It looked to me as though he was going to unlodge the ball, but as soon as tomkins hit the deck, you knew it was going to be a red, always is with Ganson!
Very very unlucky today Bulls, best iv seen Bradford play for a long time, the result didnt go your way but still well done

He was out cold before he hit the ground. The Bradford fans who were calling him a cheat should be ashamed of themselves. He was clearly unconscious. The fact he didn’t come back on despite Bradford rocking Wigan says a lot.

It was a deserved red for Raynor, but should be SOS.

Tbf it was hard to tell from the popular terrace. Not justifying it, but It wasn't easy to see what had happened. If it had been any other player it would have probably been different, but Tomkins has a reputation for milking penalties, conning officials etc. (I know, that wasn't the case today)

I reckon he'll get a couple of games as it ended up being a pretty bad one, and this will be on the basis of reckless. Many buffoons and trolls are posting it was intentional, as if even a psychopathic lunatic would choose to punch the headm and possibly give away 6 or 8, when he had a fair sight of the ball carrying arm and his best chance was to dilodge the ball when the Bulls would get the ball back.

It is true, though, that he missed a lot of the game, so I wouldn't rule out sending off sufficient.

If they charge him with an intentional attack to the head (they won't) then he'll easily be found not guilty.

The BBC have not been told that by Ganson, and he would be out of order in speaking to them so the report is bollox.

I don’t think it’s possible to fake how Tomkins landed. Natural instinct would see your hands coming up in front of you to take the impact. Even if you couldn’t see his dead eyes as he laid on the floor on the big screen, the way Tomkins slid along the ground head first would suggest he wasn’t milking it.

The problem I have is that he went in with a closed fist. If Raynor went in with an open grab to get under/turn Sam T then maybe no knockout and no red.

From where I stood it wasn't clear he slid along the floor though, it was after the video replay though.

What I saw was Tomkins running, Raynor comes across, Tomkins hit the deck. I expected try given, but instead there were loads of players running in. That's when I turned to look at the screen. It was a few seconds before the screen started playing it, and then the boos had already started.

Fair enough, and initially understandable, but after the lengthy treatment the chants of cheat as Tomkins walked past was poor form to say the least.

Did Steve Ganson walk within the vicinity of Tomkins when this happend by any chance?

Joel Tomkins makes me laugh when he comes running in thinking he's ten men. Elima would absolutley smash him.

Nope the game had restarted by then. I think he also got a boo and another round of cheat as he came back out to sit on the bench at the start of the second half.

Reckless challenge (more than careless) probably little or no intent. Sending off sufficient.