Leeds Rhinos have been rocked tonight with the news that one of their forwards has been handed a ten-match ban.
Leeds’ Tom Holroyd has tonight been banned for 10 matches by an independent disciplinary tribunal.
Holroyd was referred by the Match Review Panel on a Grade F punching charge after being dismissed during the recent Betfred Championship match between Bradford Bulls and Newcastle Thunder. Thunder’s Jake Shorrocks was also sent off during the same match and will miss five matches after the tribunal downgraded the grading of his offence from F to E.
Both players are also fined £250, as is Workington Town’s Ciaran Walker whose Grade D ‘Dangerous Contact’ referral during his side’s game at Leigh Centurions earns him a four-match suspension.