DOPS: Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th December

Berkshire Bees #74 Liam Morris

The 5 + Game penalty for Slashing meets the requirements of Rule 61.3.

The slash was directly on an unprotected area of the wrist delivered with force during a stoppage of play.

The Player slashed would not be expecting to protect himself from a slash as it was not during game play.

The Player recklessly endangers their opponent by “slashing” due to the severity of the infraction, severity of the contact, the degree of violence and injury caused, a 5 + game misconduct penalty is assessed.

The player receives 5 penalty points on their record and as a tier 2 tariff offence the Player is suspended for 5 games, (2 games suspended pending no further major stick offences before the end of the 2024/25 season)

As the player has reached 10 personal penalty points, the player is suspended for a further 1 game under the totting up procedure.

Total Games suspended is 6 games (with 2 games suspended).

Leeds Knights #12 Kieran Brown

The 5 + Game penalty for fighting meets the requirements of Rule 46.

The player is seen throwing a punch to the bottom of a ruck on a vulnerable player, the video footage is inconclusive as to where contact is made.

The player receives 5 penalty points and as a Tariff 1 offence is suspended for 1 game.

As the player has reached 10 personal penalty points, the player is suspended for a further 1 game under the totting up procedure

Total Games suspended is 2 games.

Romford Raiders #85 Zachary Yokoyama

The 5 + Game Misconduct Rule 48 – Illegal Check to the Head, penalty assessed is correct.

It has been determined that a check at 41.31 in the third period by Romford Player #85 was to the head of Peterborough Player #23.

The check meets the requirements of Rule 48 Illegal Check to the head or neck, specifically section 48.1 (I).

The primary point of contact was to the head causing reckless endangerment to the Peterborough Player, in mitigation the contact was minimal and as a result of a mis-timed check and the head was not targeted

The player is assessed a 5 + Game misconduct, this will carry 5 penalty points, and as a Tariff 1 offence the player will be suspended for 1 game.

Bristol Pitbulls #24 Tanner Butler

5 + Game Misconduct Rule 48 – Illegal Check to the Head, penalty assessed is correct

It has been determined that a check at 39.55 in the second period by Bristol Player #24 was to the head of a Solway Player.

The check meets the requirements of Rule 48 Illegal Check to the head or neck, specifically section 48.1 (I)

The primary point of contact was to the head being driven into the boards causing reckless endangerment to the Solway Player, in mitigation the player being checked turned prior to the hit dropping his head into a vulnerable position, but the checking player had time to avoid or minimise the contact.

The player is assessed a 5 + Game misconduct, this will carry 5 penalty points, and as a Tariff 1 offence the player will be suspended for 2 games.