{"id":578111,"date":"2026-05-11T13:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/578111\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T13:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:39:08","slug":"major-disciplinary-call-made-following-challenge-cup-semi-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/578111\/","title":{"rendered":"Major disciplinary call made following Challenge Cup semi-finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No Super League players have been banned following the Challenge Cup semi-finals, with St Helens prop Alex Walmsley escaping any charge, Love Rugby League can reveal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loverugbyleague.com\/club\/st-helens\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saints<\/a> were humiliated by arch enemies Wigan Warriors in the first of the weekend\u2019s semi-finals on Saturday afternoon, being beaten 32-0 at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Late on in that clash, Walmsley was sent sprawling to the floor and knocked on following a huge hit from Wigan\u2019s Junior Nsemba, sparking handbags between the two sides.<\/p>\n<p>Nsemba was seen during those handbags laughing in the face of an infuriated Walmsley, and the veteran front-rower caught the Warriors youngster high with what some deemed a swinging arm just moments later.<\/p>\n<p>But the Match Review Panel (MRP) have reviewed the incident and deemed that no further action is required, with Walmsley not being hit with a disciplinary charge, Love Rugby League can confirm.<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, he will be free to play on Thursday night when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loverugbyleague.com\/super-league\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super League<\/a> returns as Paul Rowley\u2019s side make the trip to Huddersfield Giants.<\/p>\n<p>Major disciplinary call made following Challenge Cup semi-finals as Alex Walmsley verdict delivered<\/p>\n<p>The weekend\u2019s other cup semi-final was won convincingly by Hull KR, who beat Warrington Wolves 32-12 on Sunday afternoon at the Eco-Power Stadium to reach a third Challenge Cup final in four years.<\/p>\n<p>Just like Saturday\u2019s clash between Saints and Wigan, Sunday\u2019s last-four tie in Doncaster also produced plenty of notable moments of concern on the disciplinary front.<\/p>\n<p>Later today (Monday), the full disciplinary charge sheet will be revealed.<\/p>\n<p>And though no player has received enough penalty points to push them over the tally of six required to warrant a ban, Love Rugby League can confirm that at least one Hull KR man has been hit with a charge.<\/p>\n<p>Willie Peters\u2019 side travel to Leigh Leopards on Saturday evening in Round 11 of Super League, where they go in search of an eighth successive victory across all competitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No Super League players have been banned following the Challenge Cup semi-finals, with St Helens prop Alex Walmsley&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-578111","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\/578111","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=578111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}