{"id":541342,"date":"2026-04-20T16:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T16:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/541342\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T16:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T16:51:10","slug":"super-league-disciplinary-verdict-with-leeds-rhinos-star-one-of-seven-charged-by-match-review-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/541342\/","title":{"rendered":"Super League disciplinary verdict with Leeds Rhinos star one of seven charged by match review panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"795\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AM2_0706.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"Hull FC\" 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>Seven Super League players have been charged by the Match Review Panel this week, with stars from Leeds Rhinos and York Knights among those on the naughty list.<\/p>\n<p>No player will face a ban, though three men have received a fine. One of those men is Knights prop Xavier Va\u2019a, who has been dealt a Grade B late contact charge. The former Sydney Roosters man was sent to the sin-bin for the incident, and as a result has landed himself three penalty points and a fine.<\/p>\n<p>The other two men who will be paying up this week are Castleford\u2019s George Hirst and Toulouse\u2019s Cesar Rouge. Hirst has been hit with a Grade B dangerous throw, whilst half-back Rouge is charged with a Grade B dangerous contact.<\/p>\n<p>Other players to be charged by the MRP this week are Leeds star, and Super League\u2019s top try scorer, Maika Sivo.<\/p>\n<p>The Fijian international was charged for a tackle on Giants full-back Niall Evalds and was handed a late contact on the passer charge.<\/p>\n<p>St Helens prop Noah Stephens, Bradford Bulls forward Leon Ruan and Toulose\u2019s Lambert Belmas have all been charged with a Grade A late contact on passer, and have each been given one penalty point.<\/p>\n<p>Super League disciplinary verdict after round eight<\/p>\n<p>Player<\/p>\n<p>Club<\/p>\n<p>Opposition<\/p>\n<p>Charge<\/p>\n<p>Grade<\/p>\n<p>Penalty Points<\/p>\n<p>Total Points in previous 12 months<\/p>\n<p>Sanction if applicable<\/p>\n<p>George Hirst<\/p>\n<p>Castleford Tigers<\/p>\n<p>Wigan Warriors<\/p>\n<p>Dangerous Throw\/Lift<\/p>\n<p>B<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Fine<\/p>\n<p>Cesar Rouge<\/p>\n<p>Toulouse Olympique<\/p>\n<p>Hull KR<\/p>\n<p>Dangerous Contact<\/p>\n<p>B<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Fine<\/p>\n<p>Lambert Belmas<\/p>\n<p>Toulouse Olympique<\/p>\n<p>Hull KR<\/p>\n<p>Late contact on passer<\/p>\n<p>A<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>1.25<\/p>\n<p>No further action<\/p>\n<p>Maika Sivo<\/p>\n<p>Leeds Rhinos<\/p>\n<p>Huddersfield Giants<\/p>\n<p>Late contact on passer<\/p>\n<p>A<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>1.5<\/p>\n<p>No further action<\/p>\n<p>Noah Stephens<\/p>\n<p>St Helens<\/p>\n<p>Hull FC<\/p>\n<p>Late contact on passer<\/p>\n<p>A<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>No further action<\/p>\n<p>Xavier Va\u2019a<\/p>\n<p>York Knights<\/p>\n<p>Leigh Leopards<\/p>\n<p>Late contact on passer<\/p>\n<p>B<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Fine<\/p>\n<p>Leon Ruan<\/p>\n<p>Bradford Bulls<\/p>\n<p>Wakefield Trinity<\/p>\n<p>Late contact on passer<\/p>\n<p>A<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>No further action<\/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":"Seven Super League players have been charged by the Match Review Panel this week, with stars from Leeds&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-541342","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\/541342","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=541342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}