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Ben Flower faces minimum eight-match ban following Grand Final attack

Wigan prop charged with the RFL’s most serious disciplinary offence.

Martin Rickett Martin Rickett

BEN FLOWER FACES a minimum eight-match ban for his Super League Grand Final disgrace.

The Wigan prop has been charged with the RFL’s most serious disciplinary offence — Grade F: “violent and aggressive punching/punching an off-guard opponent” — and will face a tribunal on Tuesday.

Flower was sent off in the second minute of Saturday’s final following a brutal attack on Lance Hohaia which has drawn widespread condemnation. After flooring Hohaia with a punch, Flower followed the New Zealander to the ground and hit him again.

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Hohaia, who later said that he has no recollection of the incidence but bears no grudge, was charged with a less severe Grade B offence for striking Flower initially.

BBC report that Greater Manchester Police are also looking into the incident but have received no public complaints.

Saint Helens won Saturday’s Grand Final 14-6.

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