Ablett deserves everything that comes his way, he is a right wind up merchant and very niggley in the tackle.

Good description, but this is the RFL, they'll be wanting to put down a marker to the 'lower' teams with this so I expect he'll get an 8 game ban when in reality it should be 4..

The tackle, I believe, was reckless and not malicious. I really like Brett Ferres as a player, and I don't think for a second that the outcome was what he had in mind. But for all that, players need to take responsibility for these types of incidents, and long bans are key to that. It was a terrible tackle.



As for consistency, I can't actually remember another tackle like it, but I agree that we need to consistently punish very dangerous tackles harshly. To me, that means if penalties have been too lenient in the past the line in the sand should be drawn here and then kept to.



Shame this has descended into inter-club fan bickering. Which sadly seems to have been mostly instigated by my fellow Leeds fans. RL fans of all clubs are like any other group: most of them are decent enough, some of them are bad w*****s. I can't think of any club that's an exception to that rule.



As for fans cheering Wardle when he was sent off for biffing Ablett, I can't believe what I'm reading. Fans have cheered biff for as long as I have been watching the game. I've never seen a player sent off for fighting and not get a warm reception from his own fans. Lets leave the mock-righteous indignation at home.



I would also love to see any player in any sport who calls for a card to get exactly what they ask for. that would stamp it out. Until that happens, I think we'll continue to see players from all teams do it. Again, no team is above reproach on this one, so attempts to claim the moral high ground are best avoided.



I hope Ferres gets the maximum ban, takes it on the chin and comes back strongly, and maybe has a good think about his technique.

and if my auntie had a dick she'd be my uncle!!!!!!

im not the only one who saw wardle being held down by the collar by lomax then! should of been a giants penalty

Instead of being your sister?





















Sorry, but that seemed too easy.

Guilty

5 games for Brett

"Brett Ferres of @Giantsrl has pleaded guilty to a Grade E dangerous throw offence and has been suspended for 5 games & fined £300"

was expecting 6-8, so got off lightly IMO



Means his first game back is v Saints

5 match ban.....about right, think if he had caused an injury it would have been 8 though.



He will definitely learn from this will Brett.

Fair enough... still a big ban...got a red card and we are out of the cup...plenty of punishment.



returns 23rd may away at st helens - boooooooooooo

Will he not return the week before v Bradford?

Now it's all over and I can be spared the saints fans baying for blood-and This is purely an observation about the man not the tackle- can I just say..... How blooming strong is Brett to be able to lift a guy over by his chest like that!

I think 5 is about right TBH. 4-5 is what I expected.