Super League Disciplinary: Star NRL recruit set for lengthy ban

Despite there being no Super League action at the weekend with the Challenge Cup on instead, there’s still a number of Super League disciplinary matters to be dealt with and that’s seen three charges handed down.

Three charges is a relatively quiet week for the Match Review Panel particularly judging by how heavy-handed the Super League disciplinary process was earlier in the season, however, from this week’s three charges are two players sent to tribunal.

The clash between St Helens and Warrington Wolves is the only game not to see anyone charged with Warrington putting on a second-half clinic in that game to win 31-8.

Every other game has seen a player charged with the first of those being Hull KR’s Jesse Sue who has copped a one-game ban for his Grade B charge of dangerous contact, the ban meaning that the punishment is at a higher end of the grade.

Sylvester Namo will head to the Operational Rules Tribunal tomorrow night for the same offence but at a Grade F which would carry a ban of six or more games, the longest we would have seen this season.

Another man joining him at the tribunal is Catalans Dragons star NRL signing Bayley Sironen who has been handed a Grade E charge for head contact in the French side’s loss to Huddersfield Giants.

That means that centre Arthur Romano, the only man to be sin-binned this week, escapes without punishment but his teammate Sironen could be facing a ban of three to five games.

That was confirmed by the RFL who published their Super League disciplinary charges earlier today.

A full list of all Super League bans and charges can be found here.

Super League Disciplinary: Three men charged after Challenge Cup Quarters

The full list of charges handed down by the RFL can be seen below.

Jesse Sue (Hull KR) – Grade B Dangerous Contact – 1 Match Ban
Bayley Sironen (Catalans Dragons) – Grade E Head Contact – Refer to Tribunal
Sylvester Namo (Castleford Tigers) – Grade F Dangerous Contact – Refer to Tribunal

Both Sironen and Namo will have their cases heard at the Operational Rules Tribunal tomorrow night, whilst Hull KR could appeal Jesse Sue’s ban in which case they would also head to the tribunal.