Didn’t expect a win, didn’t get a win. Did we get any injuries or are any bans incoming?

RaoulDuke Seen on twitter some people up in arms over the namo tackle that broke isa’s ankle. I saw the video this morning and it looked like he (isa) got his foot stuck in the turf. So he could be one in trouble with the disciplinary knowing our look. Looked an ok tackle to me.

Maturecasfan that’s not to bad then. Will look out for the tackle.

RaoulDuke Namo was the third man in, but his initial contact on isa was around the hips. Imo just a pure accident. You see that type of tackle many many times per game.

Namo charge with a grade F Referred to a Tribunal. Farce.

Wigan

yorky

i wish sky would show the incident that led to “all” 6 again’s as is in most of the cases I’m mystified what the problem was, its just an excuse for the refs to get at the team they don’t like, just like the olden days when the scrum half / hooker was penalised for feeding the scrum / feet up, its a total lottery & a bent one.

RaoulDuke

6 agains are a lottery we lose every week. Can’t understand it because when both teams do the same thing but only we get punished.

I thought it was a good performance against the best team in the hemisphere especially with the juniors in and the drubbing we got last week.

TheSheriff

Namo makes a bog standard tackle that happens 100+ times a game - 5 match suspension.
Nsemba hip drop taking Tasipale out of the game - no penalty, not even reviewed by MRP.

Those cherry & white hoops doing a lot of heavy lifting with the MRP this season.

Smith drops Hooley on his head, it was actually Hooley’s fault
Dupree throwing elbows like he’s in the UFC during the derby is completely fine
Nsemba hip drop is completely fine, legal and not at all reckless.

RaoulDuke

It’s not a level playing field and we know it

Maturecasfan

RaoulDuke

Never as been.
Last few weeks the disciplinary have made it so obvious it’s embarrassing.
Sadly nothing is every done.

FlatCapper

I’ve not yet seen the Nsemba tackle but if it genuinely is a hip drop, and weight is applied to te lower limbs of Tasipale, ten that is a clear breach of the rules. It is exactly what Namo was found guilty of.

In which case, I can only assume a broken ankle was the deciding factor, rather than the actual tackle.

However, I am curious as to whether Clubs can ‘site’ a player and fund a further review by the MRP? In a simlar way to appealling against a ban?

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