The problem with the DC is that they show zero common sense or flexibility when dealing with individual cases.
It's quite obvious to everyone looking at the Vaughan incident what is going on - Player is winding down the final seconds of a close game, opponent light heartedly gives him a friendly tug to tell him to get up. Witness the smile on Vaughan's face and you know this is almost banter between the two.
Now this is totally different from what the law was set up for - If Vaughan had aggressively grabbed an opponent lay prone on the floor then that would be totally different to what actually happened and would deserve a punishment. But it's blindingly obvious this incident isn't that, so the DC should use common sense and look at the obvious context of individual incidents and don't just apply a single blanket judgement, which is what is presently happening.
PS Can admin please sort this site out - links are not working when added as URL. https://www.rugby-league.com/article/63511/disciplinary-%7C-match-review-panel
Be careful I got a 72 hour ban when they were trialing this new site couple of months back for complaining how bad it is.
I've just seen this and wasn't aware. There's obviously been/still are some glitches, but think the end product will be better.
I suppose one thing we can celebrate about our pack being so nice is that we are currently doing very well on the disciplinary front. It's probably the opposite scenario to what you'd expect for a team coached by Sam Burgess.
I'm amazed Harry Smith didn't get punished for taking off that Hudds players head. 2 mins in https://youtu.be/EyLV2B3PsFE?t=128 Not even a penalty. Last year it would have been "it's with force, there is no mitigation, you're off". That's why the RFL is a joke.
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