Hull KR forward Karl Lawton has been handed a three-match ban by the Rugby Football League’s match review panel.<\/p>\n
Lawton, who joined the Robins<\/a> in the close season after leaving NRL side North Queensland Cowboys, was guilty of a bad tackle on Huddersfield Giants player Matty English in the champions’ 32-6 victory<\/a>.<\/p>\n The 30-year-old received 21 points for the Grade E dangerous contact challenge – for which he was sin-binned during the match – which triggered the ban and a fine.<\/p>\n The Australian was one of five players to be handed suspensions after round four of Super League.<\/p>\n Bradford Bulls duo Eliot Peposhi and Loghan Lewis were given three-game and two-game bans, respectively, for incidents in their narrow defeat at St Helens<\/a>.<\/p>\n Peposhi was guilty of a Grade E head contact in a tackle on Saints player George Delaney, for which he was sent off in the game, while fellow forward Lewis has been banned for dangerous contact.<\/p>\n From the same match, Saints forward Joe Shorrocks was penalised with a two-match ban, also for dangerous contact.<\/p>\n