Free kicks should be awarded for staging will soon start to work. 3 weeks for Hawkins will have players and coaches sit up and take notice. Bet you At the very least Tom won't punch anybody again. Hodge got a week last week for accumulation of minor offences, eventually the message will get through if it is not neccesary don't do it.
If on the one hand you are going to penalise a player genuinely trying to take part in the game as in bump and tackle, surely the least you can do is penalise players for dirty little side tricks that have nothing to do with the playing of the game.
