The rules around unreasonable and/or frivolous challenges have been toughened up, meaning that any unsuccessful challenge to a charge of Grades A-D will automatically incur five penalty points to the player’s record.Smiffy27:
One game suspension for Ipape's assault on Fitzgibbon. Not enough for that "tackle".
Ipape was given a Grade C which = 5pts under the new disciplinary system, and that doesn't constitute a ban. Ipape's total disciplinary pts this season = 7.5pts hence the one match ban for accruing between 6-8 pts.
