{"id":59732,"date":"2025-08-11T18:02:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T18:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/59732\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T18:02:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T18:02:13","slug":"super-league-disciplinary-as-forward-banned-and-verdict-reached-on-george-delaney-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/59732\/","title":{"rendered":"Super League disciplinary as forward banned and verdict reached on George Delaney incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AW6_0143.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"Super League\" 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>St Helens prop George Delaney has been charged by Super League disciplinary following his high shot on Friday night against Wakefield Trinity. The forward connected with the head of Wakefield\u2019s Lachlan Walmsley and was shown a yellow card for his actions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/rugby-league-news-st-helens-sin-bin-fans-say-the-same-thing-after-controversial-call-107194\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with many believing the referee should have shown a red<\/a> instead.<\/p>\n<p>The incident has been looked at by the Match Review Panel and Delaney has been handed a Grade C charge for head contact and five disciplinary points. However, given his lack of previous, Delaney has avoided a suspension with a fine being deemed sufficient.<\/p>\n<p>It means the forward will be eligible to take on Huddersfield Giants this weekend at the Totally Wicked Stadium and that comes as a huge boost to Paul Wellens and the Saints.<\/p>\n<p>Curtis Sironen has also been charged but his Grade A late contact on the passer was worth just one disciplinary point, meaning no further action has been taken.<\/p>\n<p>One player has been banned this week with Jeremiah Simbiken\u2019s previous coming back to bite him. The Castleford Tigers man has been given a one-match ban for a Grade A late contact charge, ensuring he will sit out of this week\u2019s clash with Leeds Rhinos at The Jungle.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds\u2019 Morgan Gannon has been fined and given three disciplinary points for his Grade B late contact against Leigh Leopards, while Loghan Lewis and Liam Watts have been hit with the same punishment for their respective Grade B head contact and dangerous contact charges.<\/p>\n<p>Super League disciplinary after round 21<\/p>\n<p>Morgan Gannon (Leeds Rhinos) \u2013 Late contact on passer \u2013 Grade B \u2013 Penalty points: 3 \u2013 Total points: 3 \u2013 Fine<\/p>\n<p>Curtis Sironen (St Helens) \u2013 Late contact on passer \u2013 Grade A \u2013 Penalty points: 1 \u2013 Total Penalty points: 2 \u2013 No further action<\/p>\n<p>George Delaney (St Helens) \u2013 Head contact \u2013 Grade C \u2013 Penalty points: 5 \u2013 Total points: 5 \u2013 Fine<\/p>\n<p>Jeremiah Simbiken (Castleford Tigers) \u2013 Late contact on passer \u2013 Grade A \u2013 Penalty points: 1 \u2013 Total points: 8 \u2013 One match suspension<\/p>\n<p>Loghan Lewis (Salford Red Devils) \u2013 Head contact \u2013 Grade B \u2013 Penalty points: 3 \u2013 Total points: 3 \u2013 Fine<\/p>\n<p>Liam Watts (Hull FC) \u2013 Dangerous contact \u2013 Grade B \u2013 Penalty points: 3 \u2013 Total points: 3 \u2013 Fine<\/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\/2025\/07\/1753331296_223_srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St Helens prop George Delaney has been charged by Super League disciplinary following his high shot on Friday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-59732","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59732","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=59732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}