Bradford Bulls, St Helens and Hull FC men among Super League stars sweating disciplinary verdict

After round four of Super League, several players will be nervously awaiting the Match Review Panel’s disciplinary verdict.

The disciplinary verdicts have not been too severe so far this year with the new system also giving more leniency for repeat offenders as 75% of points do not carry over, compared to last year where it was 50%.

That allowed the strange scenario in round three where Toulouse Olympique’s Joe Cator was handed three charges but evaded a ban as the 75% reduction saved him from reaching the threshold of six penalty points.

Following the round four action which saw Wigan Warriors continue their dominance at the top of Super League, as well as Hull KR earning their first win at the bottom of the table, we’ve looked at which players could be fearful before today’s disciplinary verdict.

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Round four Super League disciplinary sweats

In total, three yellow cards and one red card was shown with the clash between St Helens and Bradford Bulls seeing three of those four cards.

Bradford’s Elliot Peposhi made direct shoulder to head contact with George Delaney which earned him a red card and will likely land him a disciplinary charge. St Helens’ David Klemmer did similar but it was deemed not forceful therefore he only saw yellow.

Saints’ standout signing Joe Shorrocks was shown yellow for a cannonball-style tackle where he took the legs of the defender, something that Hull KR’s Karl Lawton also did against Huddersfield to earn himself a sin bin.

Outside of the cards, Hull FC’s Ligi Sao could be in trouble again after a penalty was awarded for a high arm. Sao landed a two-match ban in round one so would only need a Grade B charge to warrant another ban hence why his foul is so important.

That game also saw Mike McMeeken get into it with Brad Fash so a Grade A striking charge could be going the way of the Wakefield captain.

An incident was also placed on report with Wakefield’s Corey Hall making an official allegation against a Hull FC player.

Another significant moment that was not penalised was the tackle that resulted in Saints’ Jacob Host breaking his leg. Host suffered his leg break with tackler Loghan Lewis immediately getting up off the tackle and alerting the referee. Whilst no penalty was given, the severity of the injury could lead to a charge for a hip drop tackle.