Former Hull FC duo handed lengthy bans after serious biting incident

Aaron Bower
The Millennium Stadium, Featherstone

Post Office Road, the home of Featherstone Rovers

Featherstone Rovers’ Connor Wynne and Goole’s Jeylan Hodgson have both been handed six-match suspensions after a pre-season incident in which Hodgson was found guilty of biting.

Wynne and Hodgson clashed during a game between Featherstone and Goole earlier this month. Wynne was sent off but Hodgson was placed on report and ultimately charged after a complaint of biting was made.

The pair were summoned to a tribunal on Tuesday evening after both being charged with Grade E offences, and both received significant bans that will rule them out of the start of the new season.

Wynne pleaded guilty to a Grade E charge of punching, and was given a six match ban and a £250 fine. Hodgson, meanwhile, pleaded not guilty to the biting charge, but the tribunal rejected that plea and found him guilty.

He was also banned for six games and given a £75 fine.

York Acorn’s Josh Thompson was given a four-match ban after a Grade E charge of Other Contrary Behaviour was upheld, following Acorn’s Challenge Cup game against GB Police earlier this month.

Wynne joined Featherstone at the start of last season and enjoyed a strong first year in the Championship, notching over 20 tries for James Ford’s side.

His form with Rovers has already attracted interest about a return to Super League, with Hull Live speculating he could be a target for Hull KR for the 2026 season.

But he will be forced to sit out Featherstone’s first six competitive fixtures now after being found guilty at a tribunal. Hodgson, meanwhile, will miss Goole’s Challenge Cup tie against Wakefield Trinity as well as the start of their inaugural League 1 campaign.

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