{"id":399068,"date":"2026-01-30T16:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/399068\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T16:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:46:10","slug":"disciplinary-verdict-released-as-bradford-bulls-man-banned-and-five-more-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/399068\/","title":{"rendered":"Disciplinary verdict released as Bradford Bulls man banned and five more charged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"849\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DvB-008.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bradford Bulls\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Bradford Bulls will be without new signing Connor Wynne when they take on London Broncos in the Challenge Cup following today\u2019s disciplinary verdict.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/rugby-league\/bradford-bulls\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bulls<\/a> lost 46-16 to Leeds Rhinos on Saturday afternoon in their final pre-season clash before the competitive action comes around. However, it seems the clash has come at a price for Kurt Haggerty\u2019s side, with Wynne being handed a one-match ban.<\/p>\n<p>Wynne has been hit with a Grade B head contact charge after the high challenge that left Chris Hankinson with a broken nose. The tackle went unpunished at the time but the Match Review Panel have deemed it worthy of six penalty points and a one match suspension.<\/p>\n<p>Wynne is the only Super League player to have been sanctioned this week, but the Match Review Panel have dished out five more charges following last weekend\u2019s action.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the latest episode of The Serious About Rugby League Show on <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_e9WbvZO3iA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">our YouTube channel here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former Bradford man Jordan Lilley has been given three penalty points and a fine for his Grade B dangerous contact against Whitehaven in the second round of the Challenge Cup, while four community players have also charged.<\/p>\n<p>Stanningley pair Fraser Stroud and Jamaine Ruan have been handed five penalty points and a charge and Waterhead Warriors duo Mitchell Birch and Gareth Owen have also been punished, with the latter\u2019s striking charge pushing him over the threshold for a ban.<\/p>\n<p>Match Review Panel disciplinary verdict<\/p>\n<p>Fraser Stroud (Stanningley) \u2013 Opposition: Hunslet RLFC \u2013 Grade C Attempted Striking \u2013 Penalty Points: 5 \u2013 Total Penalty Points: 5 \u2013 Fine<\/p>\n<p>Jamaine Ruan (Stanningley) \u2013 Opposition \u2013 Hunslet RLFC \u2013 Grade C Contrary Behaviour \u2013 Penalty Points: 5 \u2013 Total Penalty Points: 5 \u2013 Fine<\/p>\n<p>Connor Wynne (Bradford Bulls) \u2013 Opposition: Leeds Rhinos \u2013 Grade B Head Contact \u2013 Penalty Points: 6 \u2013 Total Penalty Points: 6 \u2013 1 Match Suspension<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Lilley (Sheffield Eagles) \u2013 Opposition: Whitehaven \u2013 Grade B Dangerous Contact \u2013 Penalty Points: 3 \u2013 Total Penalty Points: 3 \u2013 Fine<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell Birch (Waterhead) \u2013 Opposition: Rochdale Hornets \u2013 Grade C Dangerous Contact \u2013 Penalty Points: 5 \u2013 Total Penalty Points: 5 \u2013 Fine<\/p>\n<p>Gareth Owen (Waterhead) \u2013 Opposition: Rochdale Hornets \u2013 Grade C Striking \u2013 Penalty Points: 5 \u2013 Total Penalty Points: 8 \u2013 1 Match Suspension<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768085712_213_srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bradford Bulls will be without new signing Connor Wynne when they take on London Broncos in the Challenge&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-399068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}