Middlehurst ban reduced to four games

Hornets player Gary Middlehurst has had his initial six game ban reduced to four after he appeared before an RFL Disciplinary Committee Appeal hearing.

Middlehurst had been handed a six match ban for committing a Grade E intentional kick to the head offence during Hornet’s Co-operative Championship One fixture against North Wales Crusaders on 1 April, however, this was reduced to four matches by the panel following an appeal against the severity of the sentence.