DISCIPLINARY: Match Review Panel rule on spitting allegation plus two more charges
Match referee Liam Moore placed Josh Thewlis' allegation that he was spat at by Hull KR's Sauaso Sue during the Challenge Cup Final on report (Image: Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com)
HULL KR prop Sauaso Sue is to face a tribunal this week after being charged with spitting at a Warrington Wolves player during Saturday's Challenge Cup Final.
During the game, Wire winger Josh Thewlis made an allegation that Sue had spat at him, which was put on report by on-field referee Liam Moore.
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Now, the RFL's Match Review Panel have handed him a Grade E spitting charge, which results in an immediate referral to the Operational Rules Tribunal tomorrow evening where evidence on both sides can be presented.
If the charge is proven, Sue faces a minimum ban of six matches with the number of penalty points added to his record at the discretion of the tribunal.
Two other charges have emerged from Saturday's final, both of which are for Hull KR players.
Thewlis is involved in another having been hit by an early high tackle by Rovers winger Joe Burgess as he caught a high kick.
Burgess has now been handed a Grade B head contact charge and has had three penalty points added to his record.
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Forward James Batchelor has also been charged with Grade C head contact, which carries five penalty points, for the incident which saw Warrington full-back Matt Dufty injured.
Dufty eventually succumbed and after the game, it was confirmed he had suffered a fractured eye socket.
No Warrington players have been handed charges.
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