Ex-Wigan Warriors forward Ryan Sutton following Canterbury Bulldogs win
FORMER Wigan Warriors forward Ryan Sutton was rushed to hospital following the Canterbury Bulldogs’ fixture against the South Sydney Rabbitohs at the weekend.
Sutton, who won two Super League Grand Finals with Wigan in 2016 and 2018, left the field during Canterbury’s 36-32 win over the Rabbitohs after being hit with a shoulder charge.
Canterbury’s General Manager, Phil Gould, has this to say on Twitter following the serious injury: “Spoke to Ryan Sutton. He is hospital. About to have scan. Suffered intense neck pain, so it was best to take no chances & get him to hospital. Bulldog staff did great job. Our Welfare manager Luke Goodwin is with him in hospital. More news as it comes to hand.”
Derek Beaumont critical of RFL disciplinary process
Tuesday night Leigh Leopards appealed the ban for Tom Amone after the defeat to Wigan Warriors.
In trouble for a crusher tackle on Toby King, Amone was set to miss the play off clash away at Hull KR.
However, the Leopards were able to have the ban overturned last night but speaking on BBC Radio Lancashire, Derek Beaumont voiced his frustration at the system:
“Yeah, so today was a big day. It’s always challenging when you get those because one of my main roles in the business is dealing with that.
“I didn’t quite finish a law degree back in the day but I’m quite good at putting forward an argument in persuasive ways, so I always deal with writing the submissions for that and then presenting them to the tribunal.
“You get very little notice, you literally find out on a Monday afternoon if you’ve got any charges. Obviously I’m running a business as well as involvement at the club so I can’t just drop things, but unfortunately sometimes you have to because it was that important to us to have Tom Amone available.
“Now I don’t pick teams but he’s played every game this year so I’d be pretty confident he’ll play with how Adrian was hellbent on me getting that one there.
“So we had two charges and once we got the success on the first one, I decided not to hedge our bets on the second one because if you appeal a decision and it’s found to be frivolous, I don’t think it would have been, but it could have been and nothing’s guaranteed, even in law, so in a tribunal situation, definitely not.
“There would have been a slight risk of having got a £250 fine and a ban, getting rid of the £250 fine meant the ban became the 250 fine. If I’d have chanced it and lost, apart from the penalty £500, it could have changed to a ban.
