Quote: Cronus "Noticably, you've only selected decisions in Wigan's favour.
- 2 of Leeds' tries were arguably forward passes.
- Doubt about the grounding of Hall's try.
- The very questionable play-the-ball by Ablett in the lead-up to BJB's try.
And what about incidents such as Bailey's late challenge on Tomkins, McGuire giving Charnley a facial after Hall's try, JJB's grapple, Leuluai's brain fart against Lima, etc.
It's swings and roundabouts. We'd all love it if every decision was 100% correct, but it's never going to happen. Even if every incorrect decision was reversed you'd have had a different game but Wigan still might have won - and based on their fantastic defensive performance and ability to score tries, probably would have.'"
It's the first time I've heard of most of these things to be honest. Leuluai's brainfart against Lima was penalised, what is your problem?
For balance, I do remember thinking at the time that Ablett hadn't played the ball correctly, and there was a knock-on by Leeds that was waved play-on by the ref at some point in the second half IIRC.
That said it wasn't just a case of 'swings and roundabouts', and Wigan had more than their fair share of luck on the day. Sometimes these things just go against you. I wouldn't go as far as to suggest that Leeds were in any way robbed. However, given that Leeds were so well and truly written off prior to the game it is pleasing that most will remember it as being a close final with several controversial incidents being seen to decide the outcome rather than it being a complete whitewash by the all-conquering Wigan side we keep hearing about.