Wigan Warriors forward Sam Walters has been handed a SEVEN-match ban following his red card in the Challenge Cup final, with team-mate Harry Smith also suspended for one game.<\/p>\n
With just a couple of minutes left on the clock at Wembley on Saturday afternoon as Wigan<\/a> thumped Hull KR 40-10 to lift the Challenge Cup, Walters was dismissed for a horror tackle on Bill Leyland which saw the hooker land on his head.<\/p>\n Walters became the first man since Richie Eyres in 1993 to be sent off in a Challenge Cup final, and just the third ever, with Syd Hynes also having been given his marching orders in 1971.<\/p>\n Just as was the case when Hull FC\u2019s Yusuf Aydin committed the same offence a few weeks ago in a Super League game against Bradford Bulls, Warriors forward Walters has landed himself 35 penalty points.<\/p>\n And when added to the 4.5 that were already on his record, his running total for the last 12 month of 39.5 warrants a whopping seven-match ban.<\/p>\n Wigan duo banned as Sam Walters lands HUGE suspension following red card in Challenge Cup final<\/p>\n Back-rower Junior Nsemba was also involved in the tackle on Rovers<\/a> interchange Leyland which resulted in Walters\u2019 red card, but has received no punishment from the Match Review Panel (MRP).<\/p>\n However, half-back Smith has been charged for his high shot on Tom Davies in the first half on Saturday.<\/p>\n Having avoided a sin-binning on the day, the three penalty points he has received from the MRP are enough to bring about a one-match ban, with that because he already had 4.5 points on his record.<\/p>\n