SAINTS TEAM TO PLAY CLERMONT

[Digby]

One year ban sounds about right, which given previous might even be lenient

[Mikey Brown]

Aye. Hartley got done there. And well done to him for not clocking Slimani after the second one.

[jngf]

Isn't it time Ludlum was due another game?

[Adam_P]

Ludlam had glandular fever if I remember correctly, which can knock you out of action for quite a while. Hopefully he'll be back involved soon.

[fivepointer]

This has gone beyond farce.

Hartley's yellow was utterly ridiculous. In the same game, the wretched TMO let Slimani off the hook with a yellow that should have been red. 2 out of 2 with both calls being the wrong ones. Rather than the disciplinary panel putting things right and ignoring Hartleys offence, while citing Slimani, they have chosen to compound the original errors.

I wish i could say i'm surprised.

Frankly anyone on here could run this joke of a process better than the current lot.

[Raggs]

Hartley's case is dismissed, and he's free to play.

[Puja]

Right result.

Puja

[Digby]

Given the IRB aren't likely to ask refs to actually referee rucks as rucks, and flying in missile like does pass for rucking in 2017 it's a fair call. If any level of common sense was observed then Hartley along with a good many others would be in trouble