Cumbria’s three Betfred Championship clubs all picked up suspensions from the opening games of the season.
Whitehaven had three men sin-binned in a short space of time during the 50-4 defeat at Leigh, having to play with just 10 for a short while.
Jake Moore and Callum Phillips escaped without penalty after consideration by the disciplinary panel but Andrew Bulman picked up a one-match suspension.
Bulman was yellow-carded for dissent and charged with foul and abusive language to a match official, and will miss the Cumbrian derby tomorrow with Barrow.
There was no charge for Moore who had paid the price for the team being penalised on numerous occasions and warned.
Phillips also avoided a charge after the referee had sent him to the sin bin for a late hit on a Leigh player after he had passed the ball.
Biggest penalty was imposed on Barrow’s Sam Brooks following the game with Sheffield with the Raiders won 24-10.
He had been charged with making a dangerously late hit on an Eagles player who had just passed the ball, and he was suspended for three matches.
Workington Town hooker Evan Simons was handed a two-match ban after he had been charged with a late tackle on a Newcastle player.
Simons has just joined Town from Newcastle and might have missed tomorrow’s game at Widnes in any case as he had suffered a knock to the head.
Another Workington forward Jordan Thomson, who was their eventual man of the match, had been sin-binned very early in the game along with Thunder’s Sam Hallas. Both escaped without further punishment.
In Thomson’s case the panel commented: “Player became involved in a melee and appeared to swing his arms but footage does not show a clenched fist or contact to any players.”
