Scott Moore found guilty of gouging after three-hour hearing
Wednesday 18 May 2016 11:03, UK
Wakefield hooker Scott Moore has been handed a four-match suspension after he was found guilty of gouging.
The former St Helens, Huddersfield and London Broncos player denied the offence when he attended a hearing at Rugby Football League headquarters in Leeds accompanied by the club's legal representative.
But, after a three-hour hearing, the three-man tribunal found Moore guilty of the grade E offence on Widnes half-back Aaron Heremaia during the club's victory over the Vikings last month.
Moore, who has just completed a two-match ban for a high tackle, starts his suspension at the Magic Weekend but will be free for the Wildcats' Challenge Cup quarter-final against Huddersfield on June 23.
Wakefield will also be without prop Anthony England for Sunday's game against Catalans Dragons at Newcastle after he was given a one-match for punching.
England was charged with a grade A offence, having been sin-binned during the Wildcats' 36-28 victory over his former club Warrington on Sunday.
Leeds stand-off Liam Sutcliffe will lose his ever-present record and sit out Saturday's Grand Final rematch with Wigan because of a suspension.
Sutcliffe, one of only three players to have appeared in all 15 league and cup matches for the champions in their troubled season so far, submitted an early-guilty plea to a grade B offence of a dangerous throw on Castleford centre Ben Crooks during his side's 52-12 home defeat by the Tigers.
He was handed a one-match ban, which will force him to sit out the last match of the opening day of the Dacia Magic Weekend in Newcastle.
Salford full-back or winger Niall Evalds will miss his club's game against Widnes after admitting a grade B offence of making dangerous contact on St Helens centre Mark Percival during their 34-20 Super League defeat at Langtree Park.
But Hull prop Liam Watts has been cleared to play in the derby against Hull KR on Sunday after admitting a minor grade A dangerous tackle on Wigan centre Dan Sarginson during his side's 30-16 win over the Warriors.
