*Steps up onto soapbox*



So Chase got three games for breaking Ropati's jaw. What a joke.



When is the punishment going to fit the crime?



Ropati is out for around 12 weeks, not to mention the unecessary pain of Chases actions.



Fair enough, RL is a tough game and players get hurt but what Chase did was both deliberate and stupid.



Its about the RL took a tough stance on this to stamp out this type of idiotic, and quite frankly, thuggish behaviour. In my view, the offending player should be banned for as long as the player is out, so in this case 12 weeks and not 3. If the injured player suffers a setback in his recovery, tough, the offending player stays on the sidelines.



Id even be tempted to take it one step further. The £300 fine also lacks bottle. The player, whilst sitting on the sidelines should not be paid. I know in practice this would be very difficult if not impossible to enforce but its about ensuring players are deterred from these actions.



*Steps off soapbox*

Suspensions should never be the same length as the injury because of the scenarios where an unlucky clumsy tackle ends a career, or a malicous tackle causes no injury.



The system we have in place is the correct one, but it could maybe do with some tweaking as it does seem like some offenses seem relatively leniently handled when compared against others

What if player A were to deliberately attempt to injure player B, with the resulting injury on player B being career ending.



Would player A then be banned from ever playing the game again?

IMO a 3 game suspension is too short, I think a suspension of 6 games would be more suitable.



If it had been Ropati breaking Chase's jaw, I pretty damn sure the suspension would have been longer than 3 games.

The RFU recently banned a Northampton player for 32 weeks for deliberately causing damage to an oppoents arm, resulting in a broken elbow



Chase deliverately forearm smashed an opponent in the face, causing broken jaw and gets the same ban as a player who pushed a clumsy referee out of his way.

To the RFL it seems to depend who you are, if you are the Man Of Steel or Sam Tomkins you get off lightly.



But God help you if your name is Ryan Bailey

How long did Moriarty get for his infamous assault in front of the North Stand? That offence was very similar and I'm pretty sure he copped a much longer ban. One for TVOC perhaps?

This disparity isn't new.I have memories of Hanley when at Leeds getting his jaw broken by(I think) Andy Dannatt at THE BOULEVARD and the penalty was again a fraction of Hanley's absence.

Ropati would have a strong case for civil compensation against cas tigers and Chase. Maybe its time for someone to take a stand if the RL wont hand out sentences which are sufficiently punitive to act as a deterrent. Chase actions IMO went far beyond the usual risks associated with playing a contact sport

Dannatt it was.

Actually no he doesn't, if Featherstone don't have insurance covering players wages through injury it would be them who would have to face legal action.



Why are people still saying it was deliberate too? It was well established first contact is with his upper arm, and the RFL also agreed with the minority that it was indeed reckless and not intentional.



As for ban people as long as the other player is injured....what if the player doesn't get injured? For example David Howell biting someone last year, or in your world does biting someone not warrant a ban?